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Set up email forwarding on Google Workspace

Updated


If you're using Google Workspace for your email and wish to set up forwarding to another address, it's quite straightforward!

Follow the steps below to set up forwarding of emails to another address. It's important to remember to deactivate this when you don't need it any longer!

 

  1. On your computer, visit mail.google.com and sign-in with your account.
  2. In the top right, click Settings cog icon > See all settings. 
  3. Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  4. In the "Forwarding" section, click Add a forwarding address.
  5. Enter the email address that you want to forward messages to.
  6. Click Next  Proceed  OK.
  7. A verification message will be sent to that address. Click the verification link in that message.
  8. Go back to the settings page for the Gmail account that you want to forward messages from and refresh your browser.
  9. Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
  10. In the 'Forwarding' section, select Forward a copy of incoming emails to.
  11. Choose what you want to happen with the Gmail copy of your emails. We recommend that you Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox.
  12. At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.