How to Change the Primary Domain in Your Google Workspace Account

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

Consider the domain alias or secondary domain options first

In most cases, you can change the primary domain.
However, it may not be necessary. Make sure to explore the Domain Alias and Secondary Domain options and see if those work for you.

In some cases, it’s not possible to change the primary domain in Google Workspace

You can’t change your primary domain if:

You are in the trial period
You purchased your domain through a Google partner
You have Chrome or Mobile Management licenses
You are using a Reseller account
You are on the free legacy G Suite edition

After changing your primary domain

Changing the primary domain doesn’t update any email addresses, and you need to update email addresses yourself.
Follow the steps in this article to change a user’s email address.
Follow the steps in this article to change a group’s email address.
Notify users whose primary email addresses have changed that they will have to start logging in with their new email address.
You may have to update your billing contact email addresses.
You may have to update the primary admin email in the account.
Remove and then re-add any domains that you have added to your account as a domain alias.
If you installed Google Workspace Marketplace apps, check with the developer and find out if you need to reinstall them. If an app saves data based on the domain name or a user’s email address, you might lose data.
You may also have to update your custom service web addresses.

How to change your primary domain in Google Workspace step-by-step with images

Step 1

Go to the Admin console https://admin.google.com and under Domains, click Change your primary domain.

Step 2

Click CONTINUE.

Step 3

The new domain must be a secondary domain. If it’s currently added as a domain alias, you won’t be able to do this step. In this case, you need to remove it and then re-add it as a secondary domain.

Click on www under Select your primary domain and then select your domain from the list of domains, or type it in.

Then click CHANGE PRIMARY DOMAIN.

Step 4

Done! Optionally, you may want to update users’ email addresses next.

Also, you can update groups’ email addresses.

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