In this era, where messaging is a significant need of all of us, emailing is also started out to fulfil this need. You may have multiple accounts on different-different platforms but reading all the emails by checking every account one by one is not seems like a good idea.  

A clever technique to access your emails is to read emails from many email accounts in one inbox. In this blog post, we will thus explain how to forward AOL Mail to a Gmail account without the need for any third-party programs. Come along with me to dive into the process.

Steps to follow to forward your AOL emails to your Gmail account

    • Using the “Import mail” option
    1. First of all, open your Gmail account and perform sign in.
    2. Look for the settings icon locates at the top-right corner of your screen.
    3. Click that and select the “See all Settings” option from the dropdown menu.
    4. Afterwards, hit the “Import Mail and Contacts” from the upper ribbon.
    5. It will open a new webpage, where you will be asked to enter your AOL email address.
    6. Press the button labelled “Continue” and then input the AOL password.
    7. Hit “Continue” and then check the boxes of import options.
    8. Thenceforth, Press the “Start import” > “OK”.

This way, you will be able to forward your AOL emails to your Google account.

Note: Migration of the data from AOL Mail to Gmail may take up to two days. 

    • Using the Add a mail account option
    1. Firstly, open your Gmail login account and then select “settings”.
    2. Hit the “See all settings” available in the settings option.
    3. Navigate and click the “Account and Import” > “Add a mail account” button.
    4. Input your AOL email address in the prompted form and tap “Next”.
    5. Thenceforth, the “Import emails from my other account (POP3)” option should be checked.
    6. After clicking “Next”, input all the details asked on the following webpage.
    7. Finally, press the button “Add Account” button to finalize the process.

This is all you have to do in order to forward all the AOL emails to Gmail. 

Final Words!

To sum up, whereas Gmail allows you to add multiple accounts, the sophisticated AOL backup tool is the ideal alternative for a new user who lacks technical knowledge. American Internet, also known as AOL Mail, is an American-based company that offers online email services. 

There are several ways to forward emails From AOL Mail to a Gmail account. Using the method given in this write-up, you may transfer your AOL emails to your Gmail easily.