I found it helpful to set up automatic forwarding from gmail to the new email account. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en https://support.googl

I found it helpful to set up automatic forwarding from gmail to the new email account. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en This doesn't stop Google from having your emails obviously, but it allows you to move over your more important accounts now, while handling the other accounts as they inevitably send you emails over time.