India, Dec. 26 -- For years, one of the most common frustrations for Google users was the permanence of their @gmail.com address. If you created a "silly" email as a teenager or needed to change your address due to a name change, your only option was to start an entirely new account and manually migrate your data.

That is finally changing. According to a recently updated Google support page, the company is gradually rolling out an official way to change your Gmail address while keeping all your emails, photos, and files in one place.

Google has begun updating its support documentation to detail a new process for changing your primary Gmail address.

Key details of the new policy:

Aliases: When you change your address, your old @gmail.c...