I signed up for Google Workspace using my existing personal Gmail/Google account and added my custom domain along with my professional email address.
After that, I imported my existing emails from Microsoft 365. The result is that I now have a single unified mailbox where both my personal Gmail and business email are mixed together, which is not what I expected.
What I want instead is to have separate accounts so I can switch between mailboxes using the account switcher in the top-right corner (i.e., separate Google accounts, not one combined inbox).
My questions are?
- Do I need to create a separate Google account for my business email to achieve this separation?
- If yes, when creating a new account, what should I use as the “valid email address”:
- My domain email (name@mydomain.com), or
- My personal Gmail address (name@gmail.com)?
If I use my Gmail address, I assume it might still get linked or merged in a way that keeps the same unified experience, which I want to avoid.