{"id":411,"date":"2025-12-28T08:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=411"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:42:11","slug":"how-do-i-move-a-mailbox-from-gmail-com","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-move-a-mailbox-from-gmail-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How to move a mailbox from gmail.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article explains how to transfer messages from a Gmail account to a mailbox hosted on mybox. The import uses IMAP \u2014 a standard protocol that allows mybox to connect to your Gmail account and copy messages directly into your new mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before you start, make sure you have already <a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-to-add-a-new-mailbox\/\">created a mailbox in mybox<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-move-a-mailbox-from-gmail-com\/#Self-migration_in_three_steps\" >Self-migration in three steps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-do-i-move-a-mailbox-from-gmail-com\/#Need_help_with_email_migration\" >Need help with email migration?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Self-migration_in_three_steps\"><\/span>Self-migration in three steps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-1528805800\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use a dedicated option that allows you to transfer messages from your current operator to mailboxes created in <a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\">mybox.com<\/a> directly from <em><strong>the myBox panel<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 1 \u2014 Go to the Email tab<\/strong> in your <strong>myBox panel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 2 \u2014 Open Import messages<\/strong> Find the mailbox you want to import messages into, click <strong>Actions<\/strong>, and select <strong>Import messages<\/strong> from the list.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mybox-mailimport-1024x418.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mybox-mailimport-1024x418.png 1024w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mybox-mailimport-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mybox-mailimport-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mybox-mailimport-18x7.png 18w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mybox-mailimport.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 3 \u2014 Enter your Gmail details<\/strong> In the form that appears, enter the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Server address:<\/strong> imap.gmail.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Source mailbox:<\/strong> your Gmail address (e.g. yourname@gmail.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Password:<\/strong> the password for the Gmail account you are transferring from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click <strong>Begin import<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/myboximportmailmodal.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/myboximportmailmodal.png 687w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/myboximportmailmodal-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/myboximportmailmodal-13x12.png 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What to expect: <\/strong>The import runs in the background. Once it&#8217;s complete, you&#8217;ll receive a confirmation notification in your destination mailbox. Depending on the number of messages, this may take a few minutes.You can also trigger the import directly when<a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-to-add-a-new-mailbox\/\"> creating a new mailbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Need_help_with_email_migration\"><\/span><strong>Need help with email migration?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d prefer to have your email boxes migrated by the mybox team, you can activate the <strong>Website Migration add-on<\/strong> from the mybox Store. The add-on covers email migration alongside your website transfer.<a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/knowledgebase\/how-to-migrate-your-website-to-mybox\/\">Learn more about website and email migration \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[37,41],"manual_kb_tag":[3316,3317,3318,400,862,871,2206,2225,3310,3311,3312,3313,3314,3315],"class_list":["post-411","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-mailbox-migration","manualknowledgebasecat-email","manual_kb_tag-imap-import","manual_kb_tag-move-mailbox","manual_kb_tag-imap-server-address","manual_kb_tag-email-migration","manual_kb_tag-imap","manual_kb_tag-mailbox-migration","manual_kb_tag-import-messages","manual_kb_tag-mailbox-import","manual_kb_tag-gmail-mailbox","manual_kb_tag-migrate-gmail","manual_kb_tag-mailbox-transfer","manual_kb_tag-transfer-messages","manual_kb_tag-imap-server","manual_kb_tag-imap-gmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4469,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/411\/revisions\/4469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}