Keep your current email provider or migrate to Google Workspace.

Custom domains can have their own email addresses. For example, if your site is www.yoursitename.com, your email address mightbe info@yoursitename.com.

If you already have email associated with a custom domain you're using with Squarespace, you can keep using it with your current email host or migrate it to Google Workspace. This guide explains both options, which will work whether you’re using a third-party domain or a Squarespace domain.

• You can use your current email service, and it won't affect the way your site functions.
• If you'd rather use Google Workspace, you can make this switch in your site's settings. With this integration, you can manage Google Workspace billing in your own site, plus get access to Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.

Tip: If you don’t have a custom domain email address yet, we recommend signing up for Google Workspace through Squarespace.To update the email address associated with your site, visit Updating your email address.

Keep your current email provider

To keep using your current email provider, you can connect a third-party domain to Squarespace without disrupting your email service. Connecting your domain to Squarespace only involves changes to CNAME and A records, so if your domain provider also hosts your email, there’s no need to adjust your nameservers or MX records.

Note: Your email provider might be different than your domain provider. If your email provider asked you to use their default nameservers instead of your domain provider’s, use the email provider's DNS records to connect your domain to Squarespace. We recommend contacting your email provider for help editing these records.

If you have a Squarespace domain, you can use a third party email service by adding the necessary DNS records to your domain settings. We recommend contacting your email provider for a full list of the DNS records you’ll need. To learn more about adding the records, visit DNS settings.

Migrate to Google Workspace

To use Google Workspace instead of your current email provider, create a Google Workspace account to manage your email through a custom Gmail account. This way, you can keep the same email address, but create an entirely new account with new inboxes and billing managed by Squarespace. After you're set up with Google Workspace, you'll cancel service with your original email provider.

Signing up for Google Workspace through Squarespace lets you manage your email account billing within your Squarespace site, but you'll still use Google's interface to access your emails, calendars, and documents. You can connect Google Workspace to a third-party domain or a Squarespace domain.

For a seamless transition, create your Google Workspace account through Squarespace before canceling with your email current host.

Before you begin

• Ensure that you have a domain in place on your Squarespace site, either from a third-party domain or a custom Squarespace domain.
• If you're in the middle of transferring a domain to Squarespace, ensure the transfer is complete and you've followed our guidelines for moving your email records before setting up Google Workspace.
• Don’t cancel your current email service or adjust any MX records on your email provider’s end until your Google Workspace setup is complete.
• You’ll need administrator access to both your current email account and Squarespace site to move to Google Workspace.

Step 1 - Create your Google Workspace account

First, create your Google Workspace account. Use the same custom domain you’re already using to keep your email address intact.

Add more Google Workspace email addresses for each user who has an email address with your current provider. If users need alternate addresses, you can create these aliases using the tools in your Google Admin console.

Note: If you’re using a domain hosted by a third party, complete the additional step for third-party domains of adding MX records to your provider’s settings so that new emails can route to your new Google Workspace account. If you’re using a Squarespace domain, Squarespace does this for you automatically.

After you’ve adjusted the MX records, some emails sent to your address will go to your new Google Workspace account, and some will still route to the old provider. This is expected, as mail services sometimes cache the old MX records. While this transition usually only lasts an hour or two, it can sometimes take up to 72 hours.

Step 2 - Import content to Google Workspace

Before closing your old email account, you may want to see if your current email provider supports exporting emails, contacts, or other content to Google Workspace. For help with this, visit Google’s documentation.

When you migrate data from your current email provider to Google Workspace, all of your email history should transfer over and be accessible from your new Google Workspace account. Learn more in Google's data migration service FAQ.

Step 3 - Cancel your third-party email service

After 72 hours, you can cancel email service with your original provider if all of the following apply:

1. You’ve completed all of the setup steps above
2. You’re successfully receiving emails to your Google Workspace account
3. You’ve saved any content you need from your previous account

If your email is linked to a Squarespace domain, remove any MX records from your previous email provider, but don't remove any Google Workspace MX records.

If your email is linked to a third-party domain (like GoDaddy or 1&1), don’t cancel service for that domain or change any MX records you added for Google Workspace. Only cancel email service.

After cancelling service with your previous provider, all new emails will route to your Google Workspace account.