How to Transfer AOL Email to Gmail in 2023

"Can I transfer my AOL account to Gmail?" If you are asking yourself this question, this article will not only give you an answer to this question, but will also provide you with all the information that you need along the way.

If you are thinking of moving your AOL emails to Gmail, most likely you want to:

• Change email providers and and switch from AOL to Gmail, or
• Merge your AOL mail with your Gmail account, or
• Create a backup of your AOL email in another account

If this is what you want to achieve, read on. Our article will walk you through the two ways of migrating AOL email to Gmail: the automatic method and the manual process.

We recommend using the automatic option because it produces accurate results and requires no manual work. All you have to do is just connect your AOL and Gmail accounts and click "Start".

The manual method is less reliable, has a number of limitations, and requires additional resources that may not be immediately available. But you could give it a try if you are ready for some challenge and are willing to do most of the work yourself.

How to migrate AOL emails to Gmail automatically

Since AOL is yet to offer the functionality of transferring your AOL email to another account, the only way to move your email automatically would be to use a third-party app.

We suggest that you try VaultMe because it migrates content between the accounts at the fastest rate allowable by email providers and is very easy to use.

VaultMe can copy your AOL emails (with folders) to your personal Gmail or to a Google Workspace account quickly and securely.

Here’s what makes VaultMe a perfect choice for AOL to Gmail migrations:

• It offers precise results (the formatting of the messages, their read/unread status, and attachments are all copied)
• VaultMe will transfer your AOL folders to Gmail preserving the structure of your account
• VaultMe works online in a browser (no software to download)
• It takes only a minute or two to set up an AOL to Gmail migration
• VaultMe has made lots of people happy as proven by the reviews!

How to copy AOL emails to Gmail manually

Transferring AOL emails to Gmail

To copy your AOL emails into Gmail manually, you will need to install a desktop email app (such as Thunderbird or Outlook).

But before you import your AOL mail to Gmail manually, consider the following:

• The email app will use your hard drive storage for a temporary copy of your AOL email account. For the migration to complete successfully, you should have enough free storage space for the full archive of your AOL mail on your hard drive.
• If you have a lot of messages and folders in your AOL account, the copying process may take several days or sometimes even weeks. We do not recommend manual copying for accounts with over 10 000 items and/or 10 GB of used storage, but even smaller accounts may take several days to sync.
• Your computer will need to stay powered on during the copying process.
• Some of the email messages and folders may fail to copy, especially if power supply or broadband connection is interrupted.
• Moving AOL emails to Gmail manually may slow down the work of your computer.

Conclusion

Copying email from AOL to Gmail manually seems to be reasonable only in limited cases (such as when you are migrating a small account). This option may seem "free", but it may cost you more in terms of time and effort.

We recommend that you use VaultMe as your automatic option, unless you are absolutely sure that you know how to fix the issues that may arise. VaultMe is fully automated and provides accurate, predictable results.