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# How to Import Emails from Your Domain to Gmail (As Backup)

1. Login to your Gmail account and click on the **gear icon** and select **Settings**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/dd311bd4-af1e-4b02-9e9c-4901b7da731e.png)

2. Click on **Accounts & Import tab** and select **Import mail and contacts**. 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/f7129902-b770-4043-8d88-415dfa456585.png)

.3. Enter the **target email address** in which you wish to import all of your emails to your Gmail account. Click the Continue button once you're done.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/9a2937dc-663f-41ba-8210-3887dcb99902.png)


4. Enter your **password** for the target email account you wish to import all of the emails, together with its **full email address** and the **mail server address** e.g. mail.yourdomain.com . The default POP port is 110.  Press the **Continue** button when you're done.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/4cf3e79d-1ffd-4353-921e-2115644e7005.png)


5.  Follow the default import settings (the tick boxes) as seen from my screenshot below:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/e894f20e-56ab-4de3-b7ab-078d43bec7f6.png)

Click on **Start Import** button to proceed with the final step.
 
6.  Congratulations! you shall see the following message if every email import settings is done properly. Press the **OK button** to close the window.  The email importing process may happen immediately or taking up 2 days, depending on the size and amount of emails you wish to import.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/a43a85e0-a298-4f75-9675-30f123c296aa.png)


 7. You may now see that all of my emails located in my custom domain have been imported successfully to my Gmail account.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/c39f67a4-d34c-4906-a80a-3a11fb7c0d58.png)


|| Note: Using the settings as shown in Step 5 above, all of the emails stored in your server will be cleared 100% i.e. your mailbox shall be emptied.