Proton Mail wants to make leaving Google painless. Its updated Easy Switch tool now connects straight to Gmail. You can import your old mail and, for the first time, send messages from your Gmail address without leaving Proton.
Here is how it works. You open Import via Easy Switch in Proton Mail’s settings and link your Gmail account. Proton pulls in your recent messages, attachments, contacts, and calendars. New Gmail mail then keeps flowing into your Proton inbox automatically.
Why it matters for privacy
The point is a clean break, done gradually. You can run both accounts side by side while you update logins and tell contacts your new address. Once everything important points to Proton, you cut Gmail loose entirely. Proton also strips trackers and ads from incoming mail.
Proton’s privacy pitch is blunt. Messages between Proton users stay end-to-end encrypted, so Google cannot read them or mine them for ad targeting. As the company puts it, Google can no longer build a profile from your email activity.
The bigger goal is obvious. Proton is courting anyone uneasy about how deeply Google folds AI into its services. A smoother exit ramp removes the biggest excuse to stay. If switching inboxes always felt like too much hassle, that excuse just got weaker.
