Moving your Blogger site from one Gmail account to another

Moving your Blogger site from one Gmail account to another is something I do when I want a cleaner Google login, a work email separate from a personal one, or a handoff to a new admin without rebuilding the blog. The posts, theme, and blogspot address stay put. You are changing who owns the blog inside Blogger, not cloning a new site.

Do this carefully. If you remove the old account before the new one is a full Admin, you can lock yourself out. If you skip Search Console and AdSense afterward, the blog still loads for readers but you lose the tools that keep SEO and ads healthy. Below is the order I follow, then the checklist I run after ownership moves.

Before you start

Write down both Gmail addresses. Confirm you can sign into each one on the same day. If the blog uses a custom domain, note where the domain is registered and who can log into that registrar. Transferring Blogger ownership does not move the domain account for you.

Also decide whether you are keeping both accounts as Admins for a while or cutting the old one right away. For a clean handoff I prefer: invite, accept, promote to Admin, test the new login fully, then remove the old account. Rushing the last step is how people get stuck.

If AdSense is connected, plan to grant the new Gmail access under AdSense Access and authorization after the Blogger move. Payment setup details live in my AdSense pillar: how to set up AdSense on Blogger.

Step 1: Invite the new Gmail from the old account

Sign in to Blogger with the old Gmail. Open the blog you want to move. In the left menu go to Settings, then scroll to Permissions. Click Invite more authors, type the new Gmail address, and send the invite.

The new address starts as an Author. That is normal. Authors can write posts but cannot take full control yet. Do not remove anyone at this stage.

Step 2: Accept the invite on the new Gmail

Open the inbox for the new Gmail. Find the Blogger invitation and accept it. Finish by signing into Blogger with that new account so the invite is confirmed. Until you accept, the Permissions screen will still show a pending invite.

If the email never arrives, check spam, and confirm you typed the address correctly on the old account. You can resend from Permissions if needed.

Step 3: Promote the new account to Admin

Switch back to the old Gmail in Blogger. Go to Settings, then Permissions, then Blog admins and authors. Find the new email. Change the role from Author to Admin and save.

Still on the new account, open the blog and confirm you can reach Theme, Settings, and Posts without errors. Publish a small draft or tweak a draft post if you want a quick write test. Only when that works should you think about removing the old owner.

Step 4: Remove the old account (only after the new Admin works)

Under Settings, Permissions, Blog admins and authors, locate the old email and remove it with the X control. After that, the new Gmail should be the account you use day to day.

If more than one person needs access, leave extra Admins or Authors in place on purpose. A solo blog often ends with one Admin. A small team may keep two Admins so nobody is a single point of failure.

Post-migration checklist

Google Search Console. Add the new Gmail as a verified owner (or user with the right access) on the property that covers your blog. Without this, you lose indexing reports and URL Inspection on the account you actually use. If indexing looks messy after a move, work through the usual fixes in fixing indexing issues in Google Search Console.

Google Analytics. Grant the new Gmail admin or edit access on the property so stats stay visible when you switch logins.

Google AdSense. In AdSense, use Access and authorization to invite the new Gmail if it is not already on the account. Confirm ads still show on a live post. Do not assume Blogger ownership alone updates AdSense users.

Custom domain. Log into the domain registrar separately. Make sure renewal notices and DNS edits are reachable from an email you still control. A Blogger transfer does not renew Namecheap, GoDaddy, or any other registrar for you.

Other connected tools. Update any Cloudflare, email newsletter, or social scheduling logins that were tied only to the old Gmail. Same idea: blog ownership moved, third-party accounts did not.

What does not change

Your published URLs stay the same. Your theme XML stays the same. Labels, posts, and pages stay on the blog. Readers should not notice a switch if you completed the Admin steps correctly. Search engines still see the same site, which is why Search Console access for the new owner matters more than “rebuilding for SEO.”

If you ever planned a full rebuild on a new blog instead of a transfer, that is a different project with redirects and ranking risk. For most people who only need a new Gmail on the same BlogSpot site, the invite-to-Admin path above is enough.

Common mistakes I see

Removing the old Admin before the new one accepted and was promoted. Accepting the invite but never changing Author to Admin. Forgetting Search Console so the “new” owner cannot request indexing. Ignoring the domain registrar until renewal fails. Leaving AdSense only on the old Gmail and wondering why payments screens look empty on the new login.

Another quiet issue is browser sessions. After the move, sign out of the old Gmail on shared devices so you do not edit the wrong account by habit.

FAQ

Will my blogspot.com address change? No. Ownership changes inside Blogger. The blog URL stays unless you rename the blog address on purpose in Settings.

Do I need to re-verify AdSense? Not because of a normal Admin transfer alone. You do need the new Gmail to have access if you will manage ads from it. Follow whatever AdSense shows under Access and authorization and Payments for your account.

Can I keep both Gmails as Admin? Yes. That is often safer during a transition week.

I use Blogger from Nigeria on mobile data. Does that change the steps? The Permissions steps are the same. Prefer a stable connection when you accept the invite and when you change roles, and keep a backup of your theme before any big Theme edits (Theme backup is separate from ownership, but it is still good hygiene).

What about robots.txt and sitemaps after a move? They usually stay as they were. If you later touch crawl settings, use the robots and sitemap guide: how to set robots.txt and sitemap on BlogSpot.

Invite the new Gmail, accept, promote to Admin, test, then remove the old account only when you are sure. Update Search Console, Analytics, AdSense access, and your domain registrar. That is how moving your Blogger site from one Gmail account to another stays boring in the best way: the blog keeps working and you keep control.