Forwarding Email from Outlook.com (Hotmail) to Gmail – Let’s Know How?

Outlook.com, a web-based email service, is provided by Microsoft. It contains several services like webmail, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. It was earlier known as Hotmail, founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. Microsoft later acquired it and rebranded it as Outlook.com in 2012.Gmail, on the other hand, is developed by Google. It has similar features to Outlook.com like email viewer, contacts, calendar, etc.. Still, an additional feature of downloading the data as well as importing other mail and contacts is its winning point. Hence people try to migrate to Gmail due to its exceptional features.

Manual Approach to Forwarding Email from Outlook.com to Gmail

In this method, you can forward your email from Outlook.com using Gmail.

• Open Gmail and log in to it by entering your credentials.
• Go to the top right of your mail and click on the gear button.
• Choose Settings from the various options.
• Now click on the Accounts and Import tab.
• Next press Import Mail and Contacts options in Import mail and contacts sections.
• Now a window will be opened showing “Step 1: Sign in to your other email account”. Enter your Outlook.com email address and press Continue.
• Again press Continue button to forward email to Gmail.
• Now confirm to Gmail for accessing Outlook.com account by clicking Yes.
• In new windows, there is “Step 2: Import Options”. There are various options like – import contacts, import mail, import mail for the next 30 days. Choose one according to your choice.
• Click on Start Import and then press OK button.

This will forward all your emails from Outlook.com to Gmail. The process will take some time depending on the size of your mails.

An Automatic Approach to Forwarding Outlook or Hotmail Email to Gmail

For forwarding of Outlook.com emails, contacts, calendars to Gmail, you can try to use commercial software like Hotmail Email Backup Tool which is used to create the backup and forwarding the email from Outlook.com to Gmail and other email services like Yahoo, Thunderbird, Zimbra, IMAP, etc.

Follow the Steps to Forward from Outlook Email to Gmail

• Launch Hotmail (Outlook.com) Email Backup Tool.
• Enter Outlook.com login credentials.
• Select email format to Gmail for forwarding.
• Now select folder which you want to import and enter Date Filter and press Next.
• Now type your Gmail login credentials and click on Log in.
• The forwarding process will start after finishing the task click on the OK button.

Benefits of Automatic Solution for Forwarding Email from Hotmail to Gmail

Excellent Feartures of Hotmail Backup Tool

• Swiftly creates Outlook.com backup and export Hotmail to PST, MSG, PDF, IMAP, TXT, EML, MBOX, Thunderbird, and Zimbra file type.
• The requirement of Internet Connection is necessary to backup emails from Hotmail.
• As per the requirement, Network Bandwidth can be restricted.
• Also, backup the additional data of Outlook.com, including Calendar, Contacts, Excel, PPT, etc.
• Archive complete Hotmail emails by selecting specific Folder and Date range from email download filters.
• Allows export Hotmail email backup to Yahoo and Gmail.
• Renames the emails after downloading.
• Can pause or resume the backup process.
• Maintains the integrity of data.
• Installation and configuration of MS Outlook are necessary.
• Supports all the versions of Windows 2000/2003/XP/2007/2008/8.1/2012/2016..

Final Thoughts

The automatic way to forward or migrate Outlook.com emails to Gmail is an uncomplicated method which can be preferred over Manual process.

About The Author:

Harshita Sachdeva

Harshita Sachdeva, a professional technical writer at Aryson Technologies, specialize in delivering clear, hands-on documentation for data management, migration, and recovery solutions. With a meticulous, reader-first approach, I break down complex technical processes into simple, actionable content - helping IT professionals and decision-makers tackle challenges efficiently.