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How to move your email off Squarespace

Updated November 2026 · Christopher, Dreamtech

If you bought email through Squarespace, it's Google Workspace with Squarespace in the middle of the bill. You have two ways out: move the billing to Google and keep everything as it is, or move your mail to Zoho Mail (free for up to 5 people) and keep the same address.

Option 1: keep Google Workspace, pay Google directly

Nothing changes for you day to day. The bill moves from Squarespace to Google, so cancelling Squarespace later doesn't touch your email. This is the simplest choice if you rely on Google Drive, Docs and Calendar.

Option 2: move to Zoho Mail

• Free plan: up to 5 people, 5 GB each, on your own domain, in the browser and the Zoho Mail phone app.
• Desktop apps (Outlook, Apple Mail) need Zoho's Mail Lite plan, about $12 per mailbox a year.
• Your old mail can be imported from Google so nothing is lost.

The order that doesn't lose email

1. Set up the new mailbox on your domain before changing anything.
2. Import your existing mail.
3. Change the domain's mail records (MX) to the new provider. New mail starts arriving there within hours.
4. Check sending and receiving for a few days.
5. Only then cancel the old Workspace subscription.

Don't forget the domain records

Besides MX, set SPF, DKIM and DMARC for your new provider so your mail doesn't land in spam. Site Freedom checks these from public records before and after the switch.

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