You can see this if you try to sign in with your username, but adding or removing a dot from it. In = these addresses belong to the same person. Gmail doesn’t recognize dots as characters within usernames, you can add or remove the dots from a Gmail address without changing the actual destination address they’ll all go to your inbox, and only yours. While we know it might be unnerving if you think someone else’s mail is being routed to your account, don’t worry: both of these addresses are yours. Sometimes you may receive a message sent to an address that looks like yours but has a different number or arrangement of periods. Email sent to all of these email addresses will go to your original Gmail account, that is: is what google has to say about this:. Suppose, you have your Gmail account as: Gmail, you can also use it as: or or doesn’t recognize dots as characters within usernames. You can use multiple email addresses with your single Gmail account. Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Pin Print Email Shares