Many people have a need for a free Google Account. However, they don’t want or need a Gmail address. This includes longtime users of a personal email service from Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast and others.
Just a few of the reasons you may want to create a Google Account (without Gmail) are:
- You were invited to join a Google Meet that was created from a Gmail account (as opposed to from a Google WorkSpace account)
- You were sent an email inviting you to edit a Google Doc, Sheet, Presentation or other app
- You want 15GB of free cloud storage for backups and for sharing large files
- You need a Google Pay account
- You want to create a free website using Google Sites
- You want a personal YouTube channel
- You purchased one or more Nest products from the Google Store and need a Google account to set them up
