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title: Custom Email Address for Kids Google Account
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# Custom Email Address for Kids Google Account

Turns out you can’t specify a custom email address for a new Google Account *if the birthday specified during registration* is for an underage person. This is due to the parental controls they enforce for kids’ accounts and how that functionality requires a `@gmail.com` account email address.

During registration you’re asked for name and date of birth:

![Birthday and gender input fields during Google Account registration](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/google-account-create-birthday-options.png?strip=all&quality=90&resize=1920,987)Entering a birthday for an underage person (younger than 18 years old) will only show a picker for `@gmail.com` addresses:

![Only @gmail.com email options available for underage kids Google Accounts](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/google-account-registration-missing-custom-email-options-1920x1113.png)However, entering a birthday of 18+ will show a custom email input field:

![Custom email option during Google Account registration](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/google-account-custom-email-option.png?strip=all&quality=90&resize=1920,927)