How to Create a New Zoho Email Account for Free in 5 Minutes?

If you don’t know how to create a new Zoho email account, read this tutorial. Here, I explain to you the ins and outs of the entire process.

Making a new @zohomail.in account is not that difficult; all you need is the right guidance, which is exactly what you will find in this tutorial. Before we begin, let me explain why so many people are inquiring about Zoho email creation.

Why Do People Want to Make New Zoho Accounts Suddenly?

• For many companies, overreliance on foreign organizations for critical email communication needs is seen as a major vulnerability. Moreover, personal email users are not immune to this problem. So, making a Zoho ID is gaining traction among the masses.
• With Zoho, people get to use an indigenous email client where their data is guaranteed to stay within borders. To know more, study the what is Zoho mail guide.
• Apart from data safety, it’s also ad-free, while Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail, and many other free* email providers use customers as their products to fill inboxes with Ads, Zoho displays zero ads even in its free plan.
• You can set up your own custom domain in Zoho even if you are a personal user. This is a facility only available in costly business and enterprise editions of other major players like G Suite and M365.

All these reasons together form a very strong case for anyone who was still doubtful about whether they should make a new Zoho account. So now let’s see the actual process.

How to Create a New Zoho Email Account the Default Way?

Step 1. Visit https://www.zoho.com/mail/

Step 2. Select the Personal Email option.

Step 3. Type in an email address

Step 4. Add a password.

Step 6. Enter a valid mobile number (also a second time for verification)

Step 7. Mark the “I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy” checkbox.

Step 8. Click on the SIGN UP FOR FREE button.

Step 9. Page Reloads: Add the OTP you get on your phone and hit Verify.

Step 10. Congratulations, you now have a brand-new Zoho account.

However, if you already have a Zoho account, you can’t reuse the same mobile number again in the signup form. Don’t worry, we have a different tactic for this exact scenario. Make sure you have any one of the following accounts: Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, and Microsoft.

Bypass Mobile Number Limitation During Zoho Account Creation

One question that is on the mind of users is how to create a new Zoho email account if they already have one. This is because Zoho only allows one account per mobile number; if you don’t use multiple SIM cards, you are limited to one account. However, there is a way to set up your account with the same number.

Go to https://www.zoho.com/mail/ and select the personal email option.

Now, instead of filling in the details, choose any one of the four available sign-in options.

Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, (If you plan on using a work/school Microsoft Account, visit the https://www.zoho.com/signup.html page instead.)

Then continue with the on-screen instructions, which may vary slightly depending on what platform you have chosen. The general steps are as follows:

• You select any available option.
• A platform login screen or an account selection screen pops up (mostly for Gmail/Google accounts).
• Give permissions to Zoho for accessing your account details (Name and Email address)
• On the Zoho X platform screen, you add more details like last name, mobile number, and click on “Create account.”
  
• Enter the OTP you received on your mobile and press Verify.
• Type a Zoho Mail address and click Create.

When you use Google, Facebook, etc., for Zoho account creation, then your default account will remain the same as that in your original account. To change it and make the @zohomail.in domain your primary address, you must do the following:

• Click on your profile icon.
• On the right side pane, choose the My Account option.
• This opens a new tab on your browser; scroll down till you see the “My Email Addresses” section.
• Hover the cursor over the Zoho mail address and click on Set as Primary Address.
• Click on Make Primary to confirm the change.

Bring All of Your Existing Emails to the New Zoho Account

Now that you know how to create a new Zoho email account, you might also want to permanently shift from your existing email to Zoho. That’s why we cannot stop at account creation. You also need to bring in your existing emails to Zoho. For that, the best option would be to use the SysTools IMAP to IMAP migration tool.

This software is custom-built to bring all of your emails to your new Zoho account, irrespective of what the original account was. Download now and check out the demo for free.

For this tool, you must have IMAP access on Zoho and also make an app password for your Zoho ID.

You can also use this tool to add emails to an existing Zoho account that already has emails in it; the tool won’t disturb any of the existing data. If you want further protection, use a Zoho Backup tool.

How to Create a New Zoho Email Account the Right Way?

Treat these points as best practices that you must follow:

• Your username should be unique. If by chance your username matches an existing account, you will get an error. “This username is already registered with an account. Please enter a different one.”
• While choosing a name, you must always start it with either an English alphabet letter (a-z) or a number (0-9). Not doing so will prevent you from creating an account.
• A Zoho username can only have letters, numbers, underscores (_), and dots (.). Any other special character is not allowed. Moreover, the letters you use are case-insensitive, so ZOHO is treated the same as zoho.
• After the username, the next field is the password. Always use a secure password; combine letters (both capital and small), numbers, and special characters to construct an appropriate hard-to-guess passcode.
• Moreover, your passwords must be longer than 8 characters. If it isn’t, Zoho won’t allow you to use it, and you can’t make the account.
• At the same time, the maximum possible password character length is 250, so keep your password shorter than this limit.
• Then enter your first name and last name; adding both is compulsory. If you don’t use/don’t have a last name, use a space as a placeholder. Be careful while using a space, as it may disrupt your communication with fellow Zoho/email users.
• The last thing you need to successfully create a new free Zoho mail account is your mobile number. Make sure that you haven’t used this mobile number previously; otherwise, you won’t be able to create an account.

Conclusion

This is how to create a new Zoho email account for free. Moreover, Zoho does not have a single sign-in page. You can create a new account by visiting any of these URLs, and the process remains the same: you fill out the form and validate.

• https://www.zoho.com/signup.html
• https://mail.zoho.com/signup
• https://www.zoho.com/mail/

However, even when you use an existing account to make a new Zoho account, your emails don’t transfer automatically. For that, you must do a manual migration, but there is a way to streamline the task with the help of the utility I told you about in the earlier part of the text.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How to create a new Zoho email account if I have a pre-existing one?

Follow the same steps, just make sure you use a different phone number. As Zoho only allows one account per number.

Q. What is the maximum character limit for my new Zoho Mail account?

Your Zoho Mail user name should be greater than 6 but less than 30 characters long.

Q. Will using the Gmail sign-in option also bring all my Gmail emails to Zoho?

No, it will just create a new account; all your Gmail emails will remain in the original account.