Manage multiple accounts

We know that many email users use multiple email accounts. Shortwave makes it easy to sign into multiple accounts on each device and quickly switch between them. This functionality is available for all users, even those on the Free plan. Additionally, the Shortwave Pro and Business plans allow you to share access to paid features across multiple signed-in accounts.

Multi-account pricing plans

Our Pro and Business plans are designed to provide our paid features to all of your accounts for one flat rate. The Pro plan gives paid features to up to 3 signed in accounts, and the Business plan gives paid features to up to 10 accounts. The Personal plan only supports a single @gmail.com or .edu account. See our pricing page for more details.

To share paid features between your paid account and other free email accounts, simply sign all of your accounts in on the same device, and your free accounts will get paid features automatically.

Signing in multiple accounts

Desktop

1. Click on your account avatar in the upper left corner of the main screen in Shortwave
2. Click + Add account
3. Follow the prompts to sign in an additional Gmail or Google Workspace account

iOS and Android

1. Tap your account avatar in the bottom left of the screen
2. Tap + Add account
3. Follow the prompts to sign in an additional Gmail or Google Workspace account

Switch between accounts

Desktop

• Mouse: Click on your account avatar in the top left and select an account
• Keyboard: Use the Ctrl # shortcut to switch to the corresponding numbered account. Drag and drop your accounts list to reorder them.

iOS

• Tap: Click on your account avatar in the bottom left and select an account
• Swipe: Swipe left or right on the account avatar in the bottom left to switch to the next or previous account

Android

• Tap: Click on your account avatar in the bottom left and select an account
• Swipe: Swipe up or down on the account avatar in the bottom left to switch to the next or previous account

Unified inbox workarounds

Currently, Shortwave doesn't support a unified inbox. Here are some workarounds:

• Forwarding: Configure automatic forwarding in Gmail from your secondary accounts to your primary account.
• "Send as" aliases: Set up "Send as" aliases in Gmail to send emails from your secondary accounts while logged into your primary account.

Managing aliases and default account addresses

Each Gmail or Google Workspace account that you sign into Shortwave with has a default account address as well as potentially multiple email aliases. Default account addresses and aliases are different from accounts and should be managed directly from Gmail.

You can update your primary "Send as" alias and other alias settings through your Gmail account settings. To change your default account address, click "make default" for the account you want to set as primary. When you make changes in your Gmail settings, you'll need to sign out and back into Shortwave for them to take effect in Shortwave.