Alumni Email Renewal and Access Process

Eligible Alumni include

1. Former students are eligible to renew during your grace period, 274 days from graduation.
2. If you are an alum and also a recently separated employee, you can renew during your employee grace period.

Steps to Renew

1. Review the 2025 Alumni Email Service Level Agreement (SLA) and accept the terms when you complete the next step.
2. Renew your alumni email account.
   1. You must log in using @berkeley.edu Google account using your Ca;Net ID & passphrase.
   2. NOTE: The "Renew your alumni email account" form is NOT intended for ACTIVE students, faculty, or staff who are also alumni. This renewal ONLY applies to people who have no other eligibility for mail services other than as an alum.
3. Prevent data loss for current university personnel including faculty, staff, and students.
4. Reduce your overall Google storage to below 5 GB.
   1. You must keep your Berkeley Google Storage usage under 5 GB and renew your account annually to retain uninterrupted access to your account.
   2. The 5 GB storage cap includes both email and any content you own, (i.e. content stored in your Berkeley Google My Drive such as Docs, Sheets, Photos).

What address do I use to login when I renew?

1. Login to your Berkeley Google account using the email address provided in the To: field of messages sent to you about the Alumni email service.
2. Enter your CalNet ID and Passphrase when presented with the CalNet Authentication Service page.
   1. The part before the @ symbol in the To: field of this message is your CalNet ID
   2. You can Reset your Passphrase (link is external)  if you no longer remember it.
3. Check the Email (link is external) section of your Google profile to see all of your alternate email addresses.