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How can I change the gmail account used when using the "Email a link to this page" button?

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I have more than one gmail account & Firefox is using the one I DON'T want to use when mailing links to pages. I have an account with Firefox using the gmail account I want to use for this purpose, but it is using my other account somehow. In the application options, I can only choose using gmail & cannot choose which gmail account.

I have more than one gmail account & Firefox is using the one I DON'T want to use when mailing links to pages. I have an account with Firefox using the gmail account I want to use for this purpose, but it is using my other account somehow. In the application options, I can only choose using gmail & cannot choose which gmail account.

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Firefox uses your default Gmail account.

Google defaults to the first account you logged in with.

If you want to change your default account, this might help :

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/H7O14c6Nuxo

and also :

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/one-google-account-set-default-sign/

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Hmm, if I use "Email Link..." for this page, Firefox sends this:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fquestions%2F1230786&subject=How%20can%20I%20change%20the%20gmail%20account%20used%20when%20using%20the%20%22Email%20a%20link%20to%20this%20page%22%20button%3F%20%7C%20Firefox%20Support%20Forum%20%7C%20Mozilla%20Support

Basically, Gmail is left to decide how to handle that request.

If you know of a parameter that can be added to the address to select a particular account, you could set up another mailto "handler" using that slightly modified URL. (I haven't search for whether a parameter exists... have to log out now.)

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Firefox uses your default Gmail account.

Google defaults to the first account you logged in with.

If you want to change your default account, this might help :

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/H7O14c6Nuxo

and also :

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/one-google-account-set-default-sign/

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Thanks. It worked. Simple!

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H.K. said

Thanks. It worked. Simple!

My pleasure - life can be so simple (sometimes .... )