Email and Email Forwarding Transition Breakdown
Due to increasing security risks and costs, University of California, Davis has retired its Email for Life and Email Forwarding for Life services for former students, staff, and other former affiliates.
Current and former faculty and UC Davis Health employees are not impacted by this change.
Below, is a breakdown of these changes, separated by demographic. Choose the one that best describes your relationship with UC Davis.
Student Email Transition
- Undergraduate Students
- Students graduating or separating have the option to convert their @ucdavis.edu email to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email address or allow their accounts to close. Former undergraduate students who transition to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email will have access to their accounts for one year. Accounts will have a 20GB storage limit.
Consult the student email transition chart for a deeper look at the difference between @ucdavis.edu and @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu accounts. - Graduate Students
- Graduate students graduating or separating from the university have the option to convert their @ucdavis.edu email to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email address or allow their account to close. Former graduate students who transition to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email will have access to their accounts for two years. Graduate students may also opt-in for a third year. Accounts will have a 20GB storage limit.
Consult the student email transition chart for a deeper look at the difference between @ucdavis.edu and @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu accounts.
Staff Email Transition
- Departing Staff
Email access no longer available after separating from UC Davis with a 30-day grace period as of June 1, 2024. Email forwarding no longer available as of July 1, 2024.
Former Staff
Email accounts and email forwarding services for former staff who retired or separated from the university in the spring or summer of 2024 will be retired on January 17, 2025.
External Affiliate Email Transition
- Departing External Affiliates
Email access no longer available after their last day at UC Davis (effective June 1, 2024).
Former External Affiliates
Email accounts and email forwarding services for former temporary affiliates who separated from the university in the spring or summer of 2024 were retired on December 18, 2024.