How to Move a Blogger Blog Between Google Accounts

It's common to end up with more than one Google account over the years — maybe a personal one and a work one, or an old account you made years ago and a newer one you actually use day to day. If a Blogger blog ends up tied to the "wrong" account, you don't need to recreate it from scratch. Blogger doesn't offer a simple one-click "transfer ownership" button, but there's a reliable workaround: temporarily make the blog a two-person team, promote the new account to admin, then remove the old one.

Here's exactly how to do it with Blogger's current interface.

Step 1: Sign In to the Original Account

Log in to Blogger using Account 1 — the account that currently owns the blog you want to move.

Step 2: Open the Permissions Settings

1. Select your blog from the dashboard.
2. In the left-hand menu, click Settings.
3. Click the Basic tab.
4. Scroll down to the Permissions section.

Step 3: Invite the New Account as an Author

Click Invite more authors (this button is sometimes labeled "Add authors," depending on your current Blogger interface version). Enter the email address for Account 2 — the account you want to move the blog to — and send the invitation.

Step 4: Accept the Invitation

Account 2 needs to check its inbox and click Accept Invitation in the email Blogger sends. If you're doing this on the same computer, either sign out of Account 1 first or use a separate browser (or a private/incognito window) for Account 2, so you don't end up logged into both accounts in a way that confuses which one you're acting as.

Step 5: Promote Account 2 to Admin

Once Account 2 has accepted and appears in the "Blog Admins and Authors" list, sign back in as Account 1 and return to Settings > Basic > Permissions. Find Account 2 in the list, click the dropdown menu next to its name, and select Admin.

Step 6: Remove Account 1

With Account 2 now an admin, you can safely remove Account 1: click Remove this user next to Account 1's name in the same Permissions list.

That's it — the blog now belongs entirely to Account 2.

A Few Things Worth Knowing Before You Start

• A blog must always have at least one admin. Blogger won't let you remove Account 1 until Account 2 has been promoted to Admin status — this is a safeguard, not a bug.
• Old posts keep their original author's display name. Posts published under Account 1 will continue to show Account 1 as the author even after it's removed. If you want them to show Account 2 instead, you'll need to manually edit or repost them under the new account.
• Uploaded images can break if the original account is deleted entirely. Removing Account 1 from the blog doesn't delete images by itself, but if you later delete the Account 1 Google Account altogether, any photos originally uploaded through it may stop displaying. If your images matter, keep Account 1 active (even if unused) rather than deleting it outright, or re-upload important images through Account 2 first.
• Blogger allows up to 100 total members (admins, authors, and readers combined) on a single blog, so this two-account swap is well within normal limits and won't run into any restrictions.
• This method also works for adding a co-author permanently, not just for transferring ownership — if you just want a writing partner rather than a full account swap, you can stop after Step 4 and skip promoting them to Admin (or promote them but keep Account 1 active too, for shared ownership).

This remains the standard, most reliable way to move a blog between Google accounts, since Blogger has never introduced a more direct transfer option — but the underlying trick (team up, promote, then remove) works exactly as well today as it always has.