How to Change Your Address with the Postal Service

  1. Go to to change your address online. This is the fastest and easiest way, and you immediately get an email confirming the change.
  2. Go to your local post office and request the Mover’s Guide packet. Inside the packet is PS Form 3575.

How do I get a change of address confirmed?

After you submit an Official Change of Address (online at moversguide.usps.com, in-person at a Post Office™, or through your mail carrier), you will receive an email and a physical letter with a 9-digit alpha-numeric code requesting confirmation of your change of address.

What should I do in a correction email?

Lean into your correction email by honoring the mistake. For example, extend a sale to the mistaken date or offer your audience a discount and free shipping, like Forever 21 does here (and quite well, we might add).

Can a Bad Email Address be added to the address book?

It’s particularly true if you’ve enabled any kind of an automatic address book addition feature, or if this feature is active by default. This would add the email address of anyone you send an email to automatically to your address book. So, you mistakenly send to this bad email address once and poof, it’s in your address book.

How to report an incorrect or missing address?

Report an incorrect or missing address. Report a missing address or a change to your address details here. If you’ve searched for an address and you can’t find it, or you think it’s wrong and should be updated, please use the form below to report it to us providing as much detail as you can.

How to write correction email for dropped ice cream cone?

Friendly’s correction email below utilizes both humor and the idea that a dropped ice cream cone is universally tragic: Add special deal or discount for the inconvenience such like this suggestion from LifeLearn. Note that pictures of adorable animals always help! Lean into your correction email by honoring the mistake.