Gmail is the email service provided by Google. Gmail has almost 2 billion active users globally. But most of us don't know how to use the platform effectively. Here are 8 Gmail hacks that you must know:
1. Get rid of promotional emails
- Open Gmail.
- Open the promotional email that you want to remove.
- Click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of the email.
- Select "Block [sender's name]" from the drop-down menu.
- Click on "Block" in the pop-up window.
- To delete all promotional emails, go to the "Promotions" tab, select all emails & delete.
- To prevent future emails, unsubscribe by
- clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email.
2. Undo the email you just sent
- Open the "Sent" folder.
- Find the email that you want to recall and open it.
- Click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of the email.
- Select "Undo" from the drop-down menu.
- Edit your email in draft folder before sending it again.
- Ensure "undo send" is enabled in your settings
- before using this feature:
- Setting > General > Enable Undo send (with a delay of 10/20/30 seconds).
3. Send a confidential email
- Open Gmail.
- Click "Compose".
- Enter recipient, subject, and content.
- Next to the "Send" button, click on the lock icon.
- Set an expiration date and passcode for the recipient to open it.
- Click on the "Send" button to send the email.
5. Send your email later
- Want to make it look like you're at your desk at 0800?
- Now you can do exactly that:
- Click the down arrow next to 'Send'.
- Choose 'Schedule Send'.
- Pick the date + time you want.
- Sit back + relax.
6. Prep your replies
- Sick of typing out the same replies again + again?
- Enable first in Settings > Advanced >
- Enable templates.
- Draft your email.
- Click the 3 dots.
- Save as template.
- Next time, use that template to save yourself time.
7. Snooze an email
- Have an email that you don't need to deal with now?
- Set a reminder for later:
- Click on the clock icon on the right.
- Choose how long you want to snooze the email.
- It'll appear back in your inbox on that date.
8. Ignore those annoying conversations
- In an email thread where everyone keeps using 'reply all'?
- Mute it to stop it distracting you:
- Open the email.
- Click the 3 dots at the top.
- Click mute.
- Future replies will be archived (but you can still find them if needed).
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