7 Tips That Will Make You a Gmail Expert

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We all know that Gmail is used by millions of people and it would not be wrong to say that Gmail is the most used email service in the world. Keeping this in mind, Gmail has added many features in its journey in the last 17 years. These range from email scheduling to sending large files. According to some statistics, at the beginning of 2021, the Google email service had about 150 million active users worldwide.

Today, with the help of this article, we are going to tell you 7 tips and tricks that will change the way you use Gmail, as well as make your Gmail experience even better.

mute unwanted notifications

Many times we are busy in some important work and meanwhile unwanted notification of email can bother us. In such a situation, there is a feature in Gmail (Gmail and) that can save users from such trouble. This feature is called mute.

To turn off unwanted notifications all you have to do is open the email and tap on the three dots on the top right and click on mute if later or at any time you want to check something in the email, So you can go to the archive section and unmute it.

Change the theme of Gmail

If you are bored with the same design and theme of Gmail every day, then this trick is going to come in handy because by adopting this trick, you can apply any theme you want on Gmail. For this, you just have to go to Settings > Themes > Set Theme and choose your favorite theme and apply.

How to send large files?

Gmail by default allows users to send file attachments up to 25 MB. Whereas you can use Google Drive to send large attachments. To do this, you have to first upload the file to Google Drive and then attach the file by clicking on the drive icon in the compose section and in this way you can send large files.

7 Tips That Will Make You a Gmail Expert

Undo sent mail

We all know Undo Send is an old feature of Gmail. Many times we make some mistake while sending the email or send the email to a wrong person, by default, Gmail gives users 5 seconds to undo the email. However, there is an option to extend this 5-second window to 30 seconds. To do this, go to Settings > General > Undo send > and then select option 30 from the drop-down menu. However, there are also 10 and 20 second options.

Don’t forget to send important mail

Gmail also offers a scheduling feature. You can compose an email whenever you want and schedule it for a later date or time. To schedule an email, compose an email and tap on the down-arrow in addition to the send button and select the Schedule Send option. Then choose the date and time from the preset options and schedule your email.

Say goodbye to unnecessary tabs

Many times updates like primary, social and promotion keep coming on Gmail, which nothing else just works to fill our mail box, if you also want to remove such unwanted tabs, then there is a solution for that too. For this, you can first go to Gmail’s Settings > Inbox > Categories and tap on the tabs you want to remove.

Use Gmail without Internet

Gmail also comes with offline access mode. This means you can read, send and search mail without internet connection. All you have to do is to bookmark mail.google.com by enabling this service. Please note that this service only works with Chrome. To enable it, click on Settings > Offline > Enable Offline Mail.

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