Here are 7 Gmail hacks that you shouldn’t miss
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 windows.
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 features: Setting> General>Enable Undo send (with 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.
4. Send your email later:
- Want to make it look like you’ve 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.
5. Prepare your replies
Sick of typing out the same replies again + again?
You don’t have to.
- Enable first in Setting> Advanced > Enable templates
- Draft your email
- Click the 3 dots
- Save as template
Next time, use the template to save yourself time.
6. 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
- Click how long you want to snooze the email
It’ll appear back in your inbox on that date.
7. 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 archive (but you can still find them if needed).