Gmail is one of the most widely used email services around the world, and it has grown enormously over the past 17 years. From passcodes to recalling sent emails and even sending mails without an internet connection, the platform has always catered to the needs of its users. With the widespread adoption of Android phones globally, Gmail is a convenient service when setting up smartphones and even social media platforms. Here are some cool and useful features you might not have known about:
1. Mute Email Threads: An active email thread can be annoying and distracting at the same time. If threads are of no use or importance to you, the application has a feature that allows you to opt-out of such threads. Open the email, click on the three dots on the top right. Select ‘Mute’ from the drop-down options. Post it, the conversation will go to the archive and stay there even when a new reply arrives on that email. You also have the option to go back to the archive and unmute the email.
2. Organize Your Emails: Checking and deleting emails is a huge task and the default setting, which takes the user back to the inbox after deleting each mail, can make it a daunting task altogether. However, you can enable the auto-advance feature, which will allow users to go directly to the next email (old or new) in the list after deleting, archiving or muting an email. The ‘Auto-advance feature’ can be enabled by opening the Settings and clicking on the ‘General’ option. Scroll down to Auto-advance and select Go to next (new) conversation.
3. Send Attachments via Google Drive: The default feature of Gmail allows users to send attachments of up to 25 MB file size. But you can also use Google Drive to send large attachments. Upload the file to Google Drive, click the Drive icon in the Compose section, and now attach the file.
4. Search Options: Gmail is a Google product, so having extensive search options is a must. Gmail comes with an advanced search feature that gives users a chance to customize their searches.
5. Increase the recall time from 5 seconds to 30 seconds: ‘Undo Send’ is an old feature of Gmail that gives you a few seconds to think about whether you want to undo sent emails. By default, this feature only gives a five-second window for recall, but there is an option to extend this window to 30 seconds. Go to Settings, open General, click Undo and choose 30 from the drop-down menu.
6. Heard about Gmail: Gmail News is a feature you can use to remind yourself to reply to important emails or follow up on important emails.
7. Schedule an Email: You can compose an email and schedule it for a later date or time. To schedule an email, first compose an email and there’s a down-arrow right next to the send button. Click on the arrow and select ‘Send Schedule’ from the drop-down. Now, choose a date and time from the current options or you can choose a different date and time option as well.
8. Compose Emails Faster: The Smart Compose feature in Gmail helps users compose emails faster. Note that ‘Smart Compose’ is a Google Account-level setting, any changes to Smart Compose settings apply to any device where your account is signed in. Go to Settings, open General and select ‘Smart Compose’.
9. Add Email to Tasks: Gmail allows its users to create a to-do list, known as a task. Users can create tasks directly from Gmail. All you have to do is right-click on any email and select the ‘Add to tasks’ option.
10. Set Passcode and Expiry on Your Mail: Gmail’s Confidential Mode adds a layer of security to email, protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access. With Confidential Mode, you can also set the expiration date of messages. You can set a passcode for emails that are sent in confidential mode.
11. Use Email Without Internet: The application also provides an offline access mode. With this mode on, you can read, reply and search Gmail even if your Internet connection is not working. To take advantage of this, you need to enable the feature, which only works with Chrome, and bookmark mail.google.com.
12. Save Attachments to Google Drive: Gmail attachments can be saved directly to Google Drive. All you have to do is scroll down to the Attachments section and instead of clicking on the download icon (down arrow), tap on the drive icon.
13. Make Google Translate work in your Google Account: Users can translate the entire email into their preferred language. For this, open the email you want to translate, click on the three dots on the right side of the page. Select the ‘Translate message’ option and a new bar will appear at the top of the mail body. From the bar, users can choose their preferred language.
14. Create Labels and Manage Your Inbox: Instead of creating folders, create labels to better organize your inbox. While they also function as folders, one major difference between the two is that you can assign multiple labels to one email. Afterwards, you can find them by clicking on the label from the left panel.
15. Enable Reading Pane to Use Screen Space: Use Gmail’s Reading Pane to keep your inbox in focus when reading or replying to emails. Click on the gear icon in the top right corner, scroll down to the reading pane, and from the various options available, you can choose your layout.
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