5 Gmail Tips & Tricks Most People Don't Know I Hidden Gmail features I Hidden Gmail tricks, by CrackTheWindows on YouTube. 5 min 14 s.
- Video length
- 5 min 14 s
- Time to do it
- 15 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 7
What you need
Steps
Open Gmail in your browser and click the Manage subscriptions link near the top of your inbox. Review the list of senders and click Unsubscribe next to newsletters you no longer read.
Use Gmail search operators in the search bar. Type has:attachment to find emails with files, or filename:pdf and filename:xlsx to locate specific document types.
Find unread or old mail fast. Type is:unread to list unread messages, or older_than:1y to show emails older than one year. Combine terms like from:[email protected] has:attachment.
Write your email, then click the arrow next to Send and choose Schedule send. Pick a suggested date or click Pick date and time to set your own, then confirm.
For sensitive messages, click the Confidential mode icon (a lock) before sending. Set an expiration date and choose whether to require an SMS passcode, then click Save.
Open Gmail Settings, go to the General tab and find Undo Send. Set the cancellation period to 30 seconds and click Save changes at the bottom.
Test it. Send a quick email to yourself, then click Undo in the yellow banner that appears at the bottom within 30 seconds.
Tips and common mistakes
Schedule send uses your account's time zone, so check the time zone setting if the send time looks wrong.
Confidential mode does not stop someone from taking a screenshot, so do not treat it as full protection.
Search operators are case sensitive in some cases; type them in lowercase to be safe.
Undo Send only works for a few seconds after sending, so set it to 30 seconds before you need it.
Questions
Can I schedule an email in the Gmail app on my phone?
Yes. Tap the three dots in the top right of the compose window and choose Schedule send, then pick a date and time.
Does Confidential Mode work for recipients outside Gmail?
Recipients get a link to read the message, and the expiration and passcode rules still apply. They do not need a Gmail account.
Where do scheduled emails wait until they send?
They sit in the Scheduled folder in the left sidebar. Open it to edit or cancel a scheduled message before it goes out.
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