8 Amazing Gmail Hacks That You May Not Know About

by Mac Himself · February 16, 2023

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These Gmail Hacks will help you use the platform the way it was designed.

Did you know that only about half of the 1.8 billion users of Gmail are proficient in using the service? I didn’t, and I count myself among those who were unaware that these Gmail Hacks even existed. Just My Box Fan Filter Hack.

You’ll be able to improve the efficiency and productivity of your email by using these tips and advice. You should really check out these suggestions because you might find at least some of them to be very helpful.

1. Ignore those very annoying conversations

In an email thread where everybody uses the “Reply All.”

You can actually ‘mute’ it to keep it from distracting you.

Open the email
Click on the three dots at the top
Click ‘Mute.’

All the future replies will be archived, but you’ll still be able to find them if you eventually need to.

2. Snooze an Email

Do you have an email that you just don’t want to deal with right now?

Just set a reminder for later on when you’re not as busy.

Simply click on the clock icon to the right.
Then choose how long you would like to snooze the email.

It will appear again in your inbox on the date and time you have chosen.

3. Semi Automatic Replies

Are you tired of having to type out the same replies over and over?

With Gmail hacks like this one, you won’t have to.

First, you’ll have to go into Settings > Advanced > Enable Templates.
Draft your email reply.
Click on those 3 dots.
Select ‘Save as Template.’

So next time all you’ll have to do is use that template to save yourself a whole bunch of time.

4. Send your email at a later time, automatically.

Want your boss to think you’re working hard at your desk at 8 AM?

Well, you can do exactly that!

Click on the down arrow next to the ‘send’ button.
Select the ‘Schedule Send.” option.
Choose the date and time that you wish to have it sent automatically for you.

Now just sit back and relax, the boss won’t know otherwise.

5. Use the keyboard shortcuts

Here is a list of some useful keyboard shortcuts you should learn.

Here are even more helpful Gmail keyboard shortcuts.

6. Sending a confidential email

You can keep a private email confidential easily!

Open your Gmail
Click ‘Compose.’
Enter the recipient, subject, and content.
Next to the ‘Send’ button, click on the lock icon.
Here you can set an expiration date and password for the recipient to open it.
Simply click on the ‘Send’ button to send your email on its way.

Now you won’t have to worry about the wrong person reading your confidential email.

7. Undo the email that you just sent!

Ever have a second thoughts about an email you just sent? Well, you can un-send it!

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 the ‘Undo’ option from the drop-down menu.

You can edit the email while in draft mode before you resend it again.

*NOTE: Make sure that the ‘Undo send’ is enabled in the settings before using this feature.

You can do this by going into Settings > General > Enable Undo and here you can set it to a delay of 10, 20, or 30 seconds.

8. Get rid of those nagging promotional emails.

Getting bombarded with those annoying promo ads?

Open your Gmail
Open the promotional email that you wish to remove.
Click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of the email.
Select ‘Block [Senders Name]’ from the drop-down menu.
Click on ‘Block’ in the pop-up window.
To delete all promotional emails, go to the ‘Promotions’ tab and select all emails, then delete.
To prevent future emails, unsubscribe by clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the email.

Conclusion…

I hope that these Gmail Hacks come in handy as they do for us here at “Mac’s opinion.” This is a great reason to use Gmail directly rather than using a 3rd party email program because you can’t use these Gmail Hacks within them because those functions won’t work.

Are there any Gmail Hacks that we may have missed? Let us know if you have any Gmail hacks that we haven’t covered in the comments below.