8 Gmail Hacks That Will Help You Get More Done

Note: These keyboard shortcuts won’t work unless keyboard shortcuts are turned on.

Customize keyboard shortcuts

You can change your default keyboard shortcuts in Gmail.

Step 1: Turn on custom keyboard shortcuts

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. At the top right, click Settings
3. Click Advanced.
4. Next to “Custom keyboard shortcuts,” click Enable.
5. At the bottom, click Save Changes.

Step 2: Change your keyboard shortcuts

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. At the top right, click Settings
3. At the top, click Keyboard Shortcuts.
4. Next to the action, type the keyboard key to make a new shortcut.
5. At the bottom, click Save Changes.

Note: One key can refer to only one action.

5. Send your email later (schedule your email)

Want to make it look like you’re at your desk at 0800?

Now you can do exactly that:

• Click on the arrow next to ‘Send‘
• Choose ‘Schedule Send‘
• Pick the date + time you want

Sit back and relax.

6. Prep your replies:

Sick of typing out the same replies again + again? You don’t have to.

• Enable first in settings > Advanced > Enable templates
• Draft your email.
• Click the 3 dots
• Save as a template.

Next time, use that template to save yourself time.

7. Snooze an email:

Have an email that you don’t need to deal with now? Let’s learn how to set a reminder for later:

• Click on the clock icon on the right.
• Choose how long you want to snooze the email.

It’ll appear back in your inbox on that date.

8. Ignore those annoying conversations

In an email thread where everyone keeps using ‘reply all‘? Let’s learn how to mute it to stop distracting you:

• Open the email
• Click the 3 dots at the top
• Click mute

Future replies will be archived ( but you can still find them if needed).