Get started with Gmail

Overview: What can you do with Gmail?

Switching from a different mail program?

See Switching to Gmail from Microsoft^® Outlook^® or Switching to Gmail from IBM^® Notes^® instead.

Note: If your G Suite administrator hasn’t already migrated your old mail for you, you may want to import your old mail before starting this tutorial.

With Gmail, your email is stored safely in the cloud. This means you can get to them from any computer or device with a web browser. You can also quickly organize and find important email, as well as read and draft email without an internet connection.

What you need:
10 minutes
Account G Suite account

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Get Gmail: Web (mail.google.com), Android, or iOS

Section 1: Create and send email

1.1 Create and send email
1.2 See new email
1.3 Reply to email
1.4 Change recipients
1.5 Save and print attachments
1.6 Email without an internet connection
1.7 Turn your vacation responder on or off

Section 2: Organize your inbox

2.1 Switch to labels from folders
2.2 Create labels
2.3 Apply labels
2.4 Add filters
2.5 Star important email
2.6 Snooze email
2.7 Archive or delete email

Section 3: Find email

3.1 Search your inbox
3.2 Narrow your search

Section 4: Create signatures

4.1 Create a signature

Section 5: Access your calendar, notes, and tasks

5.1 Open your Google Calendar and events
5.2 Open notes in Google Keep
5.3 Open your to-do lists in Google Tasks
5.4 Get add-ons

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