Use Gmail offline
Read, respond to, and search your Gmail messages even when you aren't connected to the Internet.
Tips:
- If you're using classic Gmail, learn how to use Gmail offline in classic Gmail.
- If you're using Gmail with your work or school account, you can ask your admin to help change your settings.
Turn on Gmail offline
- On your computer, make sure you've downloaded Chrome. You can only use Gmail offline in a Chrome browser.
- Go to Gmail offline settings.
- Check "Enable offline mail."
- Choose your settings, such as how many days of messages you want to sync.
- Click Save changes.
Use Gmail offline
Before going offline, open Gmail in Chrome so that Gmail is already loaded.
Note: When you send emails offline, your email goes into a new "Outbox" folder and gets sent as soon as you go back online.
Uninstall Gmail offline
Step 1: Remove your offline data
- On your computer, open Google Chrome.
- At the top right, click More
Settings.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings.
- Click Cookies.
- Under "All cookies and site data," click Remove all.
- Confirm by clicking Clear all.
Settings.Step 2: Turn off Gmail offline
- Go to Gmail offline settings.
- Uncheck "Enable offline mail."
Troubleshoot problems
I have multiple Gmail accounts, but I only see one in Gmail Offline
Gmail Offline only syncs the messages for the account you were using when you set it up.
You'll need to sign into your other Gmail account and turn on Gmail offline.
My messages stopped syncing
You might've run out of space. To sync again, try the following steps:
- Go to Settings
- Click the Offline tab.
- In the "Sync settings" section, choose fewer days to sync or uncheck the box next to "Download attachments."
Your messages will also stop syncing if you close Chrome. To start sync again, open Chrome.
Insufficient offline storage error
Gmail offline uses only space available to your browser. Usually, this is only a fraction of the storage available on your computer, so the available storage shown in Gmail offline settings is smaller than the actual available storage on your computer.
To increase your Gmail offline storage, free up space on your computer.
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