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How to recover an accidentally deleted Gmail contact

Posted on December 29, 2024

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Have you ever accidentally deleted a Gmail contact that you didn’t intend to delete?

Even worse, have you ever logged into your Gmail account and discovered that all of your contacts had mysteriously disappeared?

Unfortunately, these things happen from time to time, and we often don’t realize it until several days have gone by.

Luckily, it’s very easy to recover any Gmail contacts that were deleted within the last 30 days. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I disable ‘Conversation View’ in Gmail?

Posted on December 22, 2024

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Question from Callie: All of a sudden Gmail has started grouping all the messages I’ve received from someone and my replies to those messages all together instead of just listing them individually.

Can you tell me what I need to do to get Gmail to list the emails I receive individually, with the newest one on top like it used to? [Read more…]

How to display a complete list of Gmail’s handy keyboard shortcuts

Posted on October 28, 2024

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As you probably know, Gmail is the most popular email service on the planet.

In fact, almost 2 billion people worldwide use Gmail every month to send and receive gazillions of emails.

There are several reasons for Gmail’s popularity, one of which is its dizzying array of features and integrated tools which includes dozens of handy keyboard shortcuts for working with messages, using the editor and a whole lot more. [Read more…]

What will happen to your Gmail account after you die?

Posted on June 13, 2024

Gmail is one of the most popular email services on the web. I use it every day, and virtually everyone I know uses it as well.

If you have a Gmail account of your own, have you ever considered what will happen to it when you pass away?

Well, you should, because it really is a big deal. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I change the name of a label in Gmail?

Posted on June 10, 2024

Question from Amber: I hope you can help me with a Gmail problem.

For several years I’ve been organizing and coordinating all of our annual family reunions, and that includes sending out emails about upcoming reunions to a couple of hundred family members.

To make that task easier to manage and track I created a new label in Gmail a while back just for emails pertaining to the reunions.

Now I’d like to change the name of that label to something that better identifies the emails as being reunion-related.

I have three questions that I hope you’ll answer for me. [Read more…]