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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…]

How to disable ‘Smart Compose’ in Gmail

Posted on June 9, 2024

If you use Gmail you’ve probably noticed how Google provides suggestions for how to complete your sentences as you’re typing out your emails.

This feature is called “Smart Compose”, and Google’s stated reason for providing it is to help you write your emails faster by providing suggested text snippets based upon your past writings.

As with all things, some folks love the Smart Compose feature, while others detest it. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I make Firefox open email links in Gmail?

Posted on June 5, 2024

Question from Raymond: I hope you can help me solve a problem I’m having with email links, Rick. It’s absolutely driving me up the wall.

Whenever I click an email link on a web page in Firefox it automatically loads Outlook from my hard drive, and I don’t want it to.

I switched my email from Outlook to Gmail several months ago but I can’t figure out how to make email links open automatically in Gmail without having to copy the link and paste it into a new blank email.

Can you tell me what I need to do to fix that? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I remove the previews from my Gmail inbox?

Posted on May 28, 2024

Question from Paul: I recently switched my email from another service to Gmail and I have a question that I hope you can answer.

My Gmail inbox shows short previews of the email text beside each email’s subject line.

I’ve found that the previews make the screen look crowded and they are distracting to me.

Can you please tell me how to disable the previews so I’ll see nothing but the subject lines? [Read more…]

How to schedule a Gmail message for future delivery

Posted on January 5, 2024

Have you ever composed an email message and wished you could have it be delivered to the recipient’s inbox at some specific future date and time?

For example, maybe you’d like to write someone a birthday greeting ahead of time to make sure you don’t forget it.

That’s all well and good, but what if you forget to log back into your email account and send the message when that person’s birthday actually arrives?

Luckily, Gmail allows you to schedule your emails to be delivered at any specific future date and time of your choosing. [Read more…]