In this article, you will learn how to schedule your emails using Gmail. There's no need to install any software or plugins.

What you will learn

• How to schedule an email in Gmail

• How to view or edit a scheduled email in Gmail

• How to cancel a scheduled email in Gmail

How to Schedule an Email in Gmail

Step 1: Log in to your Gmail account.

Step 2: Click compose to create your email.

Step 3: Create the email you want to schedule.

Step 4: Click the Down arrow on the Send button.

Step 5: Click Schedule send.

Step 6: The popup modal give you a few options. You can choose one. Or you can create a custom date/time by clicking Select date and time.

Step 7: Click the Schedule send button.

That's it! Your email is now scheduled. You will see a notification from Gmail (like the one below) confirming a successful schedule.

Next, let's see how you can edit a scheduled mail in Gmail. This can be either editing the content of the mail or changing the scheduled time.

How to Edit a Scheduled Email in Gmail

Assuming you are already logged in to your Gmail, continue with the steps below. If not, first login and then continue with the steps below.

Step 1: To edit a scheduled email, click Scheduled on the left panel.

Step 2: You will be presented with a list of your scheduled emails. Select the email you want to edit.

Step 3: Click Cancel send at the top right of your email.

Step 4: Make the changes if you want to edit the content of your email. If you only want to change the scheduled time, move to Step 5.

Step 5: Next, you use the same process you used for the initial schedule.

• Click the down arrow next to the Send button.

• And then click Schedule send.

• Choose a new date and time.

That's it! You've successfully edited the scheduled email.

How to Cancel a Scheduled Email in Gmail

Assuming you are already logged in to your Gmail, continue with the steps below. If not, first login and then continue with the steps below.

Step 1: To cancel a scheduled email, click Scheduled on the left panel.

Step 2: You will be presented with a list of your scheduled emails. Select the email you want to cancel.

Step 3: Click Cancel send at the top right of your email.

Note that cancelling a scheduled email in Gmail does not delete it. Gmail treats it as a draft and adds it to the drafts folder. See the Gmail notification below.

Conclusion

You now know how to do the following.

• Schedule an email in Gmail.

• Edit or change the date/time for a scheduled email.

• Cancel a scheduled email.

You can also check out this freeCodeCamp article on how to batch delete Emails.

Thanks for reading!

No reset option – just a message saying the account was permanently deleted:

There are about a million ways to get a new email address, but I wanted to set up one of the domains I own with email.

And I figured there would probably be a way to have that forwarded to my Gmail.

I was right!

In this quick guide, I'll walk you through:

• How to create an email alias
• Forwarding mail from the alias to a Gmail account
• Sending mail as the Email Alias

How to Create an Email Alias

I'm using Google products: Google Domains and Gmail. All these steps should apply generally to other Domain and Email services.

First, login to your domain provider and select the Email menu. You will be able to select "Add email alias" from the menu options.

How to Forward Email to Another Address

Note: if you add the asterisk (*) symbol, this will create a wildcard alias that forwards any email to the specified address. We'll be adding a specific alias in this tutorial.

Add whatever email you choose and enter where you'd like it to be forwarded to. I'll have hi@sieis.com forwarded to my main Gmail address.

If you are using Google Name servers, then Google Domains will automatically set up the correct mail records (MX).

Otherwise, you'll need to set up these MX records. The process is exactly like setting up name servers if you've ever done that to host your website somewhere different than where you purchased the domain.

Bonus: I've done this for a site hosted on Netlify, and it is very straightforward. From the Netlify dashboard, select Options, Go to DNS panel, and then enter the MX records:

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Google will send a one time verification email here, but if you've previously done this verification it may not send another one.

Send yourself an email from a different address and check it out!

Email sent to Alias and forwarded to main Gmail

Note: sending from your main Gmail address doesn't show up as an unread message like it normally would when you email yourself. Send it from a different address at this point. After the rest of the steps, it will behave as normal when we complete the "send email as alias" part.

How to Send Email as the Alias

If you reply from your main Gmail currently, the recipient will see that address when you reply instead of the alias. That may not be a big deal depending on the use case, but we can certainly set it up so that sent mail acts like it's coming from the custom domain as well.

You'll need to go to your Google Account Security and click App passwords.

Select Mail for the app dropdown and Other for the device dropdown.

Enter the name of your domain and click Generate. It will give you a 16 digit password. Save this for use over in Gmail...

In Gmail, go to settings -> Accounts and Import and click Add another email address.

This will pop up a new small window where you will enter in the details of the alias. Enter the name you want recipients to view and the address of the alias. Make sure the "Treat as an alias" box is checked.

On the next screen, you'll need to change the SMTP server to smtp.gmail.com, the username to your Gmail username, and then paste in the 16 digit password you generated from Google Security in the steps above.

The port should be 587, and the TLS radial button should be checked.

Click Add Account.

This will prompt a verification code being sent to the email alias...which should in turn go to the Gmail account. Enter that in, and you'll now be good to go!

Back in our email thread in Gmail, you'll have the dropdown option when composing new messages to select which account you would like it to send from.

Now we can see from our full thread that our email forwards to and sends from our Gmail account using the email alias and display name we selected.

Thanks for reading!

This was enlightening for me, and I hope it's helpful for you too.

Come say hey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EamonnCottrell

I even went on to delete 20,000 email messages from the trash – and saved just over 1 gigabyte of disk space in the process.

Today, I want to show you how you can batch delete emails in the Gmail app – no matter the thousands of messages you have there.

What We'll Cover

• How to Delete All Unread Emails in Gmail
• How to Clear Gmail Trash
• How do I Delete Emails from the Promotion List?
• Conclusion

How to Delete All Unread Emails in Gmail

Step 1: Log in to your Gmail account

Step 2: In the search bar, type in:unread and hit ENTER. This will show you 50 unread messages.

Step 3: Select the checkbox in the top-right corner to select 50 of the unread emails.

Step 4: Click the message that says “select all conversations that match this search”. This will select all your unread messages.

Step 5: Click the delete icon at the top.

Step 6: A pop up will appear asking if you want to bulk delete the messages. Click “Ok”.

That’s how you can bulk delete messages in Gmail.

How to Clear Gmail Trash

Step 1: To clear the messages from your Trash, click “More” on the left and select Trash.

Step 2: Click the checkbox in the top-right corner to select the messages in the trash.

Step 3: Select all the messages in Trash and click “Delete forever”.

Step 4: Click Ok to confirm that you want to delete all the messages.

You should get a message that x number of emails have been deleted forever. If you don’t get the message even if everything appears clear, refresh the page.

You can also delete messages in the promotion or social tab.

How do I Delete Emails from the Promotion List?

To delete email messages in the promotion tab, follow the steps below.

Step 1: Click More on the right and select Categories.

Step 2: Click Promotions.

Step 2: Click the checkbox on the top-right corner to select all 50 messages in the promotion tab.

Step 3: Click select all conversations in the promotion tab.

Step 4: Click the delete icon at the top.

Step 5: Confirm you want to delete all messages in the promotion tab.

You should get a message that the conversations have been moved to trash.

If you want to delete messages in other tabs such as social, or forum, repeat the process you went through to delete all messages in the promotion tab.

Conclusion

I hope this article helps you delete the unwanted messages in your Gmail app so you can also get to inbox zero.

There are other ways you can use search operators to query the Gmail app and reveal messages received over the years so you can do what you want with them. You can find those search operators in Google Support.

Thanks for reading.

Here's how so-called tracking pixels work:

1. Someone creates an image and host it on their server. Often a transparent 1x1 "tracking pixel" that you don't even see.
2. They send you an email that includes that image.
3. When you open their email, their image automatically loads. It sends a ton of information back to their server. This includes your IP address, which they can use to identify you and find out where you are in the world.

Sounds scary, right? And yet this is incredibly common.

As someone who runs a weekly newsletter with 4 million recipients each week, I refuse to use tracking pixels. (I send my emails as plain text.)

But people like me are in the minority. Most companies do use tracking pixels. And most email marketing tools make it easy for marketers to include tracking pixels in email blasts.

Well, you're in luck. There's an easy way to stop these tracking pixels and preserve your privacy. All you have to do is turn off images by default in your inbox.

(Don't worry – you can still click a button to load images you receive from trusted friends and family.)

How to Turn Off All Images in Gmail by Default

There's an option right in Gmail's settings to turn off images by default. You can get there by using this direct link to settings in gmail.

Select the "Ask before displaying external images" radio button and click the save settings button below.

Here's what your emails will now look like if they contain images:

An email with external images disabled

And if you click the "display images below" link, this is what the email will look like afterward, with its images showing:

The same image with external images re-enabled

There you go. You no longer have to worry about opening an email and alerting the sender to your IP address and other sensitive information.

This also stops those annoying "MailTrack" services that marketers use to see whether you've opened their email so they can know when to email you again.

This is an important step you can take in just one minute to reclaim part of your privacy online.

I hope this article helps. From all of us at freeCodeCamp.org, stay safe out there.

When you set a profile picture, Google will use it in all of their products, including Google Meet, Google Docs.

Shout-out to Don for inspiring me to write this article.

How to Add a Gmail Profile Picture in Google

Instead of telling you to click through a bunch of links to find where you can set this, I'm just going to give you a link to it. Here it is: Google's My Account About Me page.

This is what the page looks like:

Google's About Me page. You can change a lot of other important things here as well, including important privacy settings.

Note that the process of adding a new profile picture and changing your existing picture is exactly the same. Here's how to do this.

First, click on the circle with the camera icon in it.

Google Personal Info panel, with an editable profile picture button

Then you can upload a new picture or choose one from your Google Images folder.

Google's photo upload interface

Once you've chosen an image, you can tweak it before confirming. The image has to be a perfect square, but Google gives you a tool to reposition or zoom in and out.

Google's profile picture editing interface

Presto. You have now updated your profile photo.

How to Remove your Profile Photo from Google

You can't technically remove your profile photo – only update it.

But here is a 400 by 400 pixel white square that you can right click and save to your hard drive.

You can right click this square. (It's white and you may not be able to see it, but it is there.) Save it to your hard drive, then upload this to Google to replace your unwanted profile image.

Then you can go to Google's My Account page and upload the image to serve as your new image.

Now your profile image appear completely blank.

I hope this tutorial has been helpful

Now you can put your best foot forward in Gmail with a cool profile picture. (Or no profile picture at all if you are concerned about your privacy.) That was easy, wasn't it.

You know what isn't easy? Learning to code. It is a multi-year endeavor. But if you're interested in developing some new skills and exploring new job opportunities, freeCodeCamp has a ton of free learning resources for you. Spend some time here, and tell your friends. 😉

Fortunately, Gmail has a built-in dark mode theme. This will make it much easier to read at night.

In addition to reducing eye strain, dark mode can even reduce the battery consumption of your device, allowing you to use it for longer without charging it. (It's a small improvement, but it helps.)

So how do you turn on dark mode in Gmail? I'll show you how to switch to Gmail's dark theme in just a few steps.

Gmail Dark Mode on Desktop

First, open your browser and go to Gmail. Sign in if necessary.

Click on the gear icon in the top right and next to "Theme" click "View all":

In the "Pick your theme" menu, scroll down until you see the different color options.

Select "Dark" (this text will be visible when you hover over the black thumbnail), and click "Save":

And when you go back to your inbox, it'll be in dark mode:

Gmail Dark Mode on Android

Note: This method requires Android 10 and up.

First, open the Gmail app. Download the app and / or sign in if necessary.

In Gmail, open the side menu by tapping the three vertical bars on the top left of the screen, or by swiping from the left:

In the side menu, scroll down to the bottom and tap "Settings":

Then in the Settings menu, tap "General settings":

In the General settings menu, tap "Theme":

Finally in the Theme pop up menu, select "Dark":

And Gmail will switch to dark mode:

Gmail Dark Mode on iOS

Note: This method requires iOS 13 and up.

If you have an iPhone and want your Gmail to be in dark mode, it's super simple to make that happen.

There isn't a setting in the Gmail app itself – you simply set your phone's settings to dark mode (and Gmail will follow suit). Here's how to do that.

First, go to your phone's "Settings" and scroll until you see "Display & Brightness" partway down:

Click on Display and Brightness, and you'll be taken to this screen:

As you can see, my phone is currently set to Light Mode (it's selected). If I want to switch to dark mode, just toggle that option on, like this:

Now my phone is set to dark mode (all the time, rather than just auto-adjusting when it gets dark outside).

So my Gmail app will now look like this:

There you have it! If you only want your Gmail app to use dark mode at night, you can update your settings accordingly.

Just make sure your phone is on Light mode and the "Automatic" option is toggled on. Then just select the "Sunset to Sunrise" option under "Options" and your phone will automatically adjust your apps into dark mode when the sun goes down!

It'll look like this:

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There are many articles out there explaining how to use Nodemailer in barebones form, but this article is not one of them. Here, I will show the most common practice of sending an email from your Node.js backend using Nodemailer and Gmail.

How to Get Started with Nodemailer

First, we need to set up our Node.js boilerplate using Express. To make sure you have Node and npm installed, you can run the following commands:

node -v 
npm -v

If both of these commands show a version, you are good to go. Otherwise, install what is missing.

Create a directory for your project. We’ll use nodemailerProject.

mkdir nodemailerProject

Go inside the newly created directory and run

npm init

This will initialize our project with a pacakge.json file.

Next, we will need to install Express using:

npm install express

Depending which file you pointed to as your entry point (the default is index.js), open it and paste the following code:

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000


app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`nodemailerProject is listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
})

Above is what is needed to start a simple server using Express. You can see that it is working properly by running:

node index.js

How to Install Nodemailer

Install nodemailer using the following command:

npm install nodemailer

Nodemailer’s API is pretty simple and requires us to do the following:

1. Create a Transporter object
2. Create a MailOptions Object
3. Use the Transporter.sendMail method

To create a transporter object, we do the following:

let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
      service: 'gmail',
      auth: {
        type: 'OAuth2',
        user: process.env.MAIL_USERNAME,
        pass: process.env.MAIL_PASSWORD,
        clientId: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENTID,
        clientSecret: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET,
        refreshToken: process.env.OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN
      }
    });

✋ Pay attention, as apart from the user and the pass keys, which are your own credentials for your gmail account, the other three keys need to be retrieved after setting up OAuth.

As we stated in the beginning of this article, we will be using Gmail for our mail sending needs. As you may have guessed, Gmail has a high level of security when it comes to mail sent by/to a user’s account.

There are a number of ways we can overcome this obstacle (some better than others), and we will choose the one that requires us to set up a project in the Google Cloud Platform. We need to do that in order to have credentials for the OAuth security enabled by Gmail.

If you want to read more about the complexities of using Gmail with nodemailer, go here.

The next steps will require some configurations instead of coding, so brace yourselves.

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Google Cloud Platform Configurations

If you don’t have a Google Cloud Platform account, be sure to set one up as a prerequisite. Once you have that set up, create a new project by clicking on the dropdown menu in the upper left corner.

Select the New Project option:

In the next window, we will have to give our project a name. Pick whatever you like, but we will continue with out NodemailerProject name. For the location property, you can leave it as No organization.

It may take a few seconds to for the project to be set up, but after that you will be able to see this screen:

Open up the navigation menu by clicking the three dashed lines in the top left corner and select APIs and Services:

In order to be able to use Nodemailer and Gmail we will have to use OAuth2. If you aren’t familiar with OAuth, it is a protocol for authentication. I won’t get into the specifics here as it is not necessary, but if you want to understand more about it, go here.

First we will have to configure our OAuth Consent Screen:

If you are not a G-Suite member, the only option available will be External for User Type.

After clicking create, the next screen requires us to fill out the application’s information (our server):

Fill in your email in the User support email field and also in the Developer contact information field. Clicking Save and Continue will bring us to the Scopes phase of this configuration. Skip this phase, as it is not relevant for us, and head into the Test Users phase.

Here, add yourself as a user and click Save and continue.

How to Configure Your OAuth Settings

In this phase will we create OAuth credentials to be used with Nodemailer. Head over to the Credentials tab above OAuth Consent Screen. Click on the plus (➕) sign that has the text Create Credentials and choose OAuth Client ID.

In the Application type dropdown menu, choose Web Application:

In the Authorized Redirect URIs section, make sure to add OAuth2 Playground (https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground) as we will use it to get one of the keys that was mentioned in the beginning of this article.

After clicking create, you will be presented with your client id and client secret. Keep these to yourself and never expose them in any way, shape, or form.

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Get Your OAuth Refresh Token

To get the refresh token, which we will use within the transporter object in Nodemailer, we need to head over to the OAuth2 Playground. We approved this URI for this specific purpose in an earlier stage.

1. Click on the gear icon to the right (which is OAuth2 Configuration) and check the checkbox to use your own OAuth2 Credentials:

2. Look over to the left side of the website and you will see a list of services. Scroll down until you see Gmail API v1.

3. Click Authorize APIs

You will be presented with a screen to login to any of your Gmail accounts. Choose the one you listed as a Test user.

4. The next screen will let you know that Google still hasn’t verified this application, but this is ok since we haven’t submitted it for verification. Click continue.

5. In the next screen, you will be asked to grant permission to your project to interact with your gmail account. Do so.

6. Once that is done, you will be redirected back to the OAuth Playground and you can see that there is an authorization code in the menu to the left. Click on the blue button labelled Exchange authorization code for tokens.

The fields for the refresh token and the access token will now be filled.

Back to the Server

After doing all of those configurations, we can return to our application and input all that data into the transporter creation. In order to keep all your credentials private, you can use the dotenv package. Don’t forget to also add the .env file you will create to .gitignore.

So, now we have this:

let transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
      service: 'gmail',
      auth: {
        type: 'OAuth2',
        user: process.env.MAIL_USERNAME,
        pass: process.env.MAIL_PASSWORD,
        clientId: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENTID,
        clientSecret: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET,
        refreshToken: process.env.OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN
      }
    });

Next, we will create the mailOptions object, which holds the details of where to send the email and with what data.

let mailOptions = {
      from: tomerpacific@gmail.com,
      to: tomerpacific@gmail.com,
      subject: 'Nodemailer Project',
      text: 'Hi from your nodemailer project'
    };

This object can have many more fields and even multiple recipients, but we won’t go into that here.

Finally, we will use the sendMail method:

transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(err, data) {
      if (err) {
        console.log("Error " + err);
      } else {
        console.log("Email sent successfully");
      }
    });

Run your application and you will see your inbox being populated with a new email.

This article was inspired from a project I created that uses Nodemailer. If you want to check it out, go here.

Whatever the reason, it's not too hard to do. And this guide will take you through the process step by step so you can sign in to Google with confidence.

How to change your Gmail password

If you know your current password, but just want to change it for whatever reason (most likely a security-related reason), follow these steps to update it.

Step 1: Sign in to your Google account (or open it if you're already signed in).

Note - this isn't Gmail. This is your actual Google account at https://myaccount.google.com. It looks like this:

You'll just sign in using your username and current password.

Step 2: Find the security and password settings

Once you're signed in and on the home page, you'll see a menu bar on the left. Find the "Security" tab there, and click it (pointed out in the photo above).

In the Security settings, you can scroll down until you see "Signing into Google":

You'll see a little "Password" tab (and the last time you updated your password) there. If you click on the password tab, it'll take you to the sign in page again.

Step 3: Change your password

Just sign in, and then you'll see this screen:

It'll ask you to enter a new password – and even gives you some tips about how to create a nice strong password.

Tip: if you have a password manager, like LastPass or 1Password, have it generate and save a super secure password for you.

You'll have to enter that password again to confirm it, and then just click "Change Password" (the big blue button at the bottom). Now you can happily sign back into Gmail, YouTube, and all other Google-related services.

What to do if you forgot your Gmail password

If you've forgotten your Google password, don't worry – you can reset it in a few steps.

First, you'll need to follow a few steps to recover your account.

Step 1: Tell Google you don't remember your password

Google needs to make sure it's you who's trying to recover your account. Otherwise anyone could do this to reset your password without your permission or knowledge.

First, after you enter your email address, Google will ask you to enter the last password you remember working. But presumably you don't remember that, since you've forgotten your password...

So if you don't know that, you can click "Try another way" below:

Step 2: Identity verification

Once you click that button, it'll take you to a verification screen with another method of communication selected, usually via a mobile device:

If you click yes, a new screen with a numerical code will pop up, like this:

You'll have to check your phone for a little pop-up from Google (mine came from Gmail). When you click on that (it pops up on your home screen, even if your phone is locked), it'll take you to this screen:

Click "Yes" and you'll see a new screen (on your phone) with three numbers. One of them should match the number on your account recovery page:

Sure enough, 70 matches (see above) so click on that number.

Step 3: Final verification

Then it'll then take you to another screen that asks for another verification step (usually another email address where Google can send a verification code):

Click "Send" and shortly you'll get that code in your other email. Just open the email from Google when you receive it – it'll look something like this (with your own info in there):

Take that six-digit code and enter it where you're prompted in Google's account recovery process:

Step 4: Enter a new password

After you've entered that code, click "Next". You'll be taken to a screen where you need to enter (and re-enter) your new chosen password.

Again, you can make one up, or use a password manager to generate a really good one for you.

Then hit next, and you'll have a nice new password saved in Google! Just go back to Gmail, or wherever you're trying to sign in, and do it with your new password. And you should be all set!

Bonus tip: How to change your Google account verification methods

If you have an outdated email address set as your "backup" or recovery email address, you'll need to change it.

Go back to https://myaccount.google.com/ and click on the Security tab again. Scroll down a bit and you'll see "Ways we can verify it's you."

If you need to change your phone number or email, simply click there and it'll take you to a screen where you can update that info. Google will make you sign in again, first – cuz you can never be too careful.

In this step-by-step guide, we'll go over:

• How to get into Gmail and find your contacts
• How to add new contacts (two ways)
• How to manage your contacts (check for duplicates, create labels/groups)
• How to import and export your contacts

So let's get started.

Step 1: Open Gmail

Go to your Gmail account and look at the home page. In the upper right corner you'll see a square made up of nine dots (those are your apps):

Welcome to Gmail :)

Step 2: Open your apps

Click on that square, and you'll see a dropdown menu containing all your available apps. The contacts app might not be at the top, but you can drag the apps around into any arrangement you like.

If you don't see a contacts app, click "more" at the bottom and add it.

Your Gmail apps

Step 3: Click that contact icon and manage your contacts

Once you've clicked the blue "contacts" icon, you'll be brought to this screen (you may or may not have more than one contact - or you may not have any yet):

Gmail's contacts page

If you already have a bunch of contacts, this is where they'll be. More on what you can do with them below (in Step 5).

How to create new contacts

If you don't yet have any contacts, or want to add new contacts, this is also the place for you.

You can create a new contact in a couple ways. The first way to create a contact, which you'll use if you haven't yet emailed the person you want to add, is by clicking the "create contact" button:

One way to create new contacts in Gmail - click the "create contact" button

When you create a new contact with that button, it'll ask you for some info to complete the contact entry. You can fill out as much or as little as you like - a name and email are usually quite helpful.

New contact information in Gmail

Then click "save," and there you go! New contact created.

But there is another, super easy way to create a contact - if you already have an email from the person. Simply hover your cursor over the email address in your inbox, and wait for the box to pop up, like below:

A second way to create a new contact in Gmail - hover over the email address

Then, click on "add to contacts" and voilà - you'll be taken to that same create contact screen (see above).

If you've already added that person to your contacts, you'll see "Edit Contact" instead of "Add to Contacts."

Note: after you've added some new contacts this way, you might have to refresh your browser for those contacts to show up.

Step 5: Explore what else you can do with your contacts

There's a lot more you can do on the contacts page. Let's have a closer look.

Frequently contacted and duplicates

First, you can see the people you email the most frequently, under the "frequently contacted" tab on the left sidebar menu.

Other ways to manage Gmail contacts - "frequently contacted" and "duplicates"

Next, you can check for any duplicate contacts in the "duplicates" tab. Gmail will clean up duplicates for you, so they don't clutter up your contacts list, but you can find those duplicates here.

Labels

You can also create groups of contacts you frequently email - like your team at work, your family members, besties, and so on.

To create a labeled group, go to the "labels" tab on the left sidebar menu, and click "create label" - then name it whatever you want. Like freeCodeCamp Unicorns er core team. Then save it.

The label tab in Gmail contacts

Now, when you go to your contacts and hover over a contact's profile image, it'll turn into a checkbox. If you want to add that contact to the group, just check the box.

How to create a label (like a group) in Gmail contacts

Next, click the "manage labels" tab at the top, and select the label you'd like to use:

The "manage labels" tab in Gmail contacts

Once you select that label, all those checked contacts will be added to it for you future emailing bliss.

Deleting a contact

If, for some reason, you'd like to delete someone from your contacts, it's quite simple. Just hover over that contact/row, and click the three vertical dots that appear on the right:

How to delete a contact in Gmail contacts

Then click the "Delete" option and confirm. Buh-bye.

Importing and exporting contacts

You might want to import new contacts en masse, and you can do that using the import function (in that same left toolbar menu).

Simply click the "import" button, and then select a list of contact you'd like to import into Gmail (in CSV or vCard format):

How to import contacts in Gmail

You follow a similar process if you want to export your Gmail contacts as a CSV or Outlook file:

How to export contacts in Gmail

Simple as that!

If you need to manage your contacts in any other ways - update an entry, delete an entry, or whatever else you'd like to do - just pop back into that contacts list and edit away.

Shortcuts

There are a couple super quick and easy way to get to your contacts.

1. If you're not already in Gmail, just visit contacts.google.com in your browser. You can even bookmark it for easy access.
2. If you are already in Gmail, you can use a keyboard shortcut (if you have them enabled - check in your settings menu). Just type G followed immediately by C and the contacts page will open up.

You're now a Gmail contacts Wizard

Or at least a much wiser hobbit.

Whatever the reason, don't worry - you can do it in a few simple steps. Just remember:

• You can't change your username or the actual email address. You can only change the name associated with the account.
• If people have you saved as something else in their contacts, that's the name they'll see. Your "new name" will only show up in emails you send to them.

Step 1: Open Gmail and go to settings

Open Gmail, and click the gear in the upper right corner:

Select "settings" from the dropdown menu.

Step 2: Go to the Accounts tab

Then, in settings, select the "Account Info" tab from the menu along the top:

Look for the option to "Send mail as:" and select the "edit info" option.

Step 3: Edit your info

When you click that "edit info" button a yellow box will pop up. You'll see your name as it's currently displayed, and below it a blank space where you can type in your preferred name.

Type in your new name and select that option. Then save the changes.

Ta-da! Your new name will display when you send emails.

Things to note

If you can't change your name in Gmail, it could be because

• Your company has disabled that functionality (they probably don't want you changing your name to, for example, Your Royal Highness), or
• You've changed your name too many times recently. Easy there.