How To Snooze Emails Or Reminders In Gmail
Emails may come into your inbox throughout the day, sometimes at absolutely inconvenient moments. But luckily, thanks to Gmail’s snooze feature, you can better control the flow of the incoming messages.
This article will share detailed instructions on how to snooze emails or reminders until you need them; simply scroll down to learn the details now. But first, let’s find out what snoozing an email means.
What does snoozing in Gmail mean?
Gmail’s Snooze feature—the small icon that looks like a clock appearing at the top right of every message—lets you delay a specific email appearing in your inbox for a while. It also ensures the message will resurface in your inbox at a specified date and time of your choosing later.
In other words, snoozing an email simply means that it’ll disappear from your inbox for a while and then come back to the top of your Gmail’s inbox at a specified time you select.
How to snooze emails or reminders until you need them
It’s simple to snooze emails in Gmail, and here’s how:
Snoozing an email in your browser
Step 1. Go to https://mail.google.com/ and log into your account.
Step 2. In your Gmail inbox, locate the email you want to snooze.
Step 3. When you find the email you’d like to snooze, simply hover the mouse over that email, and then you will see a row of icons on the right.
Step 4. Click on the icon that looks like a small clock to snooze the email.
Step 5. Pick a specified later day and time for when you want to get the email.
Note: If you want to snooze multiple emails at a time, select the messages you’d like to snooze using the checkboxes on the left of each message. Next, click on the small clock icon appearing above the inbox to simultaneously snooze them. Of course, you will also need to select a later date and time for when you want them to come back to your inbox.
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Snoozing emails in the Gmail app
Snoozing an email or emails in the Gmail mobile app is as simple and easy as doing so in your browser.
Step 1. Launch the Gmail app on your device.
Step 2. In your Gmail inbox, find the email you want to snooze and simply tap to open it.
Step 3. Tap the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
Step 4. In the menu that appears, tap “Snooze.”
Step 5. Pick a specified later day and time for when you want to get the email.
If you want to simultaneously snooze multiple emails in the app, follow the below steps:
1. Open up the Gmail app on your device.
2. In your Gmail inbox, select all the emails you want to snooze at once by pressing and holding them one by one until you see a check.
3. Next, tap the three-dots icon in the top-right corner of the Gmail screen and then select Snooze.
4. Finally, pick a later date and time for when you want them to come back to your inbox.
Quick Notes:
- Reminders that you create in Google Keep or Calendar also show up in Gmail. And you can also snooze them using the above methods.
- All of your snoozed emails will disappear from your inbox and stay in the Snoozed folder. So, if you want to view them on your browser, simply click the "Snoozed" option (under "inbox") on the left of the screen. And if you are using the Gmail app, you can view all of your snoozed emails by tapping the three-horizontal-line icon at the top of the inbox and selecting "Snoozed."
How to unsnooze an email in Gmail
If you change your mind and want to unsooze an email, simply follow the below steps:
Unsnoozing an email in your browser
Step 1. Go to the Snoozed folder by clicking the "Snoozed" option on the left of the screen.
Step 2. Hover the mouse over the email that you want to unsnooze and click on the small clock icon on the right.
Step 3. In the menu that appears, select "Unsnooze."
Unsnoozing an email in the Gmail app
Step 1. Go to the Snoozed folder by tapping the three-horizontal-line icon at the top of the inbox and selecting "Snoozed."
Step 2. Open the message you want to unsnooze.
Step 3. Tap the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
Step 4. In the menu that appears, select "Unsnooze."
Bottom line
Now that you know how to snooze emails or reminders until you need them. As you can see, with a few simple steps to snooze and unsnooze emails, you can better control the flow of the incoming messages in your Gmail inbox.
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