Thursday, January 17, 2019

Gmail-Calendar Migration Tip of the Day #12

Now that you are accessing your email via the Chrome browser, you may have a number of tabs open throughout the day and it's easy for Gmail to get lost in a sea of tabs.  What's the solution?

Pin your Gmail Tab!


Here's how.
  1. Using Chrome, visit mail.google.com
  2. Hover over your Gmail Tab and Right Click (or 2 finger click on Chromebook)
  3. Select Pin Tab
Dropdown menu with pin tab highlighted

This action moves your Gmail tab all the way over to the left and makes it much smaller and very difficult to accidentally close.  If you want to unpin your tab, right-click on the tab and choose unpin.

BONUS TIP:
Make your pinned tab even better with an Unread Message Icon.      Gmail icon with subscript 0
The Unread Message Icon will give you a subscript number that will indicate how many unread messages you have.  It's an easy way to see if you have any unread messages without ever leaving your current tab.

You can enable the Unread Message Icon by visiting the Gear > Settings.  Click on the Advanced Tab, scroll down for  Unread Message Icon, Choose Enable and Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

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