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Q&A: How do I disable the Promotions tab in Gmail?

Posted on October 23, 2023

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Question from Kevin: I hope you can help me with a Gmail problem, Rick.

I subscribe to several email newsletters (including yours), and almost all of them always end up in the “Promotions” tab instead of the Inbox.

That includes the newsletters I pay for, and I’m really tired of it.

I’ve selected “Not Promotions” so many times but Gmail ignores my choice and keeps on putting them in Promotions anyway.

I heard that I can disable the Promotions tab altogether so the newsletters will always go into my Inbox, but I can’t find that setting. Can you help me? [Read more…]

Q&A: Is it ok to use Gmail for my business email?

Posted on July 9, 2023

Question from Gabe: I recently retired after a long career in public service and I’m planning to start a second career as a professional photographer.

I’ve already lined up a few shoots through word-of-mouth but I’m planning to put up a business page on Facebook and have some business cards printed to promote my photography services.

The question I have is do I need a private email address (something like [email protected] where example.com is my own domain name) or will a Gmail address suffice?

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Q&A: How can I delete all of my Gmail messages at once?

Posted on March 11, 2023

Question from Kenny: I love your site man. Too cool!

I hope you can help me with a Gmail question.

I have over 7000 messages in my Gmail Inbox and about as many in my “Sent Mail” folder.

I’d like to wipe out all those old messages and start fresh, but it would take forever to go through there and delete them a page at a time.

My question is do you know of a way to delete all of my Gmail messages at once? [Read more…]

How to ‘Unsend’ a Gmail message if you change your mind

Posted on December 11, 2022

Have you ever clicked the “Send” button after composing an email and immediately realized that you had sent the message to the wrong person?

Or perhaps you have sent an angry response to an email, only to regret it just as soon as you clicked “Send”?

Things like this happen to most of us at times, and it’s never a good feeling when they do.

Luckily, Gmail has a nifty feature called “Undo Send” that gives you up to 30 seconds to change your mind after clicking the “Send” button. [Read more…]