How to schedule emails on Gmail

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Google revealed a new Gmail feature several weeks ago that would allow customers to schedule the sending of emails when using Gmail.

The company used a staged rollout for the new feature; some users could use it right away, others had to wait days or weeks to get it.

All emails are delivered to the recipients right away by default. Scheduling changes that as it gives you options to pick a specific time and date for the delivery.

Scheduling may not appeal to the majority of home users but it has some applications when it comes to business communication. Home users may certainly use it as well, e.g. to send reminder emails that arrive on time.

Businesses may use it for announcements or to make sure that emails don't arrive in someone's inbox late in the work day.

Note that the schedule feature may still be rolling out at the time of writing. Google plans to make it available to all Gmail users eventually.

Scheduling emails on Gmail

You find the new option attached to the compose window on Gmail. If it is activated, you should see a small down arrow icon next to the send button in the compose window.

Note that you need to add at least one recipient to activate the option; it is not necessary to enter a subject or type text in the body. Note that you may want to compose the entire email before you select the schedule option as you cannot edit subject or body anymore once you have set a scheduled date & time for the email.

A click on the down arrow displays the "schedule send" option, and a click on that option an on-screen prompt.

Gmail suggests three delivery rates, usually tomorrow morning or afternoon, or the next Monday, and an option to customize the delivery by specifying date & time.

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