Gmail is the email service provided by Google. Gmail has almost 2 billion active users globally. But most of us don't know how to use the platform effectively. Here are 8 Gmail hacks that you must know:

1. Get rid of promotional emails

• Open Gmail.
• Open the promotional email that you want to remove.
• Click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of the email.
• Select "Block [sender's name]" from the drop-down menu.
• Click on "Block" in the pop-up window.
• To delete all promotional emails, go to the "Promotions" tab, select all emails & delete.
• To prevent future emails, unsubscribe by
• clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email.

2. Undo the email you just sent

• Open the "Sent" folder.
• Find the email that you want to recall and open it.
• Click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right corner of the email.
• Select "Undo" from the drop-down menu.
• Edit your email in draft folder before sending it again.
• Ensure "undo send" is enabled in your settings
• before using this feature:
• Setting > General > Enable Undo send (with a delay of 10/20/30 seconds).

3. Send a confidential email

• Open Gmail.
• Click "Compose".
• Enter recipient, subject, and content.
• Next to the "Send" button, click on the lock icon.
• Set an expiration date and passcode for the recipient to open it.
• Click on the "Send" button to send the email.

5. Send your email later

• Want to make it look like you're at your desk at 0800?
• Now you can do exactly that:
• Click the down arrow next to 'Send'.
• Choose 'Schedule Send'.
• Pick the date + time you want.
• Sit back + relax.

6. Prep your replies

• Sick of typing out the same replies again + again?
• Enable first in Settings > Advanced >
• Enable templates.
• Draft your email.
• Click the 3 dots.
• Save as template.
• Next time, use that template to save yourself time.

7. Snooze an email

• Have an email that you don't need to deal with now?
• Set a reminder for later:
• Click on the clock icon on the right.
• Choose how long you want to snooze the email.
• It'll appear back in your inbox on that date.

8. Ignore those annoying conversations

• In an email thread where everyone keeps using 'reply all'?
• Mute it to stop it distracting you:
• Open the email.
• Click the 3 dots at the top.
• Click mute.
• Future replies will be archived (but you can still find them if needed).