There are a lot of reasons to use a write-now-send-later approach to emails.
Maybe you have a big personal announcement coming up, but it's happening at a specific time when you won't be around. It's possible that you want to rave to your friend about everything you loved in Spider-Man: No Way Home, but they're not seeing it until tomorrow.
It's also helpful at work. Many of our employers have people spread out across the country in different time zones. If you schedule the send, you can make sure it pops up when they're awake, even if it's during an Australian co-worker's overnight shift. You want to get a jump on future business when you're working hard, rolling through deadline after deadline, and you want to.
Having the ability to schedule emails is a gift for people who like to work and live at their own pace. This is incredibly easy to do because of the widespread use of the internet. I will run you through it step by step.
1. Start a new email.
If you're writing in a browser or on a mobile device, the first thing you'll want to do is open up Gmail. It's obvious that we're here to talk about this. It's important. Scheduling an email is the same as hitting send, so you'll want to get your note written before you send it.
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2. Select "schedule send"
It's time to schedule that puppy once your email is set. The process of sending from a browser to a mobile app is the same as it is from the mobile app.
If you're writing from Gmail.com, you can click the downward-facing arrow on the right side of the "Send" button. If you're in the app, you can click the three dots in the top right corner of the email window. "Schedule send" is the one you're looking for, it's the only option that appears when you're writing from a browser.
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Wherever you're sending from, you'll see a pop-up that gives you a few options for choosing a time and one option that lets you personalize a specific day and time. If you're writing over the weekend, you can get sensible suggestions like "Tomorrow afternoon" or "Monday morning" from Gmail.
There is nothing more to it. You can choose the day and time you want to send your email, but it's up to Gmail to take care of the rest.
