6 Gmail Hacks To Make Your Life 6x Easier

​Most of us can relate to feeling overwhelmed when it comes to our Inboxes. The truth is, you're just too busy helping people, being creative, and kicking ass at your job - your time is too valuable to spend it worrying about your Gmail. So let's make that a little easier, shall we? We shall.

1 - Undo Send.

Have you ever sent an important email to someone and then immediately realized you forgot the attachment you mentioned? Or maybe you put the wrong time in there for your meeting? Noticed a typo? It happens to the best of us. If you haven't set up Undo Send yet, I highly recommend you do that. 

Setting it up: Settings > Settings > General Tab > Undo Send > 30 Seconds (or whatever time you prefer).

2 - Add An Email To Tasks.

Sometimes you just can't respond right away. But, if you don't respond right away, you might forget later. That's a sticky situation. So, how do we fix this? That's right, add it to your Google Tasks. It's super easy! That way, it'll be added to your to-do list, and you'll be very proud of how efficient you are.

​How to do it:
- Select the email you want to be reminded of later.
- Click on the three dots all the way to the right above the opened email.
- A small box will pop out, click on "Add to Tasks".

3 - Canned Responses.

Do you have an email that you have to send over, and over, and over again? It starts to get old, doesn't it? Try making a canned response - it'll save you tons of time and energy. (Oh yeah, by the way, you can make more than one of these to save for the future.)

​Setting it up: 
- Settings > Settings > Advanced Tab
- Enable Canned Responses (Templates)
- Compose a new message as your canned response.
- Click on the three dots in the bottom right corner of your email draft.
- Click on "Canned responses".
- Click on "New canned response...".
- Give it a title.

When you go to send that canned response in the future, here's what you do:
- Open a new draft.
- Click on the three dots in the bottom right corner of your email draft.
- Click on "Canned responses".
- Select the title of the response you wish to send.

4 - Quote Another Email.

Sometimes you'll find yourself referencing something from another email. Instead of forwarding said email to another person, you can quote it! This allows you to be more specific, clearly share the section you're referencing, and it also looks a lot cleaner.

How to do it:
- Compose a new email.
- Click on the "A" next to the "Send" button.
- Click on the quotation marks.
- Copy and paste the text you wish to quote.

5 - Display Photos Directly In The Email.

This one is great for photographers! I just recently sent some examples of my photography work in an email and I used this hack when I sent it. Typically, we send photos as an attachment. But, what if your recipient could just open up your email and see your photos right away? Well, they can. Here's how to make it happen.

How to do it:
- Compose a new email.
- Select the image icon in your draft.
- Upload your image.

6 - Mute Conversations.

Keep receiving emails from a CC thread you no longer need to be a part of? Yeah, it's a bit annoying at times. It's just like being stuck in a group text conversation without really even participating - who wants that many notifications? In a similar way, you don't need all of those emails coming in for no reason.

How to do it:
- Select an email in your Inbox.
- Click on the three dots.
- Select "mute".