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How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication or Two-Step Verification for Your Google Account

How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication or Two-Step Verification for Your Google Account – by guidingtech.com
When you sign up to create a Google account, you will need to create a password. Creating a strong password for your account helps ensure your account does not get easily hacked. However, it does not eliminate the possibility of your Google account getting hacked and compromised. You can improve your Google account security by setting up two-factor authentication.

 

How to Block a Domain in Gmail

How to Block a Domain in Gmail – By How-To Geek How-To Geek

You might already be stopping emails from certain senders from flooding your inbox. But sometimes, you’ll receive several emails with different addresses, yet all from the same domain. You can block that entire domain in Gmail. Here’s how.

How to create labels in Gmail

How to create labels in Gmail – By Parth Shah Android Police
Between work and promotional emails, your Gmail inbox is bound to get crowded over time. While Gmail’s advanced search filters help you find the exact email in no time, labels take email organization to the next level. Yes, Gmail’s version of folders is called labels. These labels are the same as a folder but with different naming schemes. You can create folders using Gmail web and iPhone. The option is missing for those using Gmail, even on the best Android phones you can buy.

I just tried all of Gmail’s new features

I just tried all of Gmail’s new features — here’s the best and worst – By Sanjana Prakash Tom’s Guide
Google just gave Gmail a big shakeup that changes the layout and brings many new features to your inbox. The change is probably one of the biggest by Gmail in the last 18 years. If you have chosen not to revert back to the original design, it is likely that you are looking at the new Gmail interface while browsing through your emails.

How to set up a signature in Gmail

How to set up a signature in Gmail and Google Workspace – By Hagop Kavafian Android Police
If you send a lot of emails, you probably know that signing each of them can be time-consuming, especially if you write your full name every time you send out a message. Thankfully, you can automate this process so that Gmail adds a preset signature at the bottom of outgoing messages instead of you having to think of doing it. Another benefit of automating the process is the amount of information you can add, such as your contact information, address, job title, and more, which you’re definitely willing to enter every time you send an email manually.

How to send a confidential message on Gmail

How to send a confidential message on Gmail – By Barbara Krasnoff Cameron Faulkner The Verge

Set your messages to expire and prevent them from being shared
Google uses TLS (what is called standard encryption) to keep your emails relatively safe in transit. (The service does also have the more secure S/MIME encryption, but it’s only available for business and educational institutions.) There are, however, other ways you can keep your personal data a little safer, and one is by using Google’s confidential mode.

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