So you’ve typed up a draft email in Gmail ready to send, but you don’t want to send it just yet. Maybe it’s late at night and you want to send it tomorrow morning, or maybe there’s a specific date and time you need to send it.
But whatever the reason, if you want to send an email at a later date or time in Gmail, you don’t have to come back later and manually click send, you can actually schedule it to automatically send at a later date and time of your choosing. And in this article, that’s exactly what I’m going to show you how to do.
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You can actually schedule an email from either the Gmail website on a computer or the Gmail app on a phone or tablet.
So first off, I’m going to show you how to schedule an email on the Gmail website. But if you want to learn how to schedule an email in the Gmail app instead, you can click here to skip down to where I show you how to do that.
How To Schedule An Email On The Gmail Website
To schedule an email from the Gmail website on your computer, once you’ve typed up your draft email and entered the recipient’s email address and the subject just like normal…
Instead of clicking the “Send” button to send it right away, you’ll just need to click on the little arrow icon next to the “Send” button…
Then, in the menu that appears above the send button, click “Schedule send”.
Now, a box will pop up on the screen with several preset options:
- Tomorrow Morning (Sends the email at 8AM the next morning)
- Tomorrow Afternoon (Sends the email at 1PM the next day)
- And Monday Morning (Sends the email at 8AM on the next Monday)
If any of these prest times are good for you, you can just click on the one you want, and your email will be scheduled!
But, if you want to send your email at a more specific date and time, you’ll just need to click “Pick date & time”.
Now, you’ll get a calendar where you can choose the exact day you want your email to be sent. And next to that, there will be a box where you can type the exact time you want it to be sent.
So go ahead and chose the date and time that you want your email to send at, and then click “Schedule send” when you’re done to schedule your email.
And that’s all there is to it! Now your email will automatically send at your chosen date and time!
How To Schedule An Email In The Gmail App
To schedule an email in the Gmail app on a phone or tablet, you’ll first need to compose your email and enter the subject and the recipient’s email address just like normal.
But then, instead of tapping the send icon, tap the three dots next to the send icon…
And, in the menu that appears, tap “Schedule send”.
Now, a box will appear on the screen with four different options:
- Tomorrow Morning (Sends the email at 8AM the next morning)
- Tomorrow Afternoon (Sends the email at 1PM the next day)
- Monday Morning (Sends the email at 8AM on the next Monday)
- And Pick date & time (Allows you to choose a specific date and time for your email to be sent)
If one of the three preset options will work for you, you can just go ahead and tap on the one you want, and your email will be scheduled!
But, if you want to choose a custom date and time, you’ll need to tap “Pick date & time”.
Now, you’ll see two menus that allow you to choose the exact date and time you want your email to be sent.
And once you’ve chosen the date and time you want the email to send, you can go ahead and tap “Schedule send” to schedule the email.
And that’s all there is to it! Now your email will automatically send at the date and time you selected! And this will happen on the cloud, so even if your phone goes flat, gets turned off, or has no reception, the email will still be sent!
How To Cancel A Scheduled Email In Gmail
So that’s all great! And now your email will automatically send at your chosen date and time. But if you suddenly realize you made a mistake in the email, or you no longer want to send it at all, it is actually possible to cancel the scheduled email as long as you do so before the time it’s scheduled to send.
So first, I’m going to show you how that’s done on the Gmail website on a computer, and then I’ll show you how it’s done on a phone or tablet in the Gmail app.
On The Website
To cancel a scheduled email on the Gmail website on your computer, you’ll just need to find the folder called “Scheduled” somewhere in the menu on the left hand side of the screen, and click on it to view your scheduled emails.
Now, you’ll see a list of all your scheduled emails that are waiting to send, and you’ll need to click on the one you want to cancel.
Now, you’ll just need to click “Cancel send” and the email will no longer be scheduled.
Now, the email will be turned back into a draft email and be saved to your drafts folder.
So from here, if you no longer want to send the email at all, you can simply delete the draft and be done with it. Or, if you just want to make a few changes to the email before it’s sent, you can make those changes now, and then re-schedule it.
In The App
To cancel a scheduled email in the Gmail app on a phone or tablet, all you’ll need to do is tap on the three horizontal lines in the top left hand corner…
And then, somewhere in the menu that appears, you’ll find a folder called “Scheduled”, and you’ll need to tap on that folder to open it.
Now, you’ll see a list of all your scheduled emails that are waiting to send, and you’ll just need to tap on the one you want to cancel…
And tap on “Cancel send” to cancel it.
Now, the email will be unscheduled, and it will turn into a draft in your drafts folder.
So from here, you can now delete the draft if you no longer wanted to send it at all, or you could edit the draft and then re-schedule it if you just wanted to make some changes to it before it sent.
And that’s all there is to it! So whether you wanted to schedule an email to send from your computer, phone, or tablet, you now know how it’s done and how to cancel the scheduled email if you ever need to.
