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- Gmail has more than one billion active monthly users, who each has the option of customizing its features to fit his or her individual wants, needs, and goals.
- Tweaking your Gmail settings can help you stay organized and prevent email from becoming a time-sucking chore.
- Here are eight ways you can customize your Gmail to optimize all of its benefits.
Many people rely on email for just about everything - whether it's to communicate with your coworkers and friends or track the shipping of an order you placed for a client.
Email became even more of a vital tool for me once I joined the ranks of remote workers and started my freelance writing business at the beginning of 2018.
That shift helped me see the areas where I could lean in to making my email work harder for me, instead of the other way around. Even though the most recent update to Gmail gave me helpful tools that didn't require activation, like the ability to snooze emails, fully optimizing the features of Gmail did take a little work.
Here are eight Gmail customization hacks that I find to be the most useful:
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