- you can forward emails in gmail one by one or in bulk.
- to forward up to 50 emails at a time you can install multiple email forwarding extension for chrome browser.
- you can set auto forwarding for all gmail messages or only for those who meet certain criteria in the gmail settings menu.
Most email services allow you to forward messages in a variety of ways, and gmail is no different. you can manually forward messages within gmail in your browser, as well as set up automatic forwarding if you want to receive your gmail on another account.
no matter what kind of forwarding you want to do, there’s probably a way to do it with gmail.
how to manually forward an email in gmail
You can forward a single email from your gmail account to any other email address in just a couple of clicks. the steps are the same for both gmail in a browser and the gmail app on your phone or tablet.
1. Go to the gmail website in a browser or open the app on your mobile device.
2. Click or tap the email message you want to forward.
3. In the message window, click the three-dot icon to the right of the reply button and click forward .
4. Type the email address you want to forward the message to, then click send (in the mobile app, send button is shaped like an arrow).
quick tip: If you’re using gmail in a browser, you can right-click a message in your inbox and select forward from the popup menu.
how to forward multiple emails at once
Although gmail only allows you to forward one email at a time (see the previous section of this article), there is a way around it: a chrome browser extension called multiple email forwarding breaks that limitation by allowing you to select and forward up to 50 emails at a time.
Before you can use multiple email forwarding, you need to install it in your chrome browser. go to the multiple email forwarding page in the chrome web store and install it as you would any chrome extension: click add to chrome and then add extension . then go to gmail in chrome and follow the instructions to connect it to your gmail account and set up multiple email forwarding.
after you have completed the setup, you can start forwarding multiple emails in gmail:
1. open your gmail account in a browser.
2. select two or more emails in the inbox by checking the checkboxes on the left side of the screen. If you want to select all the messages on the page (up to 50 messages), click the selection box between the search mail field and the list of email messages, which selects all the messages on the current page right away.
3. Click the forward multiple emails button (shaped like an arrow) at the top of the screen.
4. From the multiple email forwarding drop-down menu, choose how you want to forward your messages. options include sending each email as a separate message, combining the messages into a single email message, or sending a single email with each message included as an attachment.
5. Enter the recipient’s email address and finish sending the message.
how to set up automatic email forwarding in gmail
You can also set up auto-forwarding, which is convenient if you want to send all incoming mail from your gmail account to another email address (in case you want someone to check messages while you’re out of the office, for instance) .
1. open your gmail account in a browser.
2. Click the gear icon in the top right and then click view all settings.
3. At the top of the page, click the forwarding and pop/imap tab.
4. In the forwarding section, click add a forwarding address.
5. Enter an email address to forward messages to, and then click next.
6. In the confirm forwarding address window, click continue.
7. In the add a forwarding address window, click ok to acknowledge the message.
8. Close the gmail settings window by clicking cancel.
9. Go to an email client where you can access the account you’re forwarding messages to, and find the confirmation email that Google just sent. in the email, click the link to confirm the request, and then click confirm in the final window. this prevents someone from spamming a third party with unwanted forwarded emails.
10. Go back to your gmail account. click the gear icon in the top right, then click view all settings.
11. At the top of the page, click the forwarding and pop/imap tab.
12. In the forwarding section, click forward a copy of incoming mail to.
13. Choose what happens to the email going to the gmail account from the dropdown menu. your options include allowing messages to accumulate in your inbox, marking them as read, archiving, or deleting them.
14. click save changes.
how to create a filter and only forward certain types of gmail messages
You may not want to forward all your messages to another account. if you only want to forward some messages, you can do it with a filter.
1. open your gmail account in a browser.
2. In the search mail field at the top of the page, click the show search options button in the far right.
3. Create your filter. you can filter email by recipient, subject line, or messages that contain certain words, for example. When you’re done, click create filter.
4. On the next page, click the forward to checkbox and choose the email address you want to forward the message to.
5. click create filter.
If the email address you want to forward messages to does not appear in the forward to drop-down menu, follow the steps in the previous section of this article to set up a forwarding address.
quick tip: gmail only allows you to forward messages to one account; you cannot forward the same message to two or more email addresses. instead, you can use filters to forward messages to different accounts based on specific filter criteria. for example, you can send messages to different addresses based on keywords in the subject line.
how to disable email forwarding in gmail
When you no longer need your emails forwarded to another address, you can turn off forwarding with a few clicks.
1. open your gmail account in a browser.
2. Click the gear icon in the top right and then click view all settings.
3. At the top of the page, click the forwarding and pop/imap tab.
4. In the forwarding section, click turn off forwarding.
5. click save changes.