Instructions for snoozing emails in Gmail

After activating this email notification delay mode, those emails are temporarily hidden from the interface and after the hidden time expires, all those emails are displayed again. Below are instructions for deferring email notifications in Gmail.

How to snooze emails in Gmail on your phone

Step 1:

At the Gmail interface on your phone, press and hold on the emails you want to postpone notifications. Then click on the 3-dot icon in the top right corner and select Snooze in the displayed list.

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Step 2:

You will now see the time options interface to postpone email notifications. We can click on the suggested time or click Choose date and time to choose the date to turn on email notifications as you like.

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Step 3:

Displays the interface for you to choose the date and time to turn email notifications back on.

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Next, set a specific time to reopen email notifications, click on the time and then select Custom to enter the time you want. Then click Save to save the time.

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So you have hidden Gmail emails so you don't receive notifications until the time you set.

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How to snooze emails in Gmail computer

Step 1:

At the Gmail interface on your computer, click on the emails you want to hide temporarily and then click on the clock icon in the toolbar above the interface as shown.

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Step 2:

Next, click on the time you want to use or click Select date and time to set up.

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Step 3:

Now we also choose the day we want to hide email notifications.

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Next, you also choose a specific time to postpone email notifications, then click Save below to snooze the selected emails and you're done.

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Instructions for unhiding emails on Gmail phones

Step 1:

At the Gmail interface, click on the 3 dashes icon in the top left corner. Then to display options for emails, click on Snoozed.

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Step 2:

At this point, users will see all Gmail emails that you have postponed notifications. To unhide an email, we long press on one email and then click on other emails. Next, click on the 3-dot icon in the top right corner.

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Step 3:

When displaying options for hidden emails, click Unhide to display notifications for emails again.

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Instructions for unhiding Gmail emails on your computer

Step 1:

We will click on the Snoozed item in the menu on the left of the interface to access snoozed emails.

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Step 2:

Soon you will see hidden emails on Gmail. You just need to click on the emails you want to display again, then click the clock icon and select Unsnooze.

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Jessica Tanner

Update 29 February 2024