{"id":3072,"date":"2022-04-28T09:01:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2022-04-29T22:57:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T03:57:03","slug":"operations-tools-how-to-add-gmail-as-a-desktop-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/operations-tools-how-to-add-gmail-as-a-desktop-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Operations Tools: How To Add Gmail As A Desktop App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSJvdR6FK10\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My day-to-day involves checking email, checking it again, and &#8230; yes you guessed it&#8230;checking it again. I used to find it more annoying to continuously check, lose the window, log in again, and continue this cycle throughout the day. Then I discovered a quick and free way to add my email to Gmail, and make Gmail part of my apps in my taskbar. The result is an app window that functions just as Mail or Office Mail would.<\/p>\n<p>The idea here is to create a shortcut to Gmail, then add it to your taskbar. You are free to log in and out of different email addresses in a regular window (not the shortcut). Whichever your primary address is that&#8217;s logged in, is what will show in the shortcut window.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to create a Gmail window:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Google Chrome and log into gmail.<\/li>\n<li>In the top right corner, choose the 3 dots.<\/li>\n<li>Next, go to <strong>More Tools<\/strong> and choose <strong>Create Shortcut<\/strong>. Be sure to check the box <strong>Open as window<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-3077\" src=\"https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options.jpg\" alt=\"how to create gmail app window shortcut taskbar\" width=\"723\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27723%27%20height%3D%27525%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20723%20525%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27723%27%20height%3D%27525%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options-200x145.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options-400x290.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options-600x436.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kellerdm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gmail-create-shortcut-app-windows-taskbar-options.jpg 723w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose <strong>Create<\/strong> and the shortcut will be added to the desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on the Gmail shortcut and choose <strong>Pin to taskbar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Now, open the Gmail app (shortcut in your taskbar). In the top right near the close button, choose\u00a0the 3 dots.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>App info<\/strong> and allow\u00a0<strong>Gmail to send notifications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t see notifications in the App Info section, select\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong> and then\u00a0<strong>Turn On Notifications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My day-to-day involves checking email, checking it again, and &#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[78,77,80,79],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Operations Tools: How To Add Gmail As A Desktop App - KellerDM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to make Gmail as an app in your Windows taskbar. 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