{"id":3221,"date":"2021-04-15T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2021-04-15T13:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:57:54","slug":"how-to-make-gmail-as-a-desktop-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=3221","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Gmail as a Desktop App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In this two-minute guide, I&#8217;ll show you a quick and easy method to create a Gmail desktop app.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u200d<\/strong>Unfortunately,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gmail<\/a>&nbsp;does not have a downloadable desktop app of their own, so we&#8217;ll have to do a quick workaround.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide requires you to use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/eng\/chrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Chrome<\/a>&nbsp;as your main internet browser. We use a Mac in the examples, but the technique works equally well for Windows users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a Gmail desktop app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Open&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gmail<\/a>&nbsp;in your Chrome browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Click the three vertical dots in the right-hand corner&nbsp;-&gt; go to&nbsp;<strong>More tools<\/strong>&nbsp;-&gt;and then&nbsp;<strong>Create Shortcut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e7c79e338f9fc0620e6f1c5_create-shortcut.png\" alt=\"Click the three vertical dots at the top-right corner of your browser. Go to More Tools and then Create Shortcut\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Make sure that&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Open as window&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;is checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e7c7a1b1d87bc712d5bd718_open-as-window.png\" alt=\"Tick of &quot;Open as window&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<br><\/strong>Right-click&nbsp;or alt+click on the Gmail icon in the dock, and go to&nbsp;<strong>Options<\/strong>&nbsp;and then&nbsp;<strong>Keep in Dock.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e7c7a850f40c14e194a908b_keep-in-dock.png\" alt=\"Select Keep in Dock\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use Gmail offline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Open settings by clicking the cog wheel icon and selecting&nbsp;<strong>Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e7c7ac4925ce1bcc97af439_gmail-settings.png\" alt=\"Open Gmail Settings\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Go to the&nbsp;<strong>Offline<\/strong>&nbsp;tab in the top menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e7c7aeed33b4031762eb95e_gmail-offline.png\" alt=\"Go to the Offline tab\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Check off for&nbsp;<strong>Enable offline mail.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e31a04ba3e3d97a1701402e_gmail-enable-offline.png\" alt=\"Check Enable offline mail\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Select the option that best suits you. \u201c<strong>Keep offline data on my computer<\/strong>\u201d is a good choice if it&#8217;s only you who use your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5db2b7986d028b6027c21d1e\/5e31a07183dd66361a566c2e_gmail-keep-offline.png\" alt=\"Select one of the two security options\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5:<br>\u200d<\/strong>Click save changes and that&#8217;s it!&nbsp;Well done you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ref: https:\/\/www.getmailflow.com\/post\/gmail-desktop-app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this two-minute guide, I&#8217;ll show you a quick and easy method to create a Gmail desktop app. \u200dUnfortunately,&nbsp;Gmail&nbsp;does not have a downloadable desktop app of their own, so we&#8217;ll have to do a quick workaround. This guide requires you to use&nbsp;Google Chrome&nbsp;as your main internet browser. 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