How to create a Gmail account

Need create a Gmail account and you don't know how to register? In this post we tell you everything you need to know to successfully create an account. We give you all the steps you must follow and basic tips for use.

Gmail is one of the leading email companies and more and more people are using it both professionally and personally. And we are talking about an email platform that offers everything you need.

How to register an account in Gmail

How to create a Gmail account

Entering and creating a Gmail account is very simple and will not take you more than a few minutes to do. So, these are the steps you should follow:

Sign in to Gmail

First of all, you will have to go directly to the official Gmail page. Once inside, you will see that you have the option to log in with your email and password.

Obviously, if you don't have one because it is your first time entering, you will have to register. To do this, click 'Create an account'.

Fill in the form

Form to register at Gmail.com

You will see that the next point in front of you is a form that you are going to have to start filling out. You will find the following:

  • Name and surname. It is important that you fill in truthfully since it will be the name that appears when you send your emails.
  • Username. It is the email account that will accompany you from now on and that you will have to give when they ask for your email.
  • Password. We recommend that you choose a password that contains numbers, letters and characters so that it is difficult to guess. You'll need to confirm it below to make sure you've spelled it correctly.
  • Date of birth and sex. Just that, you will have to set the date and choose between man/woman. You can also not specify it.
  • Mobile phone. We advise you to put it in as it will serve as your ally if you forget the password.
  • Your current e-mail. Just like the mobile phone, it will be a way to protect your account.

To finish, you will only have to accept the terms of service and the privacy policy and that's it.

How to create a Gmail account from your mobile

Do you want to have access to your email from your smartphone? No sooner said than done. The Gmail mobile application works perfectly. So it will be great for you to have it installed. We tell you how you can download it step by step.

  1. Go to the Play Store and download the Gmail app on your smartphone. Made?
  2. Once installed you will have to log in. Since you don't have one, you'll have to go to 'Create a new account'.
  3. At this point you will have to follow the same data that we have mentioned above. And the process is more or less the same.
  4. When you have it, you will only have to return to the initial screen and enter your new username and password to access your new email.

The process will only take you a few minutes.

Advantages of using Gmail

As we told you at the beginning, it is one of the most used email platforms (if not the most). And it offers all these advantages:

  • Easy and intuitive interface.
  • Differentiating tabs so you don't miss anything.
  • Spam filter.
  • Favorite accounts.
  • Folders for each of your clients or contacts.
  • Up to 15GB of space.
  • Linked to your Google Drive.
  • Almost immediate response and resend.
  • Possibility of scheduling the sending of your emails.
  • Ability to attach large files thanks to Google Drive.
  • Notice calendar.

As you can see, the advantages of deciding on this account are quite a few.

Tips to get the most out of Gmail

Tricks for Gmail

Do you want to know some Gmail tricks that can be great for you? Here we leave you the ones you can use the most:

Send messages from one tab to another

As you will see, your inbox will be divided into three tabs: Main, Social and Promotions (although you can change it). Well, to go from one message to another, you just have to select it and drag it to the tab you want. That easy.

Send default responses

Are you going to be offline for a few days and want every time an email comes in to have a default response that answers them? Well, you can do it by configuring the response you choose. Yes, you can put whatever phrase you want.

Read and reply to messages offline

Thanks to Gmail Offline you can read and respond to your messages without having to be connected to the internet. Messages will leave the outbox on their own when you are back online. This way you will save a lot of time.

For the arrival of emails

Do you need a break in your day? Gmail gives you the opportunity to pause the arrival of your emails so that you have enough time to do what you need. When you're done, you can receive them again without problems.

It is important to learn how to create labels in Gmail

If we want to maintain good management of our Gmail account It is essential that we learn to create labels, since it is one of the best ways to be able to organize all our emails.

Thanks to the different configuration options that we will have at our disposal, we will be able assign tags depending on different aspects, but generally it is very likely that we organize our emails based on the sender's email address.

In addition to labels we can also create subtags that will maximize our organization. For example, if we are studying, a good idea may be to create labels with the different courses that we have ahead of us. Within each label we create new labels including all the subjects, and in this way, if we want to know what the last communication related to the mathematics department was, all we have to do is click on said label and immediately we will have all the emails that we have configured for it.

Make use of Gmail filters

But it's no use learning to create labels if we don't also use the gmail filters. These filters will help us create orders that will automate email actions, that is, when we receive the aforementioned message related to the mathematics department, we will create a instant action who will be in charge of directing said email to the mathematics folder. This will allow us to save a lot of time and above all not leave anything to organize.

On the other hand, it is possible that over time emails begin to arrive that we do not want to receive on our tray entry, thanks to the filters we can make these emails are deleted directly without going through our main folder, which translates into a greater cleanliness and comfort when checking all our emails.

Keyboard shortcuts for Gmail

On the main page, inbox, we can navigate between the different incoming emails using the arrow keys on the keyboard. In case we want to open one, we will only have to press the enter key.

In the event that we want to select or deselect several emails alternately, we will use the X key.

Once we have them selected through the previous command, we can mark them as read by pressing the key combination shift + I, or archive them using the E key.

When we are in an email that contains a conversation of several messages, we can jump between each of them using the J (next) or K (previous) keys.

A very interesting way to improve our user experience in Gmail.

As you can see, this email platform has a lot to offer you, and now that you know how to create a Gmail account, it is easier than ever to discover a new way to receive your email. You sign up?