Blogs on Gmail and Google Accounts

At times, for various reasons, we need to access the Gmail standard view and all we have with us is our mobile phone. The standard view is only accessible via supported desktop browsers and I have seen many users in the Gmail Help Community inconvenienced while having to access the Gmail standard view from their mobile devices. Hence, this blog. For the sake of convenience, I have decided to list the steps separately for Android phone and iPhone. Click on the links below to directly go to the section that describes the steps for your device. Steps for Android Steps for iPhone For testing purposes, I have chosen to use Chrome on my Android phone and Safari on my iPhone as they are the commonly used browsers in those devices respectively, and are likely to benefit the maximum number of users.  I have also ensured that the browsers are running their latest versions. Additionally, I have included the screenshot of how to request Desktop Site in Chrome browser for iOS. In th

Users in the Gmail Help Community often post about their emails that have gone missing. Depending on how one uses Gmail and the actions that have been specified or performed with regards to those messages, there can be many ways for messages to get misplaced and this can happen with both incoming or existing messages. In this blog, we take a look at the various aspects of this issue by dividing our discussion into the following three sections: The various reasons messages may get missing How to search for those missing messages and prevent further occurrences In cases of unsuccessful search 1. The various reasons messages may get missing A message may get moved over to another inbox category based upon Gmail's classification of emails or an existing Categorize as filter defined by the user. Messages may skip inbox because of an existing Skip inbox filter defined by the user or because of an archive Gmail's copy option selected in Gmail's POP/Forwarding s

We often receive questions in the Gmail Help Community on the consequences of deleting or how to delete the Gmail address from Google account for various reasons. Deleting a Gmail address from your account is very different from deleting your Google account as the first option only deletes the Gmail service from the Google account while the second option deletes the entire Google account (all included services such as Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Photos, Maps, etc.) The blog post - Google Accounts - how they work  explains the concept of a Google Account in greater detail. The steps to delete a Google service and specifically Gmail, are described in the following Google help articles. Be sure to read them for your better understanding of the issue. Remove Products Delete your Gmail service  (specific to Gmail and containing details of what happens when you delete your Gmail service) The intent behind writing this blog is to include the necessary screenshots so that you are a bi