1. The first step is to open your Inbox -  and click the settings cog

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2. Scroll down and click See all settings

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3. Click on Undo Send - The default is set to 5 seconds so change to 30.

Any sent email will display an undo option for 30 seconds before sending

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4. Select 30

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5. Scroll down and doubleclick enable dynamic email.

This allows you to open and edit documents directly without leaving gmail

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6. Scroll down and select Nudges:

Nudges will remind you if you haven't responded to an email that Gmail's AI notices has asked you to do something.
It will also remind you if you emailed someone else and they haven't responded after 3 days.

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7. Scroll down and click stars to enable you to colour code emails in your inbox

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8. Scroll up to the top and click Chat and Meet

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9. Chat is usually off by default. Turn on Google Chat. 

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10. Click Manage chat settings

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11. Click the down arrow

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12. Click your choice of alerts and click done

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13. Chat is natively on the Left side of inbox but you can move to the right to allow more room for folders (labels)

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14. Click Right side of inbox

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15. Click Save Changes

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16. Click Compose

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17. Type recipient email

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18. Add email Subject

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19. Click Message Body to add text

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20. Type your message

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21. Click Send ‪(⌘Enter)‬

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22. Click undo to stop the send within 30 seconds

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23. Your email will reopen as a draft

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24. That's it. You're done. You've set up some useful settings to help manage your inbox and chat.

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