How to Send Confidential Mail Using Gmail on Mobile & Desktop

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This trick will help your to learn how to send Confidential Mail Using Gmail on Mobile & Desktop. Well sending mail in this method will in special mode and will have a pre-selected expiration date for message. By doing so, the mail will have an expiratory date and hence the person whom you have send the mail will not have access to that mail forever. And also, the option forward, copy, print and download will remained disabled for the person you are sending to email to.

About Gmail:
Gmail is a free email service developed by Google. Users can access Gmail on the web and using third-party programs that synchronize email content through POP or IMAP protocols. Gmail started as a limited beta release on April 1, 2004 and ended its testing phase on July 7, 2009. By October 2019, Gmail had 1.5 billion active users worldwide.

At launch, Gmail had an initial storage capacity offer of one gigabyte per user, a significantly higher amount than competitors offered at the time. Today, the service comes with 15 gigabytes of storage. Users can receive emails up to 50 megabytes in size, including attachments, while they can send emails up to 25 megabytes.

Follow the following steps

Send Confidential Mail Using Gmail on Desktop
Step 1:
Log in to your Gmail Account.

Step 2:
Click Compose Mail.

Step 3:
Click on ‘Clock-lock’ icon to turn on confidential mode. You can find the ‘Clock-lock’ icon in the bottom right of the window.

Step 4:
You can set an expiration and passcode

Note:
a. If you choose “No SMS passcode,” recipients using the Gmail app will be able to open it directly. Recipients who don’t use Gmail will get emailed a passcode.

b. If you choose “SMS passcode,” recipients will get a passcode by text message. Make sure you enter the recipient’s phone number, not your own.

Step 5:
Click Save.

Send Confidential Mail Using Gmail on Mobile:

Step 1:
Open Gmail App

Step 2:
Tap on Compose Mail

Step 3:
From the top right corner, tap More and head to Confidential mode

Step 4:
Turn on Confidential mode

Step 5:
Set an expiration date, passcode and other control

Step 6:
Tap Done