This wikiHow teaches you how to forward email through Gmail. You can use the Gmail desktop website or the mobile app to forward email to someone else's email address. If you want Gmail to automatically send messages you receive to another email address, you can set a different email address as your primary forwarding location through your Gmail account settings on the desktop website.
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Method 1 of 3: Forwarding One Email Through Gmail Desktop Site
Step 1. Open Gmail
Visit https://www.gmail.com/ via your computer's web browser. The Gmail inbox page will open if you're already signed in to your account.
If not, enter your account email address and password when prompted before continuing
Step 2. Select the email you want to forward
Find the email you want to forward, then click to open it.
Step 3. Click the button
It's in the upper-right corner of the email. A drop-down menu will be displayed.
You can also swipe to the bottom of the email page
Step 4. Click Forward
This option is in the drop-down menu. After that, a new email form will appear.
If you scroll to the bottom of the email page, the option “ forward "You can see.
Step 5. Enter the recipient's email address
In the " To " text field, type the email address of the recipient of the forwarded message.
You can add as many email addresses as you want, but you need to include at least one
Step 6. Enter a message if necessary
If you want to add a message above your forwarded email, click the white column above your signature, then type in the message you want to add.
Step 7. Click Send
It's a blue button in the lower-left corner of the page. After that, the selected email will be forwarded to the recipients you added in the " To " field.
Method 2 of 3: Forwarding One Email Through Gmail Mobile App
Step 1. Open Gmail
Tap the Gmail app icon, which looks like a red “M” on a white envelope. After that, the inbox page will open.
If you're not logged into your account yet, type in your email address and password when prompted before continuing
Step 2. Select the email you want to forward
Find the email you want to forward and touch it to open it.
Step 3. Swipe to the bottom of the message page
You can find the option “ forward ” in this section.
Step 4. Touch Forward
This option is at the bottom of the screen. After that, a new email form will appear.
Step 5. Enter the email address
In the " To " field, type the email address of the forwarding recipient.
You can add as many email addresses as you want, but include at least one in this field
Step 6. Enter a message if necessary
If you want to add a message above your forwarded email, tap the white field above the " Forwarded message " heading, then type in any messages you want to add.
Step 7. Touch the “Send” icon
It's a paper airplane icon at the top of the screen. After that, the selected email will be forwarded to the recipients added to the " To " field.
Method 3 of 3: Forward All Messages
Step 1. Open Gmail
Visit https://www.gmail.com/ via your computer's web browser. The Gmail inbox page will open if you're already signed in to your account.
- If you're not signed in yet, enter your account email address and password when prompted before continuing.
- Unfortunately, you can't set forwarding preferences for all messages in the mobile version of Gmail.
Step 2. Click the settings icon or "Settings"
It's a gear icon in the upper-right corner of your inbox. Once clicked, a drop-down menu will appear.
Step 3. Click Settings
This option is in the drop-down menu.
Step 4. Click the Forwarding & POP/IMAP tab
This tab is at the top of the page.
Step 5. Click Add a forwarding address
It's a gray button in the " Forwarding " section at the top of the menu.
Step 6. Enter the email address
In the text field in the middle of the pop-up window, type the email address to which you want to forward the email.
Step 7. Click Next
It's a blue button below the text field.
Step 8. Click Proceed when prompted
This option confirms that you want to forward messages from Gmail to another email address.
Step 9. Click OK when prompted
A verification email will be sent to the forwarding target's email address.
Step 10. Verify the email address
To verify the email address to which the message is forwarded, follow these steps:
- Open the inbox of the email account to which Gmail messages are forwarded.
- Log in to the account if necessary.
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Click message " Gmail Forwarding Confirmation - Receive Mail from [source email address] ” from the “Gmail Team” sender (in Gmail, this email is shown in the inbox tab “ Updates ”).
Check the " Spam " or " Junk " folder if you don't see the message in your inbox after a few minutes
- Click the verification link under the text " …please click the link below to confirm the request ".
Step 11. Click Confirm when prompted
The address will be added to the main Gmail account's forwarding preferences ("Forwarding").
Step 12. Reopen the "Forwarding & POP/IMAP" page of your Gmail inbox
You need to reload the settings with the following steps:
- Go to your inbox and log back into your account if necessary.
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Click the settings icon or "Settings"
- Click " Settings ” in the drop-down menu.
- Click the tab " Forwarding & POP/IMAP ”.
Step 13. Check the "Forward a copy of incoming mail to" box
This box is in the " Forwarding " section.
Step 14. Select the destination email address if necessary
If you added more than one address to which messages are forwarded, click the drop-down box to the right of the "Forward a copy of incoming mail to" heading and select your email address.
Step 15. Select Gmail rules
You can specify Gmail's actions on messages in your inbox after they're forwarded by clicking the drop-down box to the right of the " and " text and clicking one of the following options:
- ” keep Gmail's copy in the inbox ” - Click this option if you want Gmail to keep a copy of forwarded messages in the inbox folder, without marking them as read ("read") messages.
- ” mark Gmail's copy as read ” - Click this option if you want Gmail to save a copy of the forwarded message in the inbox folder and mark it as read.
- ” archive Gmail's copy ” - Click this option if you want Gmail to mark messages as read and move them to the “All Mail” folder.
- ” delete Gmail's copy ” - Click this option if you want Gmail to move forwarded messages directly to the “Trash” folder.
Step 16. Scroll down and click Save Changes
It's at the bottom of the page. Messages on your Gmail account will now be automatically forwarded to the email address you specified.
