How to Get Gmail as a Desktop App or in Your Browser?
Gmail account is an application that is widely used across the nation. It has a number of features that caters to the basic need of the computer user. It helps to send and receive emails, compose emails, make drafts, create folders for segregating emails, and many more with advanced features. Due to multiple features, the Gmail account is the most trusted and reliable application with a large number of users. Earlier, most Gmail users were unable to access email due to the unavailability of an internet connection. However, now Gmail provides an offline mode to access emails and attachments without an internet connection. But, still, there are a bulk of users still unaware of the procedure to enable offline mode in their Gmail to access emails without an internet connection. Therefore, this article will explain to you ‘how to get Gmail as a desktop app ’ and its benefits.
Read the article and follow the solution to get Gmail on desktop by enabling Gmail offline mode to access emails and attachments of your Gmail account.
Why is it Needed to Get Gmail on Desktop/PC?
The usability of a Gmail account is possible only with an internet connection. The online feature of Gmail enables the user to send and receive emails with or without attachments in real time.
However, there is a need for an offline mode when people are away from the office or travelling and there is no internet connection.
During the lockdown period also, it was observed that people lost internet connectivity, and their work was hampered.
Keeping in mind the challenges that people faced, the Gmail account provided an advanced feature to overcome this issue. By enabling Gmail offline mode, users can get Gmail as a desktop app anytime without the internet
How to Get Gmail on Desktop & Enable Gmail Offline Mode in Browser?
The following are the steps to be followed to allow working in offline mode:
1. Firstly Gmail account is required to be opened on the Google Chrome platform.
2. Once the Gmail account is opened, then click on ‘Settings’ which is located in the right top corner of the page as shown in Figure A.
Figure A
3. Now click on ‘See All’ and choose ‘Offline’.
4. Now click on ‘Enable offline mail’. This is shown in Figure B.
Figure B
5. Now more options are available out of which we need to choose the time duration and click on ‘Download attachments’ in sync settings as given in Figure B.
Under the ‘Security’ we need to choose the option ‘Keep offline data on my computer‘ and then ‘Save Changes’ as given in Figure C.
Figure C
6. On clicking ‘Save Change’ a pop-up appears on the screen, click on ‘Got it’ and proceed further. The image of the pop-up is shown in Figure D.
Figure D
7. On clicking on the option ‘ Got it’ as shown in Figure D, again a pop-up appears on the screen with ‘Create a bookmark for offline access’. This is shown in Figure E.
Figure E
8. After clicking on ‘Got it’, we need to select ‘Ctrl+D’ in order to create the bookmark and it would be shown in the address bar. This will enable us to visit the bookmark directly and see the email files offline mode. This is shown in Figure F.
Figure F
9. After clicking on ‘Done’ as shown in Figure F, the bookmark would be created in the address bar which can later be reviewed offline.
10. We can clearly see in Figure G that the emails are ‘Ready for offline’ to work on.
Figure G
11. In order to remove the saved offline email files, we need to go to the ‘Settings’ again and choose the ‘Offline’ option. This will open to option ‘Enable offline mail’ and so we need to unclear this option and then ‘Save Changes’. This is shown in Figure H.
Figure H
12. In order to remove the data permanently from the server, we need to go to Google Chrome and choose ‘Settings’ as shown in Figure I.
Figure I
13. In ‘Settings’ we need to scroll down to “Privacy and Security” and then click “Clear browsing data” as shown in Figure J.
Figure J
14. Now, after clicking on ‘Clear browsing data’, we find ‘Advanced’ option under which we observe by default marked options ‘Browsing history’, ‘Download history’, ‘Cookies and other site data’, and ‘Cached images and files’. Then, after that, we need to click on ‘Clear data’ and therefore our offline data gets erased permanently. This is shown clearly in Figure K.
Figure K
But wait! There are some limitations that you should know about Gmail offline mode. Though it is quite an efficient solution to get Gmail as a desktop app, it only stores email for up to 90 days only. Moreover, you cannot access the offline email other than your own personal computer where you saved the bookmark. Therefore, you should see other means to access Gmail emails in offline mode. One such solution is mentioned below.
Best Way to Access Gmail Without Internet Connection
With the default offline mode of Gmail, you can use emails for up to 90 days only, and that too on your own system only. However, by taking the help of the SysTools Gmail Backup Tool you can archive Gmail emails in ‘eml’ format and save them on your PC for offline reading. Apart from the EML format, this automated utility provides an option to save email in a bunch of other file formats, such as:
- Export Gmail emails to PST to access in MS Outlook
- Export Gmail emails to MBOX to access Thunderbird, Apple Mail, etc.
- Save Gmail email as PDF for offline reading.
There is no limitation on the number of emails that can be saved offline, this tool will save all the emails and enable you to get Gmail as a desktop app. Moreover, you can use a date-range filter or folder filter to access particular emails from your Gmail account.
How to Get the Gmail email offline Using this Software?
1: After downloading the backup tool, run it. Enter your Gmail username and password to log in.
2. Select a PST, EML, MSG, PDF, or MBOX email backup format.
3: Next, select the Gmail Category you want to backup from your account.
4: Browse the location where the backup is supposed to end up before applying filters.
5: To delete the downloaded emails from the Google mail server, click the “Delete After Download” option.
6: Click Start to start the backup process and clear up space in your Gmail account.
Note: Apart from emails, you can also save contacts, calendars, and Google Drive documents for offline access using the automated tool.
Final Words
In the above paragraphs, we can see that the Gmail account offers not an only online mode but an offline mode too. It has made our lives very easy by providing an inbuilt solution to enable Gmail offline mode.
The benefit of offline mode is that we can do our work as usual like composing emails and sending them in Outbox. Whenever we come in online mode automatically all the emails would be sent.
Thus, in this blog, we have clearly understood how to use Gmail offline on PC to access emails without an internet connection to keep our work going unhampered.
FAQ
Q1. How can I get Gmail on desktop or what are other ways to get Gmail?
You have the option to follow the steps explained to Enable Gmail Offline Mode in Browser or you can use the automated tool which instantly helps to backup all your emails from Google Account.
Q2. Is a Mac version of this tool available?
Yes, the Gmai Email Backup tool is available for
Q3. Are there any restrictions on how many email accounts can be used for backup?
No, the Gmail Email Backup tool does not have a restriction on the number of Gmail accounts you can backup.
