How to send confidential emails in Gmail

Gmail’s Confidential Mode was added as part of thenew Gmail interfaceback in August 2018. It was designed to give users more privacy and security options when sending emails and is available to everyone.

Confidential Mode allows you to send Confidential Emails. These differ from the regular emails we’re used to sending because they are hosted on Google’s servers rather than being sent directly to the target’s inbox.

The recipient of a confidential email is sent a link which they must click, taking them through to view the contents of the email in their browser. These emails can expire and so can only be seen for a period of time designated by the sender – they also can’t be forwarded, copy/pasted, downloaded or printed.

The intention of this feature is to allow users to have some level of control over emails after they have been sent if they contain sensitive information. You can also recall emails in Gmail too if you’ve sent something by mistake, but you’ll need toactivate this feature.

How to send Confidential Emails in Gmail

If your Gmail account has an administrator or belongs to a specific domain, such as a work email address, you may need the administrator to turn on the option of confidential emails before they can be used.

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