How to forward Gmail messages to another account automatically

If you are regular user on the web then you must be well familiar with Gmail, one of the Google's most widely used email platform around the globe. Gmail provides hundred of features to their users which also include automatic forwarding of emails to a different account which you may not be aware of.


Using Gmail, You can forward selected emails or all of them to a different account automatically once they arrive in a particular Gmail account.



How can you do this? Here are some easy steps to enable the feature:

Step 1: In the top right corner of your Gmail account page, click on the Settings gear icon.

Step 2: After click on Settings gear icon, you will find Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. Click on it.

Step 3: After click on it, you will find "Forwarding" section. Under this section, click on "Add a forwarding address".

Step 4: Now enter the email address where you want the messages to get forwarded automatically.

Step 5: After enter email address, click on "Next" and then "Proceed" to complete the process.

Step 6: Once process completed, a verification message will be sent to that email address. Click on that.

Step 7: Now go back to Gmail account Setting page and refresh it.

Step 8: Click on "Forward a copy of incoming mail to".

Step 9: Click on "Save Changes" at the end of the page.


If you want to disable the particular feature, follow until Step 2 which is mentioned above and then go for:


Step 3: Under the "Forwarding" section, click on "Disable forwarding".

Step 4: Click on "Save Changes" at the end of the page.


You can also apply filter for messages, if you want certain kind of messages to forward.


It is also worth noting that this feature is only possible to setup while on the desktop. Also, those emails which arrives in 'Spam' folder won't get forwarded.

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