How to create Gmail accounts

Gmail is one of the most popular and used email services in the world. It is a solution made by Google thanks to which it is possible to send and receive emails without the need to install programs on the computer and without having to face complicated configurations. It is completely free and allows you to store a huge amount of data.

How do you say? You were already aware of all this but if you are here is it because you are a beginner with the world of the Internet and, more generally, of technology and would you therefore like some advice on how to create Gmail accounts? Well, what’s the problem? I can help you out! It is an extremely simple procedure to perform and reading the instructions I am about to give you will not be long in realizing it, I am sure.

So, if you want to find out how to create Gmail accounts, I invite you to take a few minutes of free time, get comfortable and concentrate on reading this tutorial. Are you ready? Yes? Great, then let’s ban the chatter and immediately start getting busy.

Index

• Create Gmail accounts from your computer
• Create Gmail accounts from smartphones and tablets

Create Gmail accounts from your computer

Let’s start this guide by seeing how to create Gmail accounts from your computer. The first step you need to take is to open your favorite web browser and click here in order to immediately connect to the Gmail presentation page. Then you have to click on the Create an account button which is located at the top right and fill in the form that is proposed to you by typing the various data requested.

Then type your name and surname in the appropriate text fields, indicate the email address you want to activate on Gmail in the username field (the final result will be [name you have chosen] @ gmail.com ), continue by entering the password you want to use to access your e-mail box in the Password and Confirm password areas of the form and press Next pls to continue.

Now, if you deem it appropriate, provide your mobile number and a recovery email address to use in case of need for the recovery of account access data. Then enter your date of birth using the appropriate drop-down menu, indicate your gender and go on.

On the page relating to the terms of service of Google, scroll down, click on the item Other options and choose which data to provide to Google, using the appropriate boxes: web and app activity, personalized ads, search and YouTube history, YouTube history, location history and voice and audio activity.

Once this is done, put the checkmark next to the boxes I accept the Google Terms of Service and I accept the processing of my data as described above and as explained in the privacy policy and click on the Create Account button to complete the procedure for creating the account.

Mission accomplished! With this last step you are finally able to complete the whole procedure to create Gmail accounts, you are done! To access your inbox, connect to the Gmail home page from your browser by clicking here or select the Gmail item you located at the top right of the Google home page. During the first use of the service, some information boxes will guide you to use Gmail, explaining how to import contacts from your previous email addresses and much more.

Anyway, I assure you that the service is really very intuitive. Just select one of the sections listed in the left sidebar ( Inbox with messages arrived in your mailbox, Starred where emails marked with a star are automatically collected, Drafts where messages written but not yet sent are stored and so on ). To start composing a new email, instead, just click on the Write button.

It should be emphasized that the inbox is organized into tabs that automatically divides general mail ( Main ) from communications from social networking services like Facebook and Twitter ( Social tab ) and from advertising newsletters ( Promotions tab ). By clicking on the + button located at the top right you can also add cards to automatically group account statements and invoices ( Updates ) and messages from forums you are subscribed to.

Create Gmail accounts from smartphones and tablets

Do you have a smartphone or tablet Android, an iPhone or an iPad and would like to understand how to create Gmail accounts direclty from your mobile device through the use official app of the service? No problem, this can also be done. To do this, first, download the Gmail app on your device. How? now I’ll explain it to you.

• If you are using an Android device, most likely the app is already available “as standard” which is why you won’t have to download it. If this is not the case, press here directly from your smartphone or tablet to connect immediately to the appropriate section of the Play Store, then press the Install button and then Accept and download and wait for a few clogged up so that the download procedure is started and carried completely.
• If you use an iPhone or an iPad, press here directly from your device to immediately connect to the section of the App Store dedicated to Gmail. In the screen that at this point is shown to you, first, step on Install and then on Get, if required type the password for your Apple account or authorize the download using Touch ID (if your device supports it) then wait a few moments for it download is started and completed.

Now go to the screen of your device where all the installed applications are grouped, locate the Gmail icon, like it above, and, in the new screen that will be shown to you, tap on the Login item.

Now press on Add Account and then on Create an account and then fill in all the forms that are proposed to you on the screen. In the first form you have to type your name and surname; in the second you must enter the date of birth and sex; in the third the username you intend to use to access your new Gmail account (which will also be your email address) and in the fourth the password to access the service.

Choose, therefore, whether to also enter your phone number, read the Google terms of service and press the More options button to choose which data to provide to Google ( web and app activity, personalized ads, search and YouTube history, history YouTube, location history, voice and audio activity ). In conclusion, put the checkmark next to the items under the items I accept the Google Terms of Service and I accept the processing of my data as described above and as explained in the privacy policy, presses the Create account and Next buttons and choose whether to associate a payment method to the account.

At this point, you can finally say you are satisfied. By carrying out these last steps you should in fact be able to complete the whole procedure by which to create Gmail accounts, I congratulate you!

As for the actual use of the app, it is quite simple and intuitive. In fact, just tap on the button with the three lines located at the top left and select one of the sections in the alteral bar ( Main with the messages arrived in your mailbox, Specials where the emails marked with a star are automatically collected, Drafts where they are stored messages written but not yet sent and so on).

To start composing a new email, instead, just tap on the pencil-shaped button in the lower right corner of the screen.

As with the version of Gmail accessible from a web browser, even with the app, emails are automatically organized according to type. The Gmail app divides general email messages from those belonging to the social world as well as from newsletters, updates and forum discussions.

Note: If you have an Android smartphone or tablet and if you prefer it, you can create Gmail accounts on your device also by going to the device settings (the gear icon ) and selecting the Add account item from the Account menu.