How to put the read receipt on Gmail

You just sent an important email to a company and you need to get a response as soon as possible. Precisely for this reason, since bothering the recipient is not among the options, it would be useful to know, at least, if he has read your email or not, so that you can adjust with the times.

How do you say? Is your situation exactly as I described it and therefore you would need to know how to put the read receipt on Gmail ? Then I have good news: you have come to just the right place and at the right time! Thanks to this tutorial, in fact, you will be able to learn how to put the read receipt for the emails you send via Gmail. There will be no more problems, therefore, regarding the fateful question that we all ask ourselves when we do not receive a sudden response to our emails: “Did he read my message?”

I would say I have made enough premises, now is the time to get to work. Sit comfortably and take a few minutes to dedicate to this guide: you will learn how to put the read receipt on your emails, so as to take some thoughts out of your head. Having said that, I just have to wish you a good reading and a good job!

Index

• How to put the read receipt on Gmail
  • Google Workspace
  • Mailtrack (Chrome)
• How to put the read receipt on Gmail on smartphones and tablets

How to put the read receipt on Gmail

Before proceeding to explain in detail how to put the read receipt on Gmail , I need to make you aware of some important information.

In fact, you should know that the standard and free version of Gmail does not offer the possibility to put the read receipt. In any case, all is not lost: you can still get it, using a method officially supported by Google, or another, in this case external.

The official option you can opt for is to use Google Workspace (better known as Google Suite). This Google-branded service is made on purpose to better manage the online part of the work and offers various options and advantages, including, of course, the possibility of receiving a read receipt. The only problem with this method is that you need a business email address in order to create an account on Google Workspace, so it’s not an option for everyone.

In case you cannot use the solution described above, you can consider the idea of ​​installing browser extensions , which add a new button to the Gmail interface that shows, in fact, if the recipient of an email has read the message or not.

The downside of this second solution is that all such extensions currently available are unofficial; this means that, by requiring access to the Google account and the user’s browsing data in order to function, they could pose potential privacy risks. My advice is to avoid them as much as possible; in any case, if you really can’t do without it, I will shortly talk to you about one of these most renowned solutions, which should not represent particular risks (unfortunately, using the conditional is a must in these cases, as we are talking about solutions for which it is not possible to inspect the source code and then verify in detail the operation).

Google Workspace

If you’ve decided to rely on Google Workspace , Google’s official solution aimed at professionals, let me introduce you to this service first.

Google Workspace is the new name of the service that was previously known as Google Suite and therefore offers the same functions as the latter. In case you don’t know it, just know that it is great for those who own a company and need to be able to manage it better. It is available with various subscription plans.

• Business Starter– at a cost of € 4.68 per month , the package offers numerous features, including the creation of a corporate mailbox, the ability to organize video meetings with up to 100 participants and 30 GB of available storage space for the user on Google Cloud.
• Business Standard– at a cost of € 9.36 per month , the package, in addition to the features of the previous one, offers the possibility of creating video meetings with up to 150 participants and recording them. In addition, the package offers 2 TB of storage space available to the user on Google Cloud.
• Business Plus– at a cost of € 15.60 per month , the package, in addition to the features of the previous one, offers the possibility of creating video meetings with up to 250 participants, along with the option to record them and monitor attendances. In addition, the package offers 5 TB of storage space available to the user on Google Cloud.
• Enterprise– the package, in addition to the features of the previous one, offers the possibility to create video meetings with up to 250 participants, together with the option to record them, to monitor attendances and to eliminate background noise, to improve their quality. In addition, the package offers unlimited storage for the user on Google Cloud. To find out the price of the package, you need to contact the sales team via the official Google Workspace page .

In any case, please note that Google Workspace also offers a free trial period of 14 days , during which you can test all the features of the service.

If you want to use Google Workspace to put the read receipt on Gmail, the first thing to do is to create an account on the site of the service. To do this, I refer you to my guide, in which I explain how to create a Google Suite account (as explained above, it is exactly the same service, but the name has been updated in Google Workspace).

Now that you have a Google Workspace account, you can move on to enabling the read receipt feature on Gmail . To do this, you need to go to the Google Workspace administration panel , click on the applications icon and select first Google Workspace and then Gmail .

On the page where you are brought, press the item User settings , and locate the box called Confirmations of reading email messages . Within the latter, click on the pencil icon , located on the right side of the box and then click on the item Allow the sending of message read receipts to all addresses in my organization and to authorized email addresses , or on the item Allow the sending of message read receipts to all email addresses , according to your preferences. Then click on the Save button . By doing so, the setting will be activated on the Gmail account associated with the Google Workspace account.

Now that there are no more preliminary actions to do, therefore, to use the read receipt function on Gmail , you need to go to the official Gmail website and log in with your Google account.

Now, to put the read receipt on Gmail , start by writing a new email. To do this, press the Write button , located at the top of the screen, on the left. Then fill in the message, entering the recipient , subject and content of the message . Once this is done, you have to click on the icon of the three dots , located at the bottom right and, in the menu that appears, select the item Request read receipts .

That’s all: now you just have to press the Send button to send the email. When the recipient has read your message, you will receive an email at the same email address you used to send the email, which will notify you that your message has been read by the recipient.

Mailtrack (Chrome)

If you want a free option that allows you to put read receipts on Gmail, then you might choose to use Mailtrack – it’s a free extension for the Chrome browser.

Before explaining how to use Mailtrack, however, I would like to repeat, as explained in the previous chapters, that I do not recommend the use of extensions of this kind, as they are unofficial and therefore with potential risks regarding privacy and the sharing of own data with third parties. You have been warned!

That said, it’s time to introduce yourself to the extension. This, in fact, offers three different packages, one of which is free. You can view them below.

• Free package– the package offers the basic functionality of activating the read receipt on Gmail, with the signature of the extension at the end of each email to which the function is activated. Furthermore, to activate the function in emails containing multimedia contents, the weight of the latter cannot exceed 3 MB.
• Pro package– priced at € 9.99 per month , or € 59 per year , the package offers a variety of features, including the removal of the extension’s signature, the ability to use it on smartphones and tablets, real-time notifications and the ability to schedule emails containing extension functions. Furthermore, you can activate the read receipt function in emails with multimedia contents inside regardless of their size.
• Advanced Package– Priced at € 11.99 per month , or € 71 per year , the package offers all the features of the previous one, plus the ability to use the feature for advertising campaigns.

First, therefore, you need to install Mailtrack . To do this, head to the extension’s official website and then click on the Install for Free button . Doing so will take you back to the extension page on the Chrome Web Store . Then press the Add to Chrome button and finally the Add extension button .

When the installation is finished, a new web page will open, in which you will need to link your Google account . Then click on the Connect with Google button and select the Google account you want to connect to the extension (which will also correspond to the Gmail account). Finally, hit the Allow button .

Now that Mailtrack has been installed on your browser, you need to log into your Gmail account to use it. Then go to the official Gmail site and log in with your Google account.

At the top right, you will immediately notice the Mailtrack icon : by clicking on it, you can choose whether to activate or deactivate it, by clicking on the Mailtrack enabled option . By keeping the option activated, all the emails you send will have the extension’s function to see the read receipt.

To see the extension in place, all you have to do is send an email immediately. Then press the Write button and fill in the fields of the recipient , the subject and the content of the email . When you have entered everything, click on the Submit button .

Now, to see if your email has been read, click on the Sent item , located on the left side of the screen, to see all the emails you have sent with the Gmail account you are using.

You will immediately notice that a double √ icon has appeared next to them . If you have a white and a green √, it means the email has been sent. If, on the other hand, both √s are green, it means that the recipient has read your message. Simple, right?

How to put the read receipt on Gmail on smartphones and tablets

If you are looking to put Gmail read receipts on smartphones and tablets , I have to give you bad news: at the moment, there are no official methods to do this.

You could opt for the use of external applications, but I strongly advise against this, as, at the time of writing this guide, there are no reliable applications or that work correctly. Therefore, I advise you to rely on Google Workspace on PC, as I explained to you in the previous chapters , to avoid any kind of problem.