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This guide details how to get access to work emails on your smartphone. It’s likely you already have Gmail on your phone, even if you don’t actually use it for email
1. Adding your work ‘Google email’ onto your mobile
open Gmail. It should look like image 1. It might be tucked inside a ‘Google’ folder like image 2.
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Once it’s open, tap on the circle at the top right containing your first initial. (image 3)
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Tap ‘Add another account’. (Image 4)
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On the ‘set up email’ screen, tap ‘Google’.
You may be asked to use your thumbprint or enter your phone’s PIN/password/pattern. (image 5)
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Next, enter your work email address. This will currently be:
<something>@bidefordcollege.uk
(note there’s no .co in there, nor .org, just bidefordcollege.uk)
Then, click ‘next’, enter your work password and ‘next’ again. (Image 6)
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Once you’re happy with Google terms, click ‘I agree’. (Image 7)
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You should be presented with an account chooser box like this. From here you can switch between viewing your work emails and your personal Gmail account. The top shows which account you are looking at currently. To switch to the other account, just tap on it. (Image 8)
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To bring up the account chooser box so you can switch, tap the circle at the top right. (Image 9)
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