HOW TO CONFIGURE GMAIL ACCOUNT TO OUTLOOK 2019?


Google provides many services which are not only useful for home users but also very important for business. Its email service 'Gmail' has millions of active users around the world. But Outlook is a great option as a portable email client for accessing data offline.

Know all about Gmail (Google Mail)

Gmail is a popular web-based email service provided by Google with 15GB of data storage for messaging and other data. Any user can easily access this storage for free by creating a free account with Gmail.

However, Gmail also offers a paid version with additional benefits.

Also, if your account goes against Google policy, then your account can be blocked anytime without any notice.

So local storage is very useful and secure for the user and organization. User can configure Gmail in Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail and many other email clients.

Why configure Gmail account to Outlook 2019?

Gmail account for Outlook 2019 can be very beneficial. And many people also ask what are the reasons for Gmail configuration with Outlook. Below I have mentioned these things –

  1. Organizing messages or emails in Gmail is a bit difficult.

  2. It’s not easy to manage multiple email accounts with Gmail, whereas with Outlook you can manage multiple email accounts without any hassle

  3. You cannot work in offline mode with Gmail

  4. You can add a Gmail account to Microsoft Outlook and manage it

Steps to configure Gmail account to Outlook 2019

The step is the same for all the first Gmail account or additional Gmail accounts. You can add all the accounts by repeating the process.

  1. Select file > Add account

  2. Enter your Gmail account address and click connect.

  3. Outlook will launch a Gmail window that will ask your password. Enter your password and sign in.

  4. If you enable two factor authentication on Gmail, you will be promoted to enter the code which is send to your mobile device. ( if you are not enabled two factor authentication, skip step 4 and 5)

  5. Google permission allow window will appear. Click allow.

  6. Once outlook finishes adding you Gmail. You can add another Gmail account or finish the process by clicking done button

Conclusion

In this post, I have given all the steps to access Gmail account in Outlook 2019. Any user who wants to move data from Gmail to Outlook 2019 or earlier versions can follow the above steps. In another method, you can back up Gmail data and open it in Outlook, but this method is slightly different from what you can read here.