Your Gmail Inbox Is Running Slow. Do These Things to Fix It

For more than 1.8 billion people in the world, there is one service that rules them all: Gmail. A primary conduit for communication, the email service that Google launched in 2004 is now as prevalent as the iPhone, a Windows laptop, and the deep blue sky. I created my first Gmail account way back in 2005, and my current account has existed since 2012. My life revolves around email, but sometimes those revolutions can run a bit slow. Hampered by too many emails, I find myself clicking and waiting for an email to open and waiting again to see the attached files. I knew I had to solve the problem. Google doesn’t provide a lot of guidance for speeding up one’s Gmail inbox, likely because the company doesn’t want to admit it runs slow at times. I decided to “learn by doing” and discovered several tips and tricks that helped speed up the service. Take a Surgical Approach My Gmail is severely cluttered and choking on too many emails and hundreds of labels. I needed to do major surgery. I ... Read full article.