5 Google Workspace Tips & Tricks

Google Workspace is a great alternative to Microsoft Office 365, but did you know there are lots we can do inside Google’s office productivity suite to help us with our day to day. Follow our Google Workspace tips.

Increase email cancellation period

Have you ever noticed when you send an email from your desktop. A small notification pops up at the bottom of the screen saying ‘undo’. This is basically a cancel button. It’s so quick though you need to be a ninja to get to it. We can change the time this pop up shows so we can cancel an email accidentally sent.

Recipe

Via your web browser, open Gmail settings then See all settings
Under the general tab scroll down to ‘Undo Send’
Change the cancel period via the drop down menu to a time period that suits your needs
Press save at the bottom of the screen

Receive your daily agenda by email

Ever wanted to wake up to an email with a list of everything you have booked into your calendar? Well you can and it’s really simple

Recipe

Open Google Calendar then press the settings cog in the top right and press Settings
On the left menu under Settings for my other calendar select the calendar you want to receive a daily agenda for
Press Other Notifications
Google Calendar settings > Other notifications > Daily agenda.

Self destruct emails

This message will self destruct in 5 seconds

That’s right you read the title correctly. We can send an email that will self-destruct after a set period of time and / or require. Confidential mode will allow us to set an expiration date (After which our email will not be able to be accessed) or require a two-factor authentication to view the email.