How to Send Encrypted Email in Gmail 🚀 4 Quick and Easy Steps
Gmail has a feature that allows you to send confidential emails in just a few steps. When sending confidential emails through Gmail, the recipient must enter a verification code received via SMS to access the email content. 📩🔒
If you want to learn how to send encrypted or confidential emails in Gmail, you've come to the right place! This article offers a step-by-step guide. Let's take a look! 🚀
Send Encrypted Emails (Confidential Mode)
If you're using the web version of Gmail, follow these steps to send encrypted emails. Here's how to do it:
1. Open Gmail and compose an email. Then, click the Confidential Mode button, as shown below. 🔐
2. In the Confidential Mode pop-up window, select the SMS Code option and click the Save button.
3. Once done, click the Send button. You'll now be asked to enter the recipient's phone number. Enter the recipient's phone number and click the Send button.
4. This will send the encrypted email to the recipient. They must click the button. Send Code. When you click, you'll receive a code on your phone number.
Send Password-Protected Emails in Gmail Mobile
The Gmail app for Android or iPhone allows you to send Password-protected emails. Here's how to send password-protected emails in Gmail mobile.
1. Open the Gmail app and compose a password-protected email that you want to send.
2. In the upper right corner, tap the three points.
3. From the list of options that appears, select Confidential Mode.
4. Select SMS code in the list of required passwords and tap the button Keep.
5. In the message that tells you that information is missing, tap Add missing information.
6. Now, enter the phone number where you want to receive the code and tap the button Ready.
Password Protect Gmail Attachments
Another great way to send password-protected emails in Gmail is by sending password-protected attachments.
You will need to create a ZIP file or RAR encrypted file containing your files and then send it to your Gmail address. You can use any file compression utility to create a password-protected ZIP/RAR file.
Although this is the least preferred method, many users still use archiving tools to send password-protected attachments to Gmail. 🗂️🔑
