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Once the page re-loads, you’ll see a new tab at the top of Settings page, labelled Keyboard Shortcuts, click on the link to tailor the keyboard shortcuts, including that annoying delete key.

#Ipad keyboard shortcuts google mail how to#

So, the annoying UK keyboard layout problem? How to get round it? Luckily there’s a feature in Gmail Labs – a collection of handy tweaks for Gmail – called Custom keyboard shortcuts written by the enigmatic sounding Alan S.Ĭlick on the Labs link in your Gmail Settings (see pic below), find the Custom keyboard shortcuts feature and select Enable, then click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

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o – open a message (Shift + o will open the message in a new window)Ĭheck out the full list in the Gmail help section and there’s a handy printable version put together by Evan Williams of Twitter fame.

Test them out to make sure they’re working, here’s a few I found particularly useful: You might need to log out, then login in again for the shortcuts to kick in. Click on the link labelled Settings. Make sure Keyboard shortcuts on (see pic below) is selected and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. Go to your Gmail settings (top-left hand corner, once you’ve logged in). Mastering these shortcuts will save you heaps of time and make the Gmail experience even better. Seriously, it’s worth doing this step without anything else. Workaround: Gmail Delete Key (#) Shortcut for Apple’s UK, French, German Keyboardsįirstly, turn on the Keyboard Shortcuts. Thankfully, after lots of hunting round, I found a solution, which I’ve written up below in case anyone else is being driven nuts (yes, I know, I need to get out more). Perhaps, but for me, a typical day will see 2-400 emails pour into my inbox. Now, I can imagine you’re thinking that this is pedantry in the extreme. Apparently the problem also affects other European keyboard layouts.

In this case, to generate a # key, you press Alt + 3. Unless you have an Apple MacBook with a UK keyboard layout. The keyboard shortcut for deleting a message is #. There’s one niggle though and it was driving me particularly bonkers. Now Gmail is pretty quick, but turning on Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts (and remembering at least some of them) makes handling email even quicker. Close, but no cigar, at least not for long. Once or twice, I’ve even got close to reaching Inbox Zero. Having taken the plunge in January and moving wholesale from Outlook to Gmail, I’ve become hooked.