How do I Add or Remove a delegate to my Gmail account?

Google launched delegation service 9 years ago for Gmail that allows you to give permission to access your Gmail without the need of a password.

A delegate can, view mailbox, reply emails, manage contacts, and also delete emails.

A delegate can’t change the account password, Gmail settings, send or receive chat messages.

How do I add a delegate in Gmail?

If you are normal Gmail user you can add 10 delegates with your account. If you're using Gmail via the business, company, you can add 25 delegates within your mail.

NOTE: You are not able to add delegates from the Gmail app.

Step 1: On your browser, log in to Gmail account.

Step 2: At top right corner, tap on the Settings icon.

Step 3: After that, go to Settings option.

Step 4: And, click on the Accounts and Import tab.

Step 5: Scroll down and click on Add another account across "Grant access to your account".

Step 6: After that, you will see a pop-up window, enter the full email address of the user you want to add as a delegate.

Step 7: After clicking on Next Step, you will see another pop-up window, where you have to ask for confirmation and click on send email to grant access.

Step 8: Now the user email you added as a delegate will get an invitation email asking them to confirm. This process took up to 24 hours to add them as a delegate after the user confirms the email invitation.

NOTE: The email invitation link sent to the user will expire after 7 Days or week.

How do I remove a delegate in Gmail?

Step 1: On your browser, log in to Gmail account.

Step 2: At top right corner, tap on the Settings icon.

Step 3: After that, got to Settings option.

Step 4: And, click on the Accounts and Import tab.

Step 5: Scroll down and click on Delete across user email in the "Grant access to your account" section.

After following above steps for adding or removing delegate in Gmail, you can manually add or remove a delegate in your Gmail account. If there you are facing any issues or problems like, There's a delegate that I didn't add, I can't add a delegate, I have a delegate and locked my account, The link to access your delegated account is not valid etc. You can contact Gmail Customer Service to resolve the issue.

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