Gmail Email Templates

Tired of typing the same reply every time someone sends you email with a common question? Compose your reply once and save the email as a template. Later, you can open the template and send it again with just a few clicks.
Advanced: Use a Filter Rule to Auto-Send an Email Reply with a Saved Template and stay on Top of your Inbox

How to enable templates:

In Gmail, click Settings Settings -->and then See all Settings.
At the top, click Advanced.
In the Templates section, select Enable.
At the bottom, click Save Changes.

Create your first template

Note: You can create up to 50 templates.

Open Gmail and click Compose.
In the Compose window, enter your template text.
Click More Morea --> Templates.
Choose an option:
- To create a new template, click Save draft as template and then Save as new template.
- To change a previously saved template, click Save draft as template and under Overwrite Template, choose a template and click Save to overwrite it.
(Optional) To send an email, compose your message and click Send.

Step by step guide on creating templates

Saving your template

Insert a template

Open Gmail and click Compose.
Click More Templates.
To insert a template, under Insert template, choose a saved template to insert in your email.
Compose the rest of your message and click Send.

Use your template

Use Email Template Emails with a Filter; Auto Send an Email Template base on a filter

This scenario Applies when you want to send an automated response to emails in your inbox, based of a Filter created. Please learn more about Filters from HERE

Assuming you have Created a Template Email Already as described before
Open Gmail and Create a FILTER.

Select the Action “Send template” and Choose your Template from the List

Auto Sending an email template based on a template

More Actions on Template Emails with a Filter

EDIT a Template

To Edit a Template, you basically have to create a new one then overwrite a template named the same.

Create a new template or use old template and then Save Draft over an existing one

DELETE a Template

Open Gmail and click Compose.
Click More More and then Template.
To delete a template, click Delete template, choose the template you want to delete, and click Delete.

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