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With Gmail's delegates feature, you can give someone access to your account without revealing your password. You can add up to 10 delegates with a regular account and up to 25 with a work or school account.
Delegates can read, send, and delete messages in their Gmail account. When a delegate sends an email, their email address will also appear in the message. They can also manage your Gmail contacts. They can't change any of your Gmail settings, including your password, and they won't be able to chat with anyone on your behalf.
This is a great feature to give attendees access to your email or to create a customer service email to be used by multiple people.
The delegate will receive an email with a link to click within seven days of receiving the email, otherwise the offer will expire. You'll know when someone has accepted your request by going back to the Accounts &Import section and you'll see whether or not they've accepted next to the email address.
Google says that the setup should take about 30 minutes to start, and then the delegate can view and send emails on your behalf.
To see the process in action, watch the video below:
If you decide you no longer want a delegate to have access to your Gmail account, do the following:
Do you use Gmail delegates? How do you give other people access to your email account? Let us know in the comments.
