{"id":264,"date":"2020-06-01T22:07:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=264"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:16:29","slug":"how-to-enable-pop-or-imap-in-gmail","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-enable-pop-or-imap-in-gmail","title":{"rendered":"How to enable POP or IMAP in GMail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.smartprix.com\/bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/auto-delete-old-messages-in-gmail-img.webp?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"How to enable POP or IMAP in GMail\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>How to enable POP or IMAP in GMail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><b>Enable IMAP in your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/gmail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Gmail<\/a>\u00a0settings<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. Sign in to Gmail.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click the gear in the top right.<\/p>\n<p>3. Select Settings.<\/p>\n<p>4. Click Forwarding and POP\/IMAP.<\/p>\n<p>5. Select Enable IMAP.<\/p>\n<p>6. Click Save Changes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Enable POP in your Gmail settings<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>1. Sign in to Gmail.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click the\u00a0gear in the top right.<\/p>\n<p>3. Select Settings.<\/p>\n<p>4. Click Forwarding and POP\/IMAP.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Under POP Download, select the radio button for Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.<\/p>\n<p>6. Click Save Changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to enable POP or IMAP in GMail Enable IMAP in your\u00a0Gmail\u00a0settings 1. Sign in to Gmail. 2. Click the gear in the top right. 3. Select Settings. 4. Click Forwarding and POP\/IMAP. 5. Select Enable IMAP. 6. Click Save Changes. Enable POP in your Gmail settings 1. Sign in to Gmail. 2. Click the\u00a0gear in the top right. 3.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[10],"kbtag":[1678,1677,1676],"class_list":["post-264","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-android","kbtag-gmail","kbtag-imap","kbtag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5835,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/264\/revisions\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}