How to Fix Gmail Not Receiving Emails
Aug. 7, 2024While Gmail is by far one of the most reliable email clients there is in today’s day and age, it has its fair share of hiccups. Sometimes, it won’t receive or properly show incoming mail as it should. If this is happening to you, and you aren’t able to figure out why you’re not receiving emails, then we have a bunch of solutions to fix Gmail for you. We have listed them below, so try them out one by one.
Gmail Not Receiving Emails? Here’s How to Fix It
The following fixes should resolve the issue with not receiving emails on your Gmail account.
If you are waiting for mail and haven’t received it yet, then the first thing to check is whether you are connected to the internet. Try visiting other websites to see if they open without any issues.
Those connected through Wi-Fi should try to restart the router and sit close to it to get proper connectivity. You can also contact your internet service provider and report the problem with the internet to them.
Gmail sorts out your incoming emails to different folders. Sometimes, it will mark mails received from an unknown sender as spam and shift it to that folder instead of your inbox. Here is how you can recover your mail from the Spam folder and make sure it doesn’t happen in the future.
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This way, Gmail won’t send mails from this sender directly to spam.
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Google gives you 15 GB of free cloud storage with your account. This can be used to back up photos and videos from Google Photos, or for files, documents, attachments, and emails. When this storage hits maximum capacity, you’ll stop receiving new mails as there is no space to store them. Here is how you clear and make more room in your Google storage.
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If photos are taking up most of your Google storage then you can usethis guideto clear them up.
POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) let you receive your emails on Gmail. If these settings are incorrect, then you might have trouble getting new messages. But it can be fixed quite easily.
Gmail might have syncing issues with your account. This could be why it is not able to show you new incoming messages. To fix this, you can log out and then log back into Gmail as it often helps to remedy such problems.
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You cannot just log out of Google on your phone, especially if you are on Android. But if you continue to have issues with Gmail, then you can refer to our guide onHow to Remove Google Account From Your Phoneto log out.
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For some reason, Gmail doesn’t let you log out of one account if you have multiple emails set up. So you can only sign out from one, by signing out from others as well.
These are some of the ways that can help you receive the emails that you have been waiting for. Honestly, I have tried a couple of them, and they have worked for me. The most common reason for not receiving emails on Gmail is often the filled up storage on your Google account. But I hope any of the five methods that we have mentioned above were able to help fix your issue. In case it did not, and you need more help with your situation, then leave us a comment below.
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