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How to use canned responses as signatures in Gmail

Your signature in Gmail is the personal touch you can add to every email you send. But there's a little catch:Gmail only gives you one signature per email account.

You can get around this with the help of third-party tools or you can use one of Gmail's native features to cleverly get around this limitation. That feature is called canned responses. 4 Ways To Creatively Use Canned Responses For Email Productivity 4 Ways To Use Canned Responses For Email Productivity If it's effective, you're doing something right. This is why you should use email filters and schedule mail time. One trick is to prepare canned responses for emails you write frequently. Read More Here's how to use them as signatures.

How to use canned responses as signatures in Gmail

First, you need to enable canned responses in Gmail settings, and then you can apply them as signatures:

  1. Click the Gear icon> Settings .
  2. See the Labs tab and enable Prepared Responses From the list of experimental features.
    How to use canned responses as signatures in Gmail
  3. Click Save Changes at the bottom and return to your inbox.
  4. Open a new message. Write and format the text you want for your signature..
  5. Click the little arrow that says More options at the bottom right.
  6. Then select Canned Responses> Save> New Canned Responses .
    How to use canned responses as signatures in Gmail
  7. A box is displayed with a field to save the canned response with a specific name. Use this to give each signature a unique tag. For example, “Personal”, “Family”, or “Company Signature”.

Now, you can open a new email and go to the same Canned Responses menu, but select the Insert signature. cluster. Also, note that the subject of the new line takes the name of the signature you have configured. And obviously, unlike default email signatures, this solution is not automatic. You have to select the correct signature each time by hand.

I recommend using a default Gmail auto-signature, then sticking with some special signatures via canned responses on rare occasions. The alternative is to use tools like WiseStamp, which also support multiple signatures in Gmail.

Need multiple signatures in Gmail? Do you rely on a third-party tool or rely on an email client like Microsoft Outlook?