With the Gmail Integration, you can transform emails into action items, automatically align everyone on your team, and stay seamlessly connected.
Before getting started
This integration requires you to agree to give monday.com permission to access and retrieve data from your Gmail account. You will have the opportunity to accept or deny these permissions while setting up the integration. If you deny the connection, you will not be able to set up the integration.
Additionally, you must have permission to add automations and integrations to your workspace and to your board to set up this integration. If you don't, reach out to your teammate who manages the workspace or the board to request it.
Using the Gmail integration
To add the Integration, go to the board you want to create an Integration on and click on the Integrate button located on the upper right side of the board. Find the Gmail integration banner and click on it.
Then you will see the all templates available for this integration:
Select the template you want to use and click on it. You'll then be prompted to sync your Gmail and monday.com accounts.
Connect your account
Once you click on one of the templates, you will be asked to connect your monday.com account with your Gmail account:
Click on Connect and then choose the email account you want to connect to the integration. Once you've connected your Gmail account,
If you are experiencing any connectivity issues, make sure to check out our Gmail connection error article.
Supported files
If you receive an email with a file using one of the following templates, that file will pull into the updates section.
It's also possible to send files from the Files column. If the file in the File Column is from a drive like Google Drive or OneDrive, it will be sent as a URL.
If the file in the File Column was uploaded from someone’s computer, the file will also send as a URL.
However, unless the person receiving the email is a member of your monday.com account and logged into the account, they won’t be able to download that file.
Supporting multiple email addresses
The Gmail integration supports multiple emails. You can define multiple emails in a Text Column separated by ";" and the email will be sent to each of those emails separately.
For example, for the follwing template, choose the Email (column) option from the "someone" menu and then choose a Text column:
You can define the values (the email addresses) of the Text column like this: example@monday.com ; example.monday@gmail.com
And the integration will send an email to both example@monday.com & example.monday@gmail.com.
Unsync your account
If you no longer need the Gmail Integration, navigate to your Google Account Security settings and then scroll down to Your connections to third-party apps & services.
Click on See all connections, and from there select the monday.com option. Scroll all the way down and click on Delete all connections you have with monday.com to unsync your account.
You will then see this pop up, which will ask you to confirm that you want to delete your connections with monday.com:
Change the sender
If your name isn't displayed correctly in the outgoing emails sent through the Gmail integration, you can quickly fix this in a few steps.
Log in to your Gmail account and then click on the See all settings button located on the right of your screen:
Next, click on Accounts and then edit info:
Once the popup comes up, add your preferred name in the empty box. Then, make sure to select the box and click Save Changes.
Add your signature
You can add your signature to all emails triggered from monday.com by the Gmail integration. To do this, click on the General tab and then scroll down to the Signature section. Add your signature as shown below:
Connection limitations
Make sure to check out the Gmail connection limitations article so you are fully up to date on daily usage limits due to Gmail's API limitations.
Troubleshooting
Take a look at the Gmail Integration troubleshooting article to learn about common issues and troubleshooting steps.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our team right here. We’re available 24/7 and happy to help.