Gmail for Windows

A Gmail app for Windows, built for the keyboard

Google doesn’t make a Windows app for Gmail, and Windows’ own Mail app has given way to the new Outlook. Dodosend is a desktop Gmail client for Windows 10 and 11: your labels, Gmail-style search, your calendar, and a key for everything.

Get the desktop appDownload

Free for one Gmail mailbox, on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Try it before you install

The app’s own keys, on sample mail, right in this page. Press them yourself, or let the guide show you. Nothing here touches a real mailbox.

Interactive demo. A hands-on look at how it works: use your keyboard or mouse, and the guide shows you what to do. The mail is made up.

Dodosend

Inbox

3 unread

Maya Chen

10 threads

Step 1 of 4

Press ↓ to move to the next thread.Tap “Show me” to move to the next thread.

Move, star and archive from the keyboard. Nothing is final: undo brings it back.

Why a Gmail app on Windows

Everything Gmail already knows about your mail, in a desktop app you run from the keyboard.

Gmail out of the browser tab

Its own window and taskbar icon, and the keys a browser keeps for itself: Ctrl+W closes a Dodosend tab rather than your browser’s, and Ctrl+Tab moves to your next mailbox.

Built around Gmail, not Outlook

The new Outlook for Windows can add a Gmail account, but it is built around Outlook. Dodosend is built around Gmail: labels stay labels, its search reads Gmail’s common operators like from: and has:attachment, and one search covers every folder.

One box for every command

Ctrl+K opens the palette. Type what you mean, “archive” or “remind me fri 10”, and it finds the command and shows you its key for next time.

Your calendar, next to your mail

G then C opens your week, 0 shows today beside the inbox, and Ctrl+Shift+A pastes your free slots into a draft as a sentence.

Dodosend’s command palette open over the Inbox on sample mail, for the selected thread: Archive, Mark as read, Star and New message suggested, then Select all, Move to trash, Remind me and Archive older than, most with their key. — The command palette, Ctrl+K on Windows, on sample mail.

Your options for Gmail on Windows

Google makes no Windows app for Gmail, and Windows Mail stopped sending and receiving at the end of 2024. These are the real choices.

Option	What it is	Gmail’s labels and search	Cost
Gmail in Chrome or Edge	The website. Chrome’s Install page as app or Edge’s Install this site as an app gives it a window and a taskbar icon	Everything, as Gmail does it	Free
The new Outlook	Microsoft’s mail app, which replaced Windows Mail and can add a Gmail account	Built around Outlook, with Gmail as an added account	Free, with Windows
Thunderbird	Mozilla’s free, open-source app, for any provider	Over IMAP: labels show up as folders, and search is the app’s own	Free
Mailbird	An app for Windows and Mac that gathers Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and other accounts	Over IMAP, which has to be turned on: labels show up as folders	Free for one account; Premium yearly or a one-time license
eM Client	A desktop suite for any IMAP, POP or Exchange account, with calendar, contacts and tasks	Over IMAP, with Google sign-in: labels come in as tags	Free for home use, with two accounts; Personal $24.95 a year or $39.95 once
Dodosend	A desktop app made for Gmail, run from the keyboard	Kept as Gmail has them: labels stay labels, and from: or has:attachment work	Free for one mailbox

Install Gmail as an app from Chrome or Edge

If the website is all you need, Chrome or Edge can install it as an app, with its own window and taskbar icon. It’s still Gmail’s website inside, run by the browser, and most of Gmail’s single-key shortcuts stay off until you turn them on in its settings.

Chrome

1Open mail.google.com in Chrome.
2In the More menu (⋮, top right), choose Cast, save, and share › Install page as app…, or click the Install icon at the end of the address bar.
3Click Install, and Gmail opens in a window of its own.
4To remove it, open More in that window and choose Uninstall Gmail, then Remove. Every app Chrome installed is listed at chrome://apps.

Edge

1Open mail.google.com in Edge.
2In Settings and more (…, top right), choose More tools › Apps › Install this site as an app.
3Click Install, and Gmail opens in a window of its own.
4To pin it to the taskbar or remove it, go to edge://apps and open its Details.

Requirements and install

Every Windows build is on the download page, free for one Gmail mailbox.

Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x64)
A Gmail or Google Workspace account

At sign-in: While Google reviews Dodosend, it may say it hasn’t verified the app: choose Advanced, then Go to Dodosend.

Installer (.exe)

Run the x64 setup .exe and follow the installer.
If Windows says it protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway: the builds aren’t signed yet.
Open Dodosend from the Start menu and sign in with Google.

Windows Installer package (.msi)

The same app as an .msi, for machines set up through deployment tools.

Questions

Is there an official Gmail app for Windows?

No. Google offers Gmail in the browser and on phones, but no Windows app. You can install gmail.com as an app from Chrome or Edge, which gives it a window and a taskbar icon, but it is still the website.

Does it run on Windows 11?

Yes. Dodosend runs on Windows 10 and later, 64-bit (x64).

Does it work with Outlook accounts?

Not yet. Dodosend supports Gmail and Google Workspace accounts. More providers are on the roadmap.

Is it free?

Yes, for one Gmail mailbox, with every feature. The Multi-mailbox plan, billed monthly or yearly, is for connecting more than one. Dodosend is in beta, and the download is open to everyone.

Gmail, at home on Windows

Your labels, your search, your calendar, and a key for everything. Your mail stays on your computer, and Google lets you revoke access anytime.