How to Make a Mailing List in Gmail

Two Parts:Creating the ListEmailing Your ListCommunity Q&A

This wikiHow teaches you how to create a list of contacts to email all at once in Gmail. You cannot create a mailing list while using the Gmail mobile app.

10 Second Summary

1. Go to https://www.gmail.com
2. Click Gmail ▼
3. Click Contacts.
4. Select the contacts you want to include.
5. Click the top label icon and select ＋ Create label.
6. Enter a name and click OK.
7. In Gmail, select the label name as the recipient .

Part1Creating the List

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   Go to https://www.gmail.com/ in a web browser. If you're already logged into Gmail, doing so opens your inbox.

   • If you aren't logged into Gmail, click SIGN IN in the top-right corner of the page and enter your email address and password.

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   Click Gmail ▼. It's in the top-left side of the page, just above the COMPOSEbutton.

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   Click Contacts. Doing so will open a new tab in your browser with a list of your Gmail contacts.

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   Check 

   

    the names you want to include in your mailing list. Hover your cursor over the picture on the left side of a contact's name and click the box that appears. Repeat this process for each contact you wish to select.

   
   

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   Click 

   

    and then select ＋ Create label. It's in the top-right of the page.

   
   

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   Enter a name for your label, then click OK. Your label will appear in the sidebar below the "Labels" heading.

Part2Emailing Your List

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   Go to https://www.gmail.com/ in a web browser. If you're already logged into Gmail, doing so opens your inbox.

   • If you aren't logged into Gmail, click SIGN IN in the top-right corner of the page and enter your email address and password.

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   Click COMPOSE. It's on the left side of you Gmail inbox.

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   Type your label's name into the "To" field. The "To" field is at the top of the "New Message" pop-up window. Your label's name will appear below this field.

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   Click the label from the list. Doing so will place it in the "To" field.

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   Write your email. You'll do this by typing in the large white section below the "Subject" field.

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   Click Send. It's in the bottom-left corner of the "New Message" window. Doing so will send your email to each contact on your mailing list.