Learning outcomes
- Explain how to give approved people mailbox access without sharing passwords.
- Complete the guided activity safely.
- Check that you can collaborate securely.
Contacts and Collaboration
Email Delegation
Learn to give approved people mailbox access without sharing passwords and collaborate securely in this beginner-friendly Gmail lesson.
Before you begin
Use the correct account. Practise with fictional content and never share passwords, recovery codes or confidential information.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open Gmail and confirm that the profile picture and email address show the intended Google Account.
- Review delegate capabilities and restrictions using fictional or non-sensitive practice information.
- Pause before any send, delete, sharing, security or account change; check recipients, permissions and likely consequences.
- Review the result and confirm that you can collaborate securely.
- Record one useful habit and safely reverse or remove any temporary practice item.
Ian's practical tip: Email can affect real people immediately. Check the account, recipients, subject, attachments, tone and privacy before you send or share.
Practical activity
Review delegate capabilities and restrictions. Your expected result is to collaborate securely.