How To Highlight Text in Gmail on Desktop and Mobile

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How to Highlight Text in Gmail

Want to know how to highlight text in Gmail? It allows you to modify text and background colors so you can draw attention to important points. Highlighting is especially useful for providing targeted feedback or clear instructions in your emails.

Best of all, it’s very simple to do. I’ll show you how below!

How To Highlight Text in Gmail

You can highlight the text using the desktop or mobile version.

On Desktop

Follow the below steps:

  1. Go to your Gmail account and tap Compose.
Gmail account on desktop
  1. Type your email and select the text you want to highlight.
Highlight text
  1. Tap the Formating options icon, then click the color text drop-down arrow.
Click format
  1. Choose a background color of your choice.
Pick color
  1. The text will be highlighted in the color you picked.
Text highlighted

On Mobile

Here are the steps:

  1. Go to your Gmail account and hit Compose.
Compose message
  1. Write a message, select the text to highlight, and hit Format.
format
  1. Tap on the text color icon.
Color text icon
  1. Select a color and the text background will be highlighted automatically.
Highlighted text

So, now you’ve learned how to highlight text in Gmail. Whether you’re using a desktop or mobile device, this will help you emphasize key points in your messages.

Moreover, we can also help you unarchive or set up group emails.

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