How To Use Gmail Themes

Gmail themes are custom layouts that lets you change the appearance of your email account. You may just want a new theme for the sake of style or change of scenery. But, it can actually be quite helpful for those who may be uncomfortable with the text and background in Gmail's default look. A new theme can help them read their emails more easily. Here's what you need to do to get started.

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Go to the Settings menu located on the upper right corner of your Gmail homepage.

Here you will come across tabs that show you several options like “Labels”, “Filter”, and “Chat”. You will want to click on “Themes”, the last tab on the far right.

Once you click on the tab, it will open up all the available themes with about 30 to choose from. Some will basically have a new color theme like “New Blue” and “Green Sky”; other themes will include images of nature, designs, and cartoon characters. You can easily preview any one just by selecting it . If the chosen theme doesn't suit you, then just try something else or return to the default theme located at the beginning.

The names of these themes will give you an idea of what your email can look like: "Ninja", "Tea House", "Graffiti", "Mountains", "Pebbles", "Desk", "Bus Stop."

There is another option available that lets some themes change its appearance according to what country and city you live in. This is the location feature which is at the bottom of all the themes. Once you finish typing in the country and city you're from, the theme will now change depending on the time of day of where you live; it will correctly match the sunrise, sunset, and/or weather according to your location. For example, the “Beach” theme will have a sunny appearance during the morning, while at evening, it will turn into a night setting.