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title: "Setting up Gmail on Windows"
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Students, faculty, and staff can set up Outlook for Windows to access their Gmail.

## Setting up Gmail on Windows

1. Open the **Windows Start** menu, search for the **Control Panel**, and click on the icon for **Mail **(may be under** User Accounts**).
2. Click the **Show Profiles** button.
  1. If this is the first time you have set up your email, you may not see this dialogue.
3. Click the **Add… **button to create a new email account.
4. Enter a **Descriptive Name** as your profile name and click **OK**.
5. In the Email Account fields, enter the following information:
  - Your Name
  - E-mail address: firstname.lastname@uconn.edu
  - Password: NetID password
  - Retype password: NetID password
6. Click **Next** to continue.
7. A pop-up will appear with your UConn email address (firstname.lastname@uconn.edu). Enter Your **NetID password**, and then check “Remember my credentials.” Click **OK**.
8. Click **Finish**.

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