Transform Your Gmail Messages into Calendar Events or Tasks

Quickly creating an event or task from a Gmail message is a must! Not only will it save you time, but the calendar event can keep much of the valuable information from the original email. In this video, Scott Friesen shows you 3 different ways to get your Gmail messages into Google Calendar.

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Scott Friesen is a productivity specialist and founder of Simpletivity training and consulting. He is also a prolific public speaker, workshop leader, and time management coach.

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[zelphiaellerson]

Thank you so much!!! This will save me so much time!

[CatMilton]

Super, Scott, thank you! I was one of the folks who upvoted that query, and am tremendously grateful for the easy to understand / implement steps!

[karenjohnson]

I have a new client who uses gmail and your channel has been a lifesaver. Thank you!

[packhead]

Thank you. This helps. I wish it got me back to where it used to be. I'm sorry they removed that feature that let you hover over it to add, or maybe it was clicking the date in the message. Much easier when we didn't have to change the date and time for ourselves.

[JamesStrickland]

Great video! These tweaks always make a contribution to a more efficient workflow!

[ravsi]

Thank you very much Scott for this video.

[davcarps]

Great concise and helpful video. Thanks!

[Jayl__]

can we have this tutorial for mobile? Through gmail app. I see an ticketed event from my email and google extracts key information from the email like time, place and event name this happens for flights too. But it doesn’t consistently add it to my calendar. How would I add it from mobile to calendar

[fouapattesrouge]

You might not be aware that if you use the vertical separation on your in-box, you cannot use the first method you show in this video. You can do it if you don't use the vertical separation

[louannraras]

Thank you so much, I hadn't realized the slight differences between using the Gmail Calendar Icon vs the "Create Event" option!!! I'll be using the Icon from now on!

[ganeshsalunkhe]

You can drag and drop email on tasks sideline bar.. to create new task.. 🤘

[AJFire]

Thanks for this video. Can you do a video on how to automate this process. Lets say I get an email (Gmail) every month from the same email address? I'd like for that email to automatically be added to Google Calendar on the date that's in the email.

[sarahspellman]

How do you get it to bring over the full converstaion replies? If I want the full email thread in the "description" section the first example. Thank yoU!!!

[darshildarshil]

Google suite or Microsoft office
Which is better?

[DrJulianaNahas]

Hi Scott, I loved your video, but I do not see the little icons on the right of my gmail email. How can I add this feature to my email dashboard?

[sag]

Greetings from Turkey! Very nice videos. Do we need GSuit to do this?

[Lyn-htgk]

Very helpful! How does it work using your phone?

[dojmtem]

i use conversation view in gmail and
im having trouble with the correct email showing up as a reference
any tips on how to get the specific email from a conversation to be the reference in the calendar invite?

[kunalnanavati]

from the browser on a computer is fine, but how to do it from the gmail app on phone (iPhone/android)?

[idonotexist]

I find that Reminders are more useful than Tasks as it does not disappear even if you failed to do it on the specified date and timing. Is there a way to add Reminders directly from Gmail? Thanks!