Open Outlook and click File in the top-left corner. In Outlook 2019, connecting Gmail is a much easier process than in the previous version (Outlook 2016, etc). Let us start with Outlook 2019 which is the most recent and the latest mail app from Microsoft. Follow this guide from Google to learn how to enable two-factor authentication for your Google account. It is important to enable two-factor authentication in your Gmail account, otherwise, you may receive Gmail to Outlook connection errors. How to Connect Gmail to Outlook 2019?īefore you go. We just need to be sure it is enabled, otherwise, you may have problems connecting a Gmail account to Outlook. That is how modern mail works and why everyone ditched POP which does not support these convenient features.īy default, Gmail keeps IMAP enabled for every account thus this step is not that necessary. For example, if you open an email item in Outlook, IMAP makes sure that the letter is marked as read in the Gmail interface as well. It allows the server to sync your mailbox between all the devices and keep everything up to date. IMAP is a special communication protocol between a client and a mail server. This one is severely outdated, and nobody should keep using it. As to POP, just ignore this ancient protocol. You need to make sure the IMAP Status is set to Enabled. After that, go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. 
Log into your Gmail account and click on a small gear in the right top corner of the window.
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