This article explains how to schedule emails in Microsoft Outlook. Instructions apply to Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, and Outlook for Microsoft 365.

Schedule an Email to Send Later in Outlook

Outlook allows you to specify exactly when you’d like your email to be sent.

Outlook must be online and connected for this feature to work.

Compose a message. Either create a new message, reply to a message, or forward a message.

Go to the Options tab.

In the More Options group, select Delay Delivery.

In the Properties dialog box, select the Do not deliver before check box.

Choose the date and time when you want to send the message.

Select Close.

In the message window, select Send.

This puts your message in the Outbox until the time you specified arrives, and then it is sent.

You can delay the delivery of an individual message or you can use rules to delay the delivery of all messages by having them held in the Outbox for a specified time after you click Send.

Delay the delivery of a message

While composing a message, select the More options arrow from the Tags group in the Ribbon.

Under Delivery options, select the Do not deliver before check box, and then click the delivery date and time you want.

Click Close.

When you’re done composing your email message, select Send.

After you click Send, the message remains in the Outbox folder until the delivery time.

If you decide later that you want to send the message immediately, do the following:

Switch to the Outbox folder.

Open the delayed message.

Select the More options arrow from the Tags group in the Ribbon.

Under Delivery options, clear the Do not deliver before check box.

Click Close and send.

Note: Outlook must be online and connected for this feature to work.

Delay the delivery of all messages

You can delay the delivery of all messages by up to two hours by creating a rule.

Click File.

Click Manage Rules & Alerts.

Click New Rule.

In the Step 1: Select a template box, under Start from a Blank Rule, click Apply rule on messages I send, and then click Next.

In the Step 1: Select condition(s) list, select the check boxes for any options that you want, and then click Next.

If you do not select any check boxes, a confirmation dialog box appears. If you click Yes, the rule that you are creating is applied to all messages that you send.

In the Step 1: Select action(s) list, select the defer delivery by a number of minutes check box.

In the Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value) box, click the underlined phrase a number of and enter the number of minutes for which you want the messages to be held before it is sent.

Delivery can be delayed up to 120 minutes.

Click OK, and then click Next.

Select the check boxes for any exceptions that you want.

Click Next.

In the Step 1: Specify a name for this rule box, type a name for the rule.

Select the Turn on this rule check box.

Click Finish.

After you click Send, each message remains in the Outbox folder for the time that you specified.

Delay the delivery of a single message

In the message, on the Options tab, in the More Options group, click Delay Delivery .

Click Message Options.

Under Delivery options, select the Do not deliver before check box, and then click the delivery date and time that you want.

After you click Send, the message remains in the Outbox folder until the delivery time.

Note: If you are using a POP3 account, Outlook must remain open until the message is sent. To determine the type of account you are using, on the Tools menu, click Account Settings. On the E-mail tab, the Type column lists the type of accounts that are in your active Outlook profile.

Delay the delivery of all messages

On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts, and then click New Rule.

In the Step 1: Select a template box, , under Start from a Blank Rule, click Check messages after sending, and then click Next.

In the Step 1: Select condition(s) list, select any options that you want, and then click Next.

If you do not select any check boxes, a confirmation dialog box appears. If you click Yes, the rule you are creating will be applied to all messages that you send.

In the Step 1: Select action(s) list, select defer delivery by a number of minutes.

In the Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value) box, click the underlined phrase a number of and enter the number of minutes for which you want the messages to be held before sending.

Delivery can be delayed up to 120 minutes.

Click OK, and then click Next.

Select any exceptions that you want.

Click Next.

In the Step 1: Specify a name for this rule box, type a name for the rule.

Select the Turn on this rule check box.

Click Finish.

After you click Send, each message remains in the Outbox folder for the amount of time you specified.

Note: If you are using a POP3 account, Outlook must remain open until the message is sent. To determine the type of account you are using, on the Tools menu, click Account Settings. On the E-mail tab, the Type column lists the type of accounts that are in your active Outlook profile.

Rob Woodgate
Rob Woodgate
Writer

Rob Woodgate is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He’s also worked as a trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system administrator, and in other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together. Read more.

There are many reasons you might want your email to arrive at a particular time, like wanting your mail at the top of someone’s inbox when they start work. You can do this in Outlook by scheduling your messages.

Before we go any further, we need to add a couple of caveats. First, sending an email at a particular time does not guarantee that it will arrive in your recipient’s inbox at that time. There are many steps between you sending an email and the email appearing in someone’s inbox. While you can generally assume that a message sent at 8:30 am will be in someone else’s inbox within a minute or two, don’t rely on it for critical delivery. The second caveat is that this only works for the desktop Outlook client, not the Outlook web app.

How to Schedule a Message in Outlook

With that out of the way, let’s schedule a message in Outlook. The good news is that you don’t need a 3rd party add-in to do this; it’s baked right into the Outlook client. Create your new mail as normal, then in the ribbon click Options > Delay Delivery.

Delay Delivery button” width=”468″ height=”131″ />

This opens the Properties windows. We’re looking for the “Do not deliver before” option.

Set the date and time you want your mail to be sent, and click the Close button. And that’s all there is to it. Send your message, and it will sit in your Outbox until the date and time you chose. Outlook will then send the message.

An important thing to remember: Outlook can only send emails when it’s open. If the date and time you’ve chosen rolls around and Outlook is closed, Outlook won’t send the message until the next time you open Outlook. But if you work in Outlook all day and you want to schedule a message within working hours, this isn’t a problem.

• › How to Find Your Phone Number on iPhone or Android
• › KDE Connect Is Finally Coming to iPhone
• › How to Prevent Accidentally Dragging and Dropping Text in Microsoft Word
• › Photoshop Is Finally Available as a Web App
• › How-To Geek’s Best Tech Gifts Under $100 for Holiday 2021

Rob Woodgate
Rob Woodgate is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He’s also worked as a trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system administrator, and in other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.
Read Full Bio »

This feature is only available in Outlook 2016 for Mac 15.36.1 (170721) and later with an Microsoft 365 subscription and Outlook 2019 for Mac (select Outlook > About Outlook to check your version).

An Exchange account such as Outlook.com hosted on Microsoft 365 or on Exchange 2016 CU5 and later.

It won’t work with IMAP or POP accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo, or iCloud.

Schedule a message to be sent later

Compose your email message and include one or more recipient names on the To: line.

Onthe Send button, select the dropdown arrow > Send Later.

Enter a time and date.

Select Send. The message will be saved in the Drafts folder until the specified date and time. It will be sent even if Outlook is not open on your computer.

Cancel a message scheduled to be sent later

In the Drafts folder, open the email message.

Select Cancel Send.

Select Yes to confirm. The message remains open so you can send it right away or delay it until another time.

Microsoft Outlook is not just a messenger, as one may call it. Besides sending Outlook emails, it has got plenty of useful features and functions. It is feasible to make use of the calendar, contact lists, emails’ exchange, sharing the most relevant data and schedules, as well as to set meetings sending invitations to them. Hence, all the agenda and ongoing business activities can be well-organized within the space of Microsoft Outlook.

Undoubtedly, sending emails are among the paramount functions that are fulfilled thanks to Outlook. Electronic mails are not just a means of information exchange. In online correspondence, someone may also store important data, but exchange of emails is still the most-used feature of this service. When it comes to efficient communication, it is essential to know how to schedule an email in Outlook. That is a helpful feature that makes it possible to send the info to an interlocutor overseas or a reminder to a subordinate.

In this article:

Outlook Schedule Email: Effective Correspondence for High Achievements

The key to productive communication is the provision of information on time. Hence, knowing how to schedule an email in Outlook 2019 is essential for those who want to work achieving prominent results. In the version of the year 2019, user should at first create an email that has to be sent at a particular time.

Then, it is necessary to press on the tab Options. There will be a button Delay Delivery; after pressing it, a new box with Properties will appear.

Find a checkbox Do not deliver before. That is where the exact date and time of sending should be indicated. The above procedure is applicable for those who want to know how to schedule an email in Outlook 365.

Web Application and Mac: Peculiarities of Delaying Emails

The users who are already enjoying the benefits of planning may wonder how to schedule an email in Outlook online. Unfortunately, this option is not included in this version. However, there is a way out…

If you are creating a lot of ema ils in advance, create and save them. In the folder of drafts, it is feasible to create a subfolder with the date of sending. To reply to the question of how to schedule an email in Outlook web app, it is done manually.

The users of Mac OS, it is necessary to pay attention to the different way of delaying emails. After creating a new email, it is necessary to press the Down Arrow that is next to Send. A Drop-down menu will appear where one may indicate the date and time of sending. Be sure to press Schedule. Thinking of how to schedule an email in Outlook Mac user will find it easy and quick.

As you see – it is better to use standalone copy of Outlook application instead of Cloud Outlook. Read why you need get back to local Outlook as soon as possible.

Do you need to send the same emails on a recurring basis like daily, weekly or monthly? Sending out reminders, forwarding reports or the latest offers and prices can be a tedious task.

Outlook doesn’t natively have this feature but with some PowerShell code or add-in, it can be done quite easily .

The PowerShell code in this guide allows you to send an email template, that you’ve created in Outlook. Optionally, it can look for a specific file to attach at the moment of sending to make sure you are always sending the latest version of the file. This guide contains step-by-step instructions to fully automate this process via the Windows Task Scheduler.

Scripts aren’t your thing? We’ve got you covered with some recommended 3rd party add-ins that can bring this functionality to Outlook as well.

Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate PowerShell Script

The Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate PowerShell script allows you to send a message template created in Outlook (oft-file). This will give you the full message composing and formatting capabilities of Outlook and the ability to easily edit it if needed.

Optionally, the script allows you to add an attachment at the time of sending to make sure that the file you want to add is always up-to-date without the need to modify the Outlook template.

The script can easily be scheduled in Windows Task Scheduler and can be configured with a recurrence pattern.

Tip!
Don’t like to mess with scripts and PowerShell? There are also ready-made add-ins available to send emails on a (recurring) schedule.

Preparations: Creating the message template (oft-file)

Create a new message in Outlook and save it somewhere on your disk as an oft-file.

1. Create a new message and specify at least;
   • To
   • Subject
   • Message body
2. File-> Save As
3. Save as type: Outlook Template (*.oft).
4. Select a convenient folder to save it in.
5. Specify a file name.
6. Save.

Some things to consider and other tips;

• Fill out the To address and make sure the address is being resolved (underlined). You can also force this by pressing the Check Names command on the Ribbon, pressing CTRL+K or by selecting the contact from the Address Book.
• Fill out the subject; Nobody likes emails without subjects.
• Optionally; Add an attachment. If this should be a file which gets updated just before you sent the message, don’t include the attachment as the script has the option to add it as well. If it is a static attachment (like a general terms and conditions documents), it is best to add it to your template.
• Create the message body. You can use formatting and pictures as well.

How to use Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate

Once you’ve created your oft-template, you can use the Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate PowerShell script to send it.

1. Download this code-file ( sendoutlookmailfromtemplate.zip ) or copy the code below.
2. Extract the zip-file and copy the Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate.ps1 file to your script repository. If you don’t have one yet, I could recommend creating it in one of the following locations;
   • C:\Scripts
   • \Documents\WindowsPowerShell
3. As you’ve downloaded the script from the Internet, make sure that it isn’t being blocked by Windows;
   • Right-click the script and choose Properties. In the Properties dialog, if available, select the Unblock checkbox and press OK.
4. Verify that your PowerShell Execution Policy is set to at least RemoteSigned.
   1. Get-ExecutionPolicy –Scope CurrentUser
   2. Set-ExecutionPolicy –Scope CurrentUser –ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
   1. -Path(mandatory)
      The path to the oft-file. If the path contains spaces, make sure you place it between quotes.
   2. -Attachment(optional)
      The path to a file that you wish to add as an attachment. If the path contains spaces, make sure you place it between quotes.

   Tip!
   For more info about using PowerShell scripts see; Executing PowerShell Scripts FAQ and Tips & Tricks.

   Creating the Recurring Task in Task Scheduler

   To automate running the script on a specific date or recurrence interval, you can use Task Scheduler.

   1. Open Task Scheduler.
      Just type “Task Scheduler” directly after opening the Start Menu or within the Search box
   2. From the Actions pane on the right choose: Create Basic Task…
   3. Specify a name for the Scheduled Task and press Next.
   4. Select the trigger for the task to run. In this case; Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
   5. Configure the recurrence pattern.
   6. For the action select: Start a program.
   7. Fill out the Start a program form in the following way;
      • Program/script: PowerShell
      • Add arguments (optional): Path to your PowerShell script including any command line switches (see below for examples).
      • Start in (optional):
   8. Click Next to get an overview of your newly created Task and then click Finish to actually create it.

   Example entries for step 7

   There are multiple ways to go for specifying the “Add arguments (optional)” line when creating the Task in Task Scheduler.

   As we are using a script (ps1-file) with a function in it which accepts command line parameters, we’ll need to use the “-command” command line switch and add a code block as a string;

   • -command “& < . C:\Scripts\Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate.ps1; Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate -Path 'D:\Templates\My Template.oft' >“
   • -command “& < . C:\Scripts\Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate.ps1; Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate -Path 'D:\Templates\My Template.oft' -Attachment 'D:\Files\My File.pdf' >“
   • -command “& < . C:\Users\Robert\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate.ps1; Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate -Path 'D:\Templates\My Template.oft' >“

   When you have already dot-sourced the Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate.ps1 in your PowerShell Profile, then you can omit the location of the ps1-file and shorten it to;

   • -command “& < Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate -Path 'D:\Templates\My Template.oft' >“
   • -command “& < Send-OutlookMailFromTemplate -Path 'D:\Templates\My Template.oft' -Attachment 'D:\Files\My File.pdf' >“

   
   Specifying the Task to run PowerShell with a code block.

   PowerShell Code

   The following code is contained in the zip-file referenced in the how to use section. You can use the code below for review or manual script creation.

   Schedule a recurring email with 3rd party tools

   There are quite a few 3rd party add-ins available which have even more built in options for scheduling a recurring e-mail with or without attachments. Below are 2 popular tools often used for this with some of their features highlighted;

   

   Ordinarily, you probably want your email to be delivered as quickly as possible – after all, why would you want to slow down your communication?

   There are times, though, when it makes sense to ensure your email arrives at a scheduled time. You might write a work-related email late at night but not want it to appear in the recipient’s inbox until the start of the work day, for example.

   Whatever the reason, if you use Microsoft Outlook, you can easily schedule email for a specific delivery time.

   Here’s how to do it using the Outlook app on your Mac or PC.

   Check out the products mentioned in this article:

   Apple Macbook Pro (From $1,299.00 at Apple)

   Acer Chromebook 15 (From $358.99 at Staples)

   How to schedule an email in Microsoft Outlook for PC

   1. Open Outlook and create a new email message as you ordinarily would — but don’t send it.

   2. At the top of the email message window, click “Options” to switch to the Options ribbon.

   3. In the ribbon, click “Delay Delivery.”

   4. Make sure there’s a checkbox next to “Do not deliver before” and specify the date and time that you want the email to be sent. When you’re done, click “Close.”

   5. Click “Send” to send the email message as you usually would.

   The email will wait in your Outlook’s Outbox and not be sent until the specified time.

   How to schedule an email in Microsoft Outlook for Mac

   Note that on Mac, you can’t schedule emails if you’re using a Gmail, Yahoo, or iCloud account.

   1. Open Outlook and write an email as you usually would, but don’t send it.

   2. Next to the send icon in the top-left, there will be a small arrow pointing downwards. Click it, and then select “Send Later.”

   3. Enter the time and date that you want the email to be sent at.

   4. Click the send icon. Your message will stay in your Drafts folder until the specified date and time hit, at which point it’ll be sent.

   

   You can schedule an email when you are not available to send at the desired time or a particular time. Hence, do you know how to schedule an email in Outlook? This post from MiniTool will show you a tutorial of Outlook schedule email.

   Can you schedule an email in Outlook when the desired time for you to send an email is not available? The answer is positive. There is no doubt that you can choose to schedule email Outlook. But, do you know how to schedule an email in Outlook? If not, you come to the right place. This post will show you the step-by-step guide.

   

   How to create a group in Outlook? How to send an email to the group contact? This post shows you the step-by-step guide.

   How to Schedule an Email in Outlook?

   To schedule an email in Outlook, you can use the Microsoft built-in tool – Outlook Delay Delivery. You can use it to schedule an email in Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 365.

   Now, here is the tutorial.

   1. Open the Microsoft Outlook.
   2. Click on the New Email button present in the top left corner of your Outlook window.
   3. Then you will see a new compose box window.
   4. Add your recipient’s email address in the To section。
   5. You can also add multiple recipients in CC and BCC fields.
   6. Next, write the subject line followed by your email message body.
   7. Then you can start with your scheduling process. Click on the Options button in the Outlook window.
   8. Next, choose Delay Delivery.
   9. You will get a pop-up on your screen. Under the Delivery Options section, select the date and time beside the Do not deliver before section.
   10. Then close the window.
   11. After that, click the Send button to schedule emails in Outlook.

   Once you schedule the emails, it gets saved in the Outbox folder. These emails are sent according to the set time. After that, you have known how to schedule an email in Outlook.

   However, when scheduling email Outlook, you need to pay attention to the following things:

   1. Your system should be switched on during the scheduled delivery time.
   2. The internet connection during the scheduled time should be active.
   3. Your Outlook is synced with the system’s date and time. So, make sure, the date and time are running properly.

   The Advantages of Scheduling Email Outlook

   In the above, you have learned how to perform Outlook schedule email. Meanwhile, what are the advantages of scheduling email Outlook?

   1. When your system is turned off, it also can send the email. So, it would be flexible.
   2. Save time. Send a flurry of emails between yourself and a recipient can take up a surprising amount of time. Sending later can help to reduce the back-and-forth thoroughly the day.
   3. It can also allow you to send emails when you are offline.

   Apart from the above, it also has a lot of other advantages.

   

   This post shows how to fix the error that Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments.

   To sum up, as for how to schedule an email in Outlook, after reading this post, you may already have the answer. If you want to schedule an email in Outlook, try this method. If you have any different ideas of how to schedule an email in Outlook, you can share them in the comment zone.

   • Facebook
   • Twitter
   • Linkedin
   • Reddit

   ABOUT THE AUTHOR

   Position: Columnist

   Tina is a technology enthusiast and joined MiniTool in 2018. As an editor of MiniTool, she is keeping on sharing computer tips and providing reliable solutions, especially specializing in Windows and files backup and restore. Besides, she is expanding her knowledge and skills in data recovery, disk space optimizations, etc.

   On her spare time, Tina likes to watch movies, go shopping or chat with friends and enjoy her life.

   This productivity and politically correct hack is for when you’re on vacation, a business trip, or unavailable for other reasons. If you’re using Outlook you can create an automatic out-of-office message for email replies. This message lets your email contacts know that you’re not in the office and when you’ll return. Did you also know that you create out-of-office messages in your Outlook Calendar? If not, then you can refer back to this article the next time you’re unavailable.

   Using the “Automatic Replies (Out of Office)” and “Out of Office Assistant.”

   If you have an Exchange account (and are running Microsoft Office Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010 and Outlook for Office 365) then you can use the “Automatic Replies (Out of Office)” and “Out of Office Assistant.” Here are a few other office 365 shortcuts to help you.

   Setting this feature doesn’t have to be overly complicated.

   • Go into your account and click-on the “File” tab.
   • Next, you’ll need to click on “Info” tab menu.
   • Then “Automatic Replies (Out of Office).”
   • When you see the dialog box, go ahead and select the “Send Automatic Replies” check box.

   What if you want to specify an exact set time and date range? You can choose the “Only send during this time range” check box.

   • Then, set your desired start and end times.

   When you arrive in the “Inside my organization” tab, you can type your personalized message that will be sent to anyone within your organization. For those outside of your organization, go into the “Outside my organization” tab to type your message that you want to be automatically sent. These automatic replies will run during the time range you’ve previously set.

   Outlook also allows you to specify rules. For example, you can create a rule that would only allow emails from your boss or business partner to get through. However, you can still prevent messages coming in from less important contacts.

   When you’re in the automatic replies dialogue box, simply click the “Rules” button found at the bottom left corner. Next, just follow the steps to specify the criteria for your rules, such as “from,” “sent to,” “subject,” and certain phrases in the email message.

   Creating an Outlook out-of-office calendar entry.

   Microsoft also gives you the chance create an out-of-office calendar entry.

   If you’re using the Outlook app, you can do this by doing the following:

   • Open the app and click on the Calendar button at the bottom left corner.
   • In the left pane, select the calendar that want to create the new entry for.
   • Select a day within the calendar.
   • Within the “Home” tab, you’ll want to click on the “New Appointment” button.
   • When in the “Subject” field, add a descriptive title for the event.
   • Next, you can use the “Start time” picker to choose the day you’ll be away.
   • Then, use the “End time” picker to select the day when you’ll be returning.
   • Check the “All day” event option.
   • When in the “Event” tab, you can use the “Show As” drop-down menu, to select the “Out of Office” option. If you like, you can create a custom message.
   • Finally, click the “Save & Close” button.

   After you’ve completed the steps above, those who can access your shared calendar will be able to see when you’ll be away from work.

   • On your Outlook web browser, log into your account and go into your calendar.
   • Next, click on “New” to create a new event.
   • Under “Details” you can then select the days when you’ll be unavailable, just like you did with the app. You can also generate your custom message here as well.

   Use the default Mail & Calendar app on Windows 10?

   • Open the app and click on the “Calendar” button.
   • When you create a “New Event,” you can add a title and the days you’re gone.
   • When you arrive at the “Home” tab, select the “Out of Office” option, and create your custom message.

   Tips and tricks for out-of-office message in Outlook.

   When creating your out-of-office message in Outlook, you’ll want to include a brief greeting and the exact days that you’ll unavailable.

   Don’t let others know where you are, unless it’s relevant to your business. Then you can note that where you are, such as: Looking forward to seeing you all at the conference. Or list an industry conference.

   While you don’t need to provide an exact time-frame, your response can also state when others can expect to hear back from you. You can also tell them who to contact in case there is an emergency.

Harry Guinness
Harry Guinness
Writer

Harry Guinness is a photography expert and writer with nearly a decade of experience. His work has been published in newspapers like The New York Times and on a variety of other websites, from Lifehacker to Popular Science and Medium’s OneZero. Read more.

Facebook isn’t the best place for keeping your photos, but its convenience makes it a decent space for sharing them. If you want to download a photo you’ve uploaded (or even one your friend has uploaded), here’s how.

Download Individual Photos

Find the photo you want to download on Facebook. This can be any photo you can view on Facebook, no matter whether yours, a friend’s, or a complete stranger’s that has made their photos public. Just remember, unless you took the photo yourself, it doesn’t belong to you and you can’t do whatever you want with it.

Hover over the image until the photo’s (and the Like, Comment, and Share buttons at the bottom) appear.

Click the “Options” link in the bottom right corner, and then select the “Download” command.

The photo should now download in the highest resolution Facebook has on their servers.

On mobile apps, the process is similar. Open the photo you want to save, tap the three little dots in the top right corner, and then tap the “Save Photo” command.

Download All Your Photos At Once

Facebook also has a tool that lets you download all your data—including wall posts, chat messages, About You information, and, of course, photos. On the Facebook site, click the downward facing arrow in the top right corner, and then select the “Settings” option. You can also go directly to Facebook.com/Settings.

Click “Download a Copy of Your Facebook Data” at the bottom of the “General Account Settings” page.

Next, click the “Start My Archive” button.

You need to enter your password to verify. You’re then told that it will take Facebook a few moments to gather your data, and that they’ll email you when the archive is ready.

When the email arrives, click the link it provides.

On the resulting page, click the “Download” button, type your password again, and your archive will start downloading. If you’ve used Facebook a lot, the download could be quite large. Mine was 1.58 GB!

The archive downloads as a .ZIP file. Extract it, and then navigate to the “Photos” folder.

Here, you’ll find subfolders with every album and photo you’ve ever posted to Facebook. There are also HTML files you can open to show a rough, offline version of Facebook in your browser that might make the photos easier to scan.

It might take a while to dig through and find the right photos, but they will all be there.

• › Photoshop Is Finally Available as a Web App
• › How-To Geek’s Best Tech Gifts Under $100 for Holiday 2021
• › Samsung Now Offers Apple-Style Same Day Repairs at Best Buy
• › What Is a Zero-Click Attack?
• › The Best Alternatives to Google Apps on Android

Harry Guinness
Harry Guinness is a photography expert and writer with nearly a decade of experience. His work has been published in newspapers like The New York Times and on a variety of other websites, from Lifehacker to Popular Science and Medium’s OneZero.
Read Full Bio »

If you're like most people, many of you pictures live only on Facebook&mdash;maybe even most of them. Here's how to download and start organizing your Facebook photos.

Are your photos scattered across a few laptops, your smartphone, and maybe even the Internet? Are there some on Facebook and Flickr that you’d really like to consolidate to one location?

Cleaning up all your photos is a crazy huge project, and you should take it one step at a time. (If you’re interested in doing a whole lot more organizing, check out the Get Organized ebook, available for Kindle, iPad, and other platforms.) One of the biggest steps on most people’s lists is downloading Facebook photos. Facebook is, after all one of the biggest repositories of photos on the Web. If that’s the stage you’re at, here’s how to do it.

How to Download Facebook Photos

Before you start, know that downloading all your photos from Facebook takes a little longer than you might expect, although the time is mostly spent waiting. It’s not active time.

I include that time warning because if you have a project in mind in which you want to use the photos, this lag could set your entire progress back. Be sure to initiate a download of your Facebook photos at least one day before you actually need to work with the images.

1. Go to your Account Settings in Facebook (gear icon in the top right).

2. On the left side, select General. You’ll see a list of choices, and below them, in a totally different font, you’ll see a link to Download your data. Select it.

3. Click on “Download a copy of your Facebook data” and click through the next few prompts asking to start your archive and whatnot.

4. Check your email for a confirmation message. Now, you’ll likely have to wait a little while, perhaps half an hour, or as long as a day or two, until you get another message saying the archive has been created and is ready for you to download.

5. When you receive the email saying your archive is ready to download, just follow the link to download the file. Inside, you’ll find a folder called Photos—and a whole lot more. There’s no way to download only photos and not other data, but at least the pictures are collected into one place.

Inside, you’ll find more subfolders, all poorly named with gibberish. But if you look back at your Facebook account at your albums, you’ll quickly see that each subfolder matches to an album. My advice is to rename the folders with the album name, or a new name if you have a better idea now. I would not bother renaming all the image files if you have a lot of them, but rather only renaming the folders with some intelligent names. From there, you can integrate these folders with your other locally stored images, and continue consolidating all your other scattered images in the same way.

Now What? Organization and Storage

You’ll notice that your Facebook photos came packaged in folders. Those folders have names that simply do not make any sense whatsoever to the human eye, but the folders and their contents match up with your Facebook albums. It can be hard to tell, though, when you have hundreds or even thousands of photos.

Your first folder is likely to be your profile pictures (preview a few images to be sure). Once you know the album, you can rename the folder accordingly. For tips and thorough advice on naming conventions for folders, see Use Folders to Unclutter Your Desktop.

I recommend moving your Facebook photos (and all your other photos, really) to one location that’s regularly backed up. If you don’t already have a location in mind, I’d suggest using a file-syncing account, such as Dropbox, SugarSync , Box , Bitcasa , Google Drive —there are dozens of great cloud storage solutions .

Some file-syncing and storage solutions come with a pre-made “Photos” folder, which you can use as a dumping ground for your Facebook pictures and more, or you can create your own folder.

If you use a file-syncing program to centralize your photos, definitely look into the affiliated mobile app. Several file-syncing providers, including SugarSync, Dropbox, and Bitcasa, have an “instant upload” feature that automatically sends all the photos you take on a mobile device to your account. This same feature works for all photos you take going forward as well as all the existing photos on your phone. It’s supremely convenient.

If you think you’ll remember your photos best by whether they were post on Facebook, then I would keep all the Facebook pictures grouped together, or at the very least use the word “Facebook” in the sub-folder names.

With your Facebook photos all downloaded and collected, you probably will want to next tackle taking control of all your digital photos.

Like What You’re Reading?

Sign up for Tips & Tricks newsletter for expert advice to get the most out of your technology.

This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time.

Lowell Heddings
Lowell Heddings
Founder and CEO

Lowell is the founder and CEO of How-To Geek. He’s been running the show since creating the site back in 2006. Over the last decade, Lowell has personally written more than 1000 articles which have been viewed by over 250 million people. Prior to starting How-To Geek, Lowell spent 15 years working in IT doing consulting, cybersecurity, database management, and programming work. Read more.

If you’re tired of your photos and videos being impossible to retrieve from Facebook, you’ll be happy to know that they are rolling out a new feature that allows you to download all of them in one big zip file. Here’s how it works.

Since this is a new feature, it’s not yet rolled out to everybody—in fact, we don’t yet have access to it ourselves—so you might want to bookmark this page and come back when the new option shows up for you. If you already see the new options, then let us know in the comments.

How to Download Your Photos and Other Data

First you’ll want to head into the Account menu and choose Account Settings.

Then underneath the “Account Security” link, you should see a new link for “Download Your Information”. If this link isn’t showing up for you yet, then you will just have to keep checking back every so often until it is there.

Assuming the link is there now, you’ll want to click through the Download button.

And again, click through the next Download button…

And then click through the Okay button.

It will take a while for Facebook to put together a file containing all of your information, including your Photos, messages, and other information. Once they have done so, you’ll get an email that says your download is ready, and a link to click.

At this point you’ll have to enter your password again, to make sure it is really you.

Then click the Download Now button, and you’ll be able to finally download the file containing all your photos.

Once the file is downloaded, which might take quite a while, you’ll just have to extract it to access your pictures and other data.

Download Your Photos and Videos – The Video Guide

Here’s a short video that explains how it all works:

In case you’re wondering, we pulled out the steps from the video guide, since some people prefer a step-by-step tutorial instead of a video. Either way, it’s great that we can finally get our photos out of Facebook!

• › How to Show Your Work Hours and Location in Google Calendar
• › You Can Finally Move WhatsApp Chats From iPhone to Android
• › How to Print Double-Sided on Windows 11
• › Samsung Galaxy Phones Are Getting Grammarly Installed by Default
• › How to Enable Cookies in Google Chrome

Lowell Heddings
Lowell is the founder and CEO of How-To Geek. He’s been running the show since creating the site back in 2006. Over the last decade, Lowell has personally written more than 1000 articles which have been viewed by over 250 million people. Prior to starting How-To Geek, Lowell spent 15 years working in IT doing consulting, cybersecurity, database management, and programming work.
Read Full Bio »

Facebook Album Downloader: Facebook Image Download is a online free & fast photo, profile picture and ablum downloader website.You can easily download facebook photo album in png, jpg or jpeg format.

Supported Sites

How to download pictures from facebook?

Friends, we are going to talk today. How to download facebook image, facebook profile picture, facebook album on your mobile phone or computer. Downloading friends facebook photo, album and profile picture is very easy. With the help of facebook image download tool, you can download facebook album, You can download photo and profile picture very easy and fast.

facebook profile picture download, download facebook photo album, facebook album downloader, facebook image download, save facebook photo, How to Download Photos From Facebook

If you are using mobile and want to Download Facebook Images via mobile, pc, laptop then I am going to tell you step to step how you can download facebook image, album and profile picture through your mobile and computer pc. So let’s go.

How to Download Facebook Images, Album & Profile Picure Tips?

Step 1: – First of all, open the website of facebook.com in your mobile or ios.

Step 2: – Then after that you click on the image so you want to download.

Step 3: – After clicking on the image, a image will be open other tab.

Step 4: – After opening the image of facebook, you capy the browser link of the image.

Step 5: – After copying the image browser link of facebook, you paste it in the search box and then click the download button.

Step 6: – You will get the option of download link to download the image from where you can download your image easily.

Can i facebook profile picture download?

Yes, you can download facebook profile picture very easily. With these tool profile picture you can also download the image. There is no limit to download the profile picture.

Can i download facebook photo album?

Yes you can download facebook photo album with the help of this tool. You can also download facebook photo album from your pc, laptop, computer or android phone.

Facebook opened its doors to students at elite schools in 2004, and the entire world in 2006. Unsurprisingly, many of the now billions of users on Facebook have over a decade’s worth of photos, videos, and posts on the social network.

If you’ve been thinking about leaving Facebook (we have no idea why that might be on your mind) but have been worried about losing that trove of content you may only have on Facebook, here’s good news: You can actually download everything you’ve ever uploaded to Facebook.

How to recover your photos

1. Go to Facebook.com on a computer and click the little arrow at the top-right of the screen:
2. Click on “Settings & Privacy,” then “Settings”
3. In the top left corner click “Your Facebook Information” and you’ll see an option labeled “Download your information” — click that.
4. You can choose your format, your preferred date range, and what information you’d like to download. Then click “Create file.”
5. Facebook will send you a notification when your information is available to download. In the meantime, it’ll appear as “pending” in the “Available files” section of the “Download your information” section.
6. Be patient: If you’ve been on Facebook for a long time, it’ll be a large file. (I joined in 2005, and my archive was 925 MB.)
7. The file structure doesn’t make a lot of sense, and there will likely be duplicates, but it should all be there.

The bad news is that Facebook scrubs all the metadata from the photos, meaning if you were to upload them to Google Photos or Apple Photos, it’ll look like they were all taken the day you got your download from Facebook. It’s not ideal, but it’s better than losing all the photos forever.

If you want to take the final plunge and purge yourself from the platform entirely, here’s what to do:

How to delete your Facebook account

It’s quite simple: click this link (which is quite difficult to find on Facebook itself.) You have to re-enter your password again and fill out a captcha. After you press the OK button, Facebook will then email you to confirm the deletion process has started. Facebook says it can take up to 90 days for all your data to be deleted from its servers, and to avoid logging back into the site for a few days after you’ve requested deletion, as it will, bizarrely, reinstate your account.

But make sure to delete the app everywhere—on your phone, your tablets, smart TVs, fridges, or whatever other crazy places you’ve logged into Facebook over the years—and it wouldn’t hurt to delete all the apps you have connected to Facebook (that could still have data on you) before you delete your account.

Want to quit Facebook? You can still keep all of your photos and posts. We’ve got step-by-step instructions on how to do it.

Facebook is making it easier to move your photos, posts and more to other platforms.

Are you finally ready to delete Facebook ? Or do you just want to make sure all your years of photos, videos, posts, notes and events on the social media site are safely saved elsewhere for you to access? Good news: Facebook will let you transfer all of your valuable information from the site to other platforms, and it’s not difficult to do.

Facebook already allows you to download all of your data (including the ad-targeting information the site collects about you) in a ZIP file, and to move photos and videos specifically to Google Photos, Dropbox, Backblaze and Koofr. And it’s been adding more options in recent months. As of August, you can also directly transfer your posts, notes, photos and events from the site to Google Docs, Blogger, WordPress.com, Photobucket and Google Calendar. Facebook will add more types of data you can transfer and more transfer destinations in the future, according to a company blog post.

Learn smart gadget and internet tips and tricks with our entertaining and ingenious how-tos.

The expansion of Facebook’s Transfer Your Information tool comes as Facebook and tech companies like Amazon and Google have faced allegations from regulators and lawmakers that they use monopoly power to illegally suppress their competitors, CNET’s Queenie Wong reports . Lawsuits filed against Facebook last year noted that people have a difficult time moving their information to other platforms, an issue that keeps them on the social network.

Here’s how to use the Facebook Transfer Your Information tool to send your photos, videos, posts, notes and events to other platforms. These instructions are largely the same whether you’re accessing Facebook in a browser or on the mobile app.

How to transfer your Facebook photos, videos, posts, notes and events

Use Facebook’s updated transfer tool to move your photos, videos, posts and notes over to platforms like Google Docs and WordPress.com.

1. On Facebook on desktop, click the down arrow in the top right corner. Click Settings & Privacy > Settings > Your Facebook Information.

2. Click Transfer a Copy of Your Information, and re-enter your Facebook password.

3. From the drop-down menu, choose which platform you want to transfer your information to. Click Next step.

4. Choose what you’d like to transfer — photos, videos, posts or notes, depending on which platform you selected. You’ll have the option to move all, or those from a selected date range or album. Click Next step.

5. Click Connect and Start Transfer. Log into the service you selected to move your information to, and select Confirm Transfer. (Facebook notes that after the transfer, that service’s terms and policies will apply to their use of your information.)

Now you’ve got a copy of those precious Facebook posts to do with what you choose.

What does Facebook know about you? Learn how to download your Facebook data to find out.

First, it was Cambridge Analytica. Now, it’s the ugly truth memo. What’s next?

If you are finally ready to quit Facebook once and for all, you should take your data — all your posts and messages, photos and videos, friends and groups and so on — with you before you go. Thankfully, Facebook makes it easy to download your data. So easy, in fact, that it’s worth doing even if you aren’t planning on deleting your Facebook account just to see what information Facebook has collected about you.

Download Facebook data

You’ll need to use the web version of Facebook and not the mobile app to request your data. Here’s how:

• Click the little triangle in the top right of any Facebook page and select Settings.
• You should be taken to the General view of Settings. If not, click General at the top of the left-hand column.
• At the bottom of the General Account Settings page, click Download a copy of your Facebook data.

Enlarge Image

• Click the Start My Archive button.
• Enter your password.
• On the Request My Download window that pops up, click another Start My Archive button to confirm your intentions.

Enlarge Image

After making your request, you can sit back and wait for Facebook to email you a link to download your data. If you don’t get emails from Facebook, then check your Facebook notifications. Either way, you’ll get a link to download a ZIP file of your Facebook data.

What’s in your Facebook data

It was somewhere between eye-opening and frightening to see the information Facebook had about me. I’ve been on Facebook for over a decade but I’m not a heavy user — much more of a lurker than sharer — and Facebook knew plenty about me.

My data was organized into four folders: html, messages, photos and videos. In the html folder, the ads file was illuminating; it showed the topics Facebook thinks are of interest to me along with all the ads I ever clicked on and a long list of advertisers that have my contact information. Similarly, the apps file showed an insanely long list of apps that I allowed to access my Facebook account. The timeline file contained a copy of my entire timeline activity, and the messages file had all of my Facebook Messenger conversations.

Meanwhile, the messages folder had copies of each individual Messenger conversation. The friends file was interesting because is showed not only the full list of my Facebook friends but also the date I befriended each.

Lastly, the photos and videos folders had copies of every photo and video I shared on Facebook. There were also photos and video files in the html folder, each of which opened a web page where I could easily scan the photos or videos I posted on Facebook, along with the comments they garnered.

If you are a Google chrome lover then here is a nice chrome extension that can download photos albums from Facebook. This will automatically grab all download all the photos from that album and save them at your selected destination. Here I have a simple addon for Mozilla firefox users that can grab bulk photos from Facebook albums and saves them to PC. Install fluschipranie extension in your browser and browse through the album you want to download.

Right click on its link and select the option fluschipranie download.

5 Ways to Download Facebook Photo Albums Instantly

There is a cool application by gacebook you can download Facebook albums on android smartphone. Install album download application from Google Play Store and download your photos to android in HD format. It has an advanced search feature that allows you to search for albums by name, by location or by any keyword. The application also allows you to download tagged photos from Facebook in bulk.

How to Download an album from Facebook to your PC? – Tech Entice

This is a desktop application that you will have to install on your PC. Once authenticated, it will allow you to download photos from Facebook friends, tagged photos and complete albums. Install photograbber on your computer and login with your Facebook frkm. Select the photos or albums you want to download and choose the destination where you to want to save your pics.

Finally press the Begin download button. Photograbber is available for both Mac and Windows and you can download it totally free of cost. If you face any problem while downloading photo albums from Facebook then feel free to discuss it below. Big thanks for your effort Ahmed and i was really fulk about this tools, now, my work become easy, God albun you.

How to Download All Photos from Facebook in ?

Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

· With PhotoLive, a button will appear at the top of the Facebook window whenever you view an album. Click that button and the extension will prepare compressed ZIP archives of the album’s photos. Download the ZIP files, extract them to a folder and you’ll have every image downloaded in just a few clicks. If this trick saves you time, make Author: Robert Kingsley. · How to Download an Entire Facebook Photo Album. If you want to create a memorial collage or safely store your pictures in your photo library, then downloading one image isn’t enough. Unfortunately, Facebook has made the feature to download individual albums . · Open any photo album of any public Facebook page and copy the photo link. Open this link: Facebook Photo Downloader Step 2: Paste the photo album link in the “Album URL” and click “Download Occupation: COO.

Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page.

If you a business page on Facebook, you can save all data, including photos and videos. You can export individual albums from your Facebook account, or you can export all of the photos and videos at once. This will impact the size of the compressed file Facebook will prepare.

You can also choose the date range and file format. If you want to import all your photos from Google Photos, for example, to Facebook, you can do it all in one go.

How to Download All of Your Photos from Facebook: Step-By-Step | Cake Blog

Finally, just confirm the transfer. Facebook will send you an email when the import is complete. Yes, you have the option to download all your photos at the same time.

You can do it on mobile devices and on your computer. There are three doqnload you can copy all pictures from Facebook. The first one is to copy one picture at a time. But that might take a while.

How to download Facebook photo albums – CNET

The next option is to download one album at a time. Lastly, you can export all your photos and videos at once. Keep in mind that when faceboom all the photos at once, videos are attached too. Fortunately, there are several ways you can download photos from Facebook. Would you download all photos and videos from Facebook? Let us know in the comments section below.

3 thoughts on “How to download full photo album from facebook page”

Right-click-save is great for one picture, or even two, but if you want to download an album full of holiday or cosplay pics, it’s a drag Fortunately, there’s an easy way to download complete albums with just a few clicks. There are zillions of ways to share photos online, but Facebook is incredibly popular.

Facebook is one of the biggest photo directories online. Downloading a single photo is simple but the situation gets confusing when you need to download all photos from Facebook.

Everyday we upload hundreds of photos on Facebook and share them with our friends and family. As you know, Facebook allows us to create photo albums and this way we can gather all photos of an event at single place. Unfortunately Facebook doest allow to download complete Photo albums.

Facebook is one of the prime places friends and family upload pictures. Chances are, at some point someone has tagged you in at least one picture. The problem is, when the person who tagged you closes their account, those pictures disappear. Here's how to keep that from happening.

Here's the problem: when a friend or family member deletes their Facebook account (or just unfriends you after that snarky comment about their jeans), all their pictures—including any that you're tagged in—dissapear forever. This can be a bummer, especially if you're the type to rely on family members to take pictures at events so you don't have to. Thankfully, it's easy to automate and archive those pictures if you set it up beforehand. Here's how to do it, along with some ideas for getting those photos back after the fact.

Download All the Photos You're Already Tagged In

First things first, you need to download all the photos you've already been tagged in because you can't automate a service to grab any older pictures. For that, we like PhotoGrabber , a free app for Windows and Mac that'll snag all the photos you're tagged in one swoop. It's a little clunky, but it gets the job done quickly.

1. Download PhotoGrabber and open it up.
2. Click the "Login" button and login into your Facebook page.
3. Select "Authorize App" and copy the login token PhotoGrabber gives you back into the PhotoGrabber app.
4. Select "I want to download" and check the boxes of the photos you want (All tagged photos of the user will get you pictures you appear in, but also selecting "Entire album if it contains a tagged photo" will ensure you get the whole roll of film from an event).
5. Select "myself" to download pictures you're tagged in.
6. Click "Begin Download" and let PhotoGrabber do its thing.

Unfortunately, PhotoGrabber isn't so good at downloading pictures you're tagged in through another service (like Instagram), so you might need to pop in and manually download those as well .

Prime time savings
Uncover the latest and greatest bargains from across categories, curated by the Kinja Deals staff.

Automatically Archive Photos You're Tagged In with IFTTT

The simplest way to archive any photos you're tagged in is with the service-linking automation webapp If This Then That . With IFTTT, you can set it up so that every time you're tagged in a Facebook photo, that photo is uploaded to another service of your choosing.

1. Head over to IFTTT and create an account.
2. Select "Create a Recipe" and click "this."
3. Select Facebook, then "You are tagged in a photo," then "Create trigger."
4. Select "That" and pick the service you want to send the photos to (Dropbox, email, Flickr, Google Drive, Skydrive, or Evernote make the most sense).

That's it. From now on, when someone tags you in a photo, that photo will automatically get saved elsewhere. The benefit is that your family photos, group pictures, and everything else will be saved on your hard drive long after your friends remove their Facebook pages.

How to Get Pictures After Your Friends Have Already Deleted Their Account

Using IFTTT to automate grabbing photos is great, but it doesn't really help you after your grandma suddenly decides she's sick of all the Facebook drama and suddenly deletes her account.

In order to get these pictures back, you'll need to reach out to your friend and ask for them. If they don't have a backup on their computer, then they can still easily grab those photos. Chances are, they just deactivated their Facebook account , and that means it's easy to recover those pictures. Ask them to log back in to Facebook (just this one more time!), and click the cog to head over to the settings page. Then, click Download a copy of Facebook information to download all the photos. That'll get an instant archive they can send over to you. It takes about 14 days to delete your Facebook account , so as long as you catch the missing pictures before then you're good to go.

How to Delete Your Facebook Account

Deleting your Facebook account might appear to be simple, but thanks to several safeguards you have

It's not the simplest method in the world, but if you don't want those pictures to disappear onto someone's hard drive forever, it's your only option—and one more reason to automate the archiving of pictures moving forward.

If your computer is running slow and taking a long time to start up, it is likely that the problem is due to unwanted Apps starting up automatically and running in background. You will find below the steps to Stop Apps from Opening on Startup in Windows 10.

Stop Apps from Opening on Startup in Windows 10

Many Apps and programs, including Microsoft Apps like Skype, Teams, OneDrive have an inherent tendency to automatically start with the computer and keep running in the background.

This can often lead to problems like delayed startup, slowing down of the computer and frozen or stuck screen due to High CPU and RAM usage by the startup programs.

In certain cases, you may even be surprised to find unknown and unauthorized Apps running in background, unnecessarily using up or draining resources on your computer.

Luckily, it is easy to Stop Apps from Opening at Startup in Windows 10 and prevent them from having an adverse impact on the overall performance of your computer.

Stop Apps from Opening at Startup Using Task Manager

Follow the steps below to stop any App or Program from opening at startup in Windows 10 using Task Manager.

1. Right-click on the Start button and select Task Manager in WinX menu that appears.

2. On Task Manager screen, switch to Startup , select the Program that you want to prevent from automatically starting and click on Disable option.

Note: If you cannot see the Startup Tab, click on More Details option located at the bottom left corner of your screen.

3.Similarly, you can repeat the above steps to prevent all unnecessary Programs from opening at Startup on your computer.

Note: If the “Disable” button is greyed out or unavailable, you need to login with you Admin Account.

2. Remove Apps from Startup Folder in Windows 10

Another way to Stop Apps from opening at Startup in Windows 10 is to remove the App from the Startup Folder on your computer.

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Run . In the Run Command window, type shell:startup and click on OK to open the Startup Folder on your computer.

2. In the Startup Folder, right-click on the Program that you want to prevent from opening at startup and click on Delete .

Once the program is removed from Startup Folder, it will no longer bother you by automatically starting with your computer and running in background.

Too many startup apps can be a drag on your PC’s performance. Here's how to prevent apps from automatically starting when you sign into Windows.

One of the most frustrating aspects of Windows is the ease with which many applications like Adobe Acrobat, iTunes, and Spotify start up automatically as soon as you log into Windows, whether you need them to or not.

There are certain types of programs you want to start automatically, such as antivirus and webcam software. However, many apps unnecessarily muscle their way into your startup routine, chewing up memory and resources and potentially hampering your PC’s performance.

Don’t worry, though, because you can fight back. Windows has long offered a way for you to view and disable your startup programs. In older versions of Windows, you would open the System Configuration tool (msconfig) to view and deselect any programs you wanted to stop loading automatically. In Windows 10, you go through the Settings screen or Task Manager. Here’s how to deal with unwanted startup apps.

Disable Startup Apps in Windows Settings

Open Settings > Apps > Startup to view a list of all apps that can start up automatically and determine which should be disabled. The switch indicates a status of On or Off to tell you whether or not that app is currently in your startup routine. To disable an app, turn off its switch.

Below the switch is an indicator for impact. An app can be tagged with one of four different impact indicators: No impact, Low impact, Medium impact, or High impact. These indicators measure the impact a startup program has on your PC’s CPU and disk drive at startup. The higher the impact indicator, the longer a program takes to load, thereby increasing the time it takes for Windows to completely start.

In reviewing which apps to kick out of your startup routine, look at the ones that are rated as High and Medium, since disabling those will have the greatest effect on speeding up your system at startup. Disabling those rated as Low impact or No impact will have little or no effect on your startup time, but this might still be worth doing since disabling them can free up precious RAM.

On any given computer there are usually many programs that are set to run upon windows starting. Most of these startup programs are unnecessary but some are required. You already know how to remove startup programs but you just don’t know which ones are required for your computer to run normally.

Typically the only program you need to have running on startup for a Windows machine is an anti-virus program. All other startup programs are unnecessary and should probably be removed. Most of the core operating system programs that are set to run on startup are included in another list categorized as services anyways. So you don’t really have to worry about removing something system critical. Another thing to remember is that if you remove something from system startup you are not actually deleting the program you are simply telling windows that you don’t want that program to startup anymore. This action can then be easily reversed so there is little harm in turning off startup programs.

I will make a list below of the programs that I believe may be useful for system startup or required startup programs. For a list of programs that should be removed see Startup Programs and Removing Them.

ccApp (Symantec Anti-virus) look for your specific anti-virus maybe it is NOD32 or AVG

SynTPEnh (synaptics) laptop touchpads

SynTPLpr (synaptics) laptop touchpads

BatteryLife (anything that mentions battery life on a laptop may be useful)

Like I mentioned in Startup Programs and Removing Them, You shouldn’t really worry too much about disabling something you may need. If you find that a program is not in your system tray or a program is not loading anymore you can go back and enable it again.

Feel free to send me program names that you believe are required or may be useful on system startup through my contact form at the top of this page.

Need to print shipping labels on your site?

Checkout my product RocketShipIt for simple easy-to-use developer tools for UPS™ FedEx™ USPS™ and more.

Lori Kaufman
Lori Kaufman
Writer

Lori Kaufman is a technology expert with 25 years of experience. She’s been a senior technical writer, worked as a programmer, and has even run her own multi-location business. Read more.

The more software you install on your computer, the longer it may seem to take to start up Windows. Many programs add themselves to the list of programs started when you boot your computer, and that list can get long.

Editor’s Note: Obviously our more geeky readers already know how to do this, but this article is meant for everybody else. Feel free to share it with your non-techie friends!

If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 10, scroll down.

Disabling Startup Programs in Windows 7, Vista, or XP

For some programs, it’s smart to have them start with Windows, such as anti-virus and firewall software. However, for most programs, starting them at boot-up just wastes resources and extends startup time. There is a tool installed with Windows, called MSConfig, that allows you to quickly and easily see what’s running at startup and disable the programs you prefer to run on our own after startup as needed. This tool is available and can be used to disable startup programs in Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

NOTE: MSConfig can be used to configure several things other than just startup programs, so be careful what you do with it. If you’re not sure about using it, just follow the steps in this article and you should be fine.

To run MSConfig, open the Start menu and type “msconfig.exe” (without the quotes) in the Search box. As you type, results display. When you see “msconfig.exe,” click on it or press Enter, if it is highlighted.

NOTE: If you are using Windows XP, open the Run dialog box from the Start menu, type “msconfig.exe” in the Open edit box, and click OK.

Click the Startup tab on the System Configuration main window. A list of all the startup programs displays with a check box next to each one. To prevent a program from starting up with Windows, select the check box next to the desired program so there is NO check mark in the box. Click OK once you have made your choices.

A dialog box displays telling you that you may need to restart your computer for the changes to take affect. Click Restart to restart your computer immediately. If are not ready to restart your computer, click Exit without restart.

Disabling Startup Programs after Windows 10’s April 2018 Update

If you’re running the very latest version of Windows 10, there’s a new Startup Apps management panel that makes it super easy to disable startup programs. Just open up the Settings panel, and then search for “Startup”, and open up the Startup Apps panel. If you don’t see this, you don’t have the very latest version yet, and you’ll want to use Task Manager to manage your startup apps (keep reading this next section).

Once you do have the Startup Apps panel, you can simply toggle the stuff you don’t want to run at startup.

Disabling Startup Programs in Windows 10 or 8 or 8.1

Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 make it really simple to disable startup applications. All you have to do is open up Task Manager by right-clicking on the Taskbar, or using the CTRL + SHIFT + ESC shortcut key, clicking “More Details,” switching to the Startup tab, and then using the Disable button.

It’s really that simple. If you aren’t seeing these options, make sure to click “More Details,” which is in the same place as the “Fewer details” that you see on this screenshot.

Disabling Startup Programs in CCleaner

The free PC-cleaning utility CCleaner also has a tool that allows you to disable startup programs. In CCleaner, click the Tools button on the left side of the dialog box and click Startup to see the list of startup programs. The Enabled column indicates whether each program is set to start with Windows. To disable a program that is enabled, select the program in the list and click Disable. You can also enable programs that have been disabled.

NOTE: CCleaner does not seem to prompt you to restart your computer, so be sure to do so yourself.

There is a Professional version of CCleaner that costs $24.95 and comes with priority technical support. However, there is a free version available as an installable version and a portable version.

Note that some applications need to be configured to stop launching themselves when the computer boots, or they will just add themselves to the list of startup programs again. In this case, there is usually a setting in a program’s options to prevent it from starting with Windows.

• › How to Generate a Web Link QR Code in Google Chrome
• › Google Pixel 6 Reviews Are In: Here’s What Reviewers Love
• › How to Check and Update Your Git Version
• › How to Rotate an Image in Adobe Photoshop
• › MacOS Monterey Is Here, and You Can Download It Now

Lori Kaufman
Lori Kaufman is a technology expert with 25 years of experience. She’s been a senior technical writer, worked as a programmer, and has even run her own multi-location business.
Read Full Bio »

Check out our video on how to configure startup programs for faster Windows PC boot times

Popular HP Windows 10 Laptops

Popular HP Windows 10 Tower Desktops

Related tags

Popular articles

Also visit

Article archives

Disclosure: Our site may get a share of revenue from the sale of the products featured on this page.

Need help?

Prices, specifications, availability and terms of offers may change without notice. Price protection, price matching or price guarantees do not apply to Intra-day, Daily Deals or limited-time promotions. Quantity limits may apply to orders, including orders for discounted and promotional items. Despite our best efforts, a small number of items may contain pricing, typography, or photography errors. Correct prices and promotions are validated at the time your order is placed. These terms apply only to products sold by HP.com; reseller offers may vary. Items sold by HP.com are not for immediate resale. Orders that do not comply with HP.com terms, conditions, and limitations may be cancelled. Contract and volume customers not eligible.

HP’s MSRP is subject to discount. HP’s MSRP price is shown as either a stand-alone price or as a strike-through price with a discounted or promotional price also listed. Discounted or promotional pricing is indicated by the presence of an additional higher MSRP strike-through price

The following applies to HP systems with Intel 6th Gen and other future-generation processors on systems shipping with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Pro systems downgraded to Windows 7 Professional, Windows 8 Pro, or Windows 8.1: This version of Windows running with the processor or chipsets used in this system has limited support from Microsoft. For more information about Microsoft’s support, please see Microsoft’s Support Lifecycle FAQ at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, Xeon Phi, Xeon Inside, and Intel Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.

In-home warranty is available only on select customizable HP desktop PCs. Need for in-home service is determined by HP support representative. Customer may be required to run system self-test programs or correct reported faults by following advice given over phone. On-site services provided only if issue can't be corrected remotely. Service not available holidays and weekends.

HP will transfer your name and address information, IP address, products ordered and associated costs and other personal information related to processing your application to Bill Me Later®. Bill Me Later will use that data under its privacy policy.

Microsoft Windows 10: Not all features are available in all editions or versions of Windows 10. Systems may require upgraded and/or separately purchased hardware, drivers, software or BIOS update to take full advantage of Windows 10 functionality. Windows 10 is automatically updated, which is always enabled. ISP fees may apply and additional requirements may apply over time for updates. See http://www.microsoft.com.

HP Rewards qualifying and eligible products/purchases are defined as those from the following categories: Printers, Business PCs (Elite, Pro and Workstation brands), select Business Accessories and select Ink, Toner & Paper.

Too many startup apps can be a drag on your PC’s performance. Here's how to prevent apps from automatically starting when you sign into Windows.

One of the most frustrating aspects of Windows is the ease with which many applications like Adobe Acrobat, iTunes, and Spotify start up automatically as soon as you log into Windows, whether you need them to or not.

There are certain types of programs you want to start automatically, such as antivirus and webcam software. However, many apps unnecessarily muscle their way into your startup routine, chewing up memory and resources and potentially hampering your PC’s performance.

Don’t worry, though, because you can fight back. Windows has long offered a way for you to view and disable your startup programs. In older versions of Windows, you would open the System Configuration tool (msconfig) to view and deselect any programs you wanted to stop loading automatically. In Windows 10, you go through the Settings screen or Task Manager. Here’s how to deal with unwanted startup apps.

Disable Startup Apps in Windows Settings

Open Settings > Apps > Startup to view a list of all apps that can start up automatically and determine which should be disabled. The switch indicates a status of On or Off to tell you whether or not that app is currently in your startup routine. To disable an app, turn off its switch.

Below the switch is an indicator for impact. An app can be tagged with one of four different impact indicators: No impact, Low impact, Medium impact, or High impact. These indicators measure the impact a startup program has on your PC’s CPU and disk drive at startup. The higher the impact indicator, the longer a program takes to load, thereby increasing the time it takes for Windows to completely start.

In reviewing which apps to kick out of your startup routine, look at the ones that are rated as High and Medium, since disabling those will have the greatest effect on speeding up your system at startup. Disabling those rated as Low impact or No impact will have little or no effect on your startup time, but this might still be worth doing since disabling them can free up precious RAM.

Many programs are set to start with Windows when you install them, and usually without your permission. Skype, CCleaner, and uTorrent are some of the popular examples. However, not always you may need services of such programs as soon as Windows starts. These programs will slow down boot time, open in your face as soon as your desktop shows up and force you to close them every time you restart the PC.

So yes, unnecessary startup programs are really bad for your overall Windows experience. Fortunately, you can easily disable Startup programs in Windows using different methods and in this post, we will show each one of them.

1. Disable Startup Programs in Windows 7, Vista, and XP

In older versions of Windows, system configuration windows is the best place to locate and disable startup items. To access system configuration, press Windows+R keys and type “msconfig” in the “Run” dialog.

System configuration will open up when you will press the Enter key. Here move to the “Startup” tab and you will see all your startup items listed. Simply uncheck the checkbox next to all the startup programs that you don’t want to start with Windows. After that, click on “OK” to apply the settings. Now all the startup programs that you unchecked will not start with Windows.

2. Disable Startup Programs in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10

In the newer versions of Windows, the startup programs manager has been moved to the task manager. To open the task manager, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys.

In the Task Manager, move to the “Startup” tab and you will see all the programs that can be set to launch at Windows startup. Programs that are set to open at startup will have a status of “Enabled”. Right-click on those programs and select “Disable” to disable them.

3. Disable Startup Programs From Windows Registry

Above are the easiest ways to disable startup programs in Windows, but if you are looking for other options with different use cases; here are some.

Similar to the other things, startup items also create an entry in Windows registry. You can remove this entry to stop that program from starting at startup.

Warning: Before making any tweaks in the Windows Registry, make sure you create a backup of it. Any wrong tweak in the Registry could lead to corrupting Windows.

Press Windows+R keys to open Run dialog and enter “regedit” to launch Windows registry. Here you will find startup items in the below-mentioned locations:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Move to these locations and look for the program that keeps starting up with Windows. Once found, double click on it and remove all the text written in its “Value data” section. You can also delete the entry to stop that program from starting up.

Why It’s Useful: Disabling startup programs from Windows Registry is a good option for programs that keep enabling themselves to start with Windows every time you use them, such as CCleaner. This will disable their entry in the Registry and stop them from adding it again automatically in the future.

4. Use a Third-party App to Disable Startup Programs

There are many third-party apps available that will let you manage startup programs. Ironically, CCleaner is one of the best tools to disable startup items with just a click of a button. Download and install CCleaner and run the program.

Move to the “Tools” section on the left-hand side and then click on “Startup”. You should see all of the startup programs here. Simply select any of the programs you would like to disable and select “Disable” on the right side to disable it.

Why It’s Useful: A third-party program like CCleaner loads all types of startup programs, both from the registry and Windows startup folder. The built-in Windows startup manager may skip on some of the programs.

5. Disable Startup Programs from Windows Startup Folder

This is not one of the best ways to disable startup programs, but it is definitely the quickest and sometimes necessary. Programs added in the Windows startup folder are automatically set to launch when Windows start. Although many programs create a registry entry instead of adding their shortcut in Windows startup folder, but there are still programs that add a shortcut in the startup folder.

Furthermore, if you have manually added a program or script in the startup folder to make it start with Windows, then you will have to disable it from here instead of the built-in Startup manager.

To open the Windows startup folder, press Windows+R keys and type “shell:startup” in the Run dialog. This command will open the startup folder with all the startup programs/files listed. Simply delete the shortcut of the program to stop it from starting up with Windows.

Why It’s Useful: As pointed above, some programs do make an entry in the startup folder; you can quickly disable them from here. Additionally, manually added programs will also need to be handled from here.

Wrapping Up

If you are looking to speed up boot time and stop programs from eating your PC’s precious resources, then you should disable unnecessary startup programs. However do keep in mind that disabling all of the startup programs isn’t necessary, some programs are helpful (and sometimes compulsory) when starting up with Windows. For example, your antivirus program must start with Windows to ensure you are always protected or may be you can enable a program like Skype if you use it heavily.

Often, a program starts automatically because of a shortcut in the Startup folder in the Start menu. The program may also run automatically from a registry entry. To remove programs from automatic startup, follow these instructions in order. After completing each set of steps, reboot your device to see if the problem is fixed. If necessary, you can then continue to the next set of instructions.

Remove a shortcut

To remove a shortcut from the Startup folder:

Press Win-r . In the “Open:” field, type:

If a shortcut you want in the Startup folder is pointing to the wrong program, correct it as follows:

1. In the Startup folder, right-click the appropriate icon and select Properties .
2. Click the Shortcut tab. In the “Target:” field, verify that the path statement points to the filename of the correct program. If it does not, enter the accurate path to the program.

Disable items not in the Startup folder

Some startup items have no shortcut in the Startup folder. You can disable these with either the Startup tasks tool in Settings or the Task Manager. Otherwise, they are only accessible through the registry. If you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with registry editing, use these utilities.

Startup tasks

1. In the Windows search box, type startup tasks , and press Enter .
2. The window that opens will contain a list of applications that may start when your device boots. To disable an app, toggle the switch to Off .

Task Manager

1. Navigate to the Task Manager.

Remove a registry entry

To remove a startup entry from the registry:

1. Press Win-r . In the “Open:” field, type regedit and press Enter .
2. To save a backup copy of the registry, from the File menu, select Export. .
   1. Make sure to note the file’s destination; by default, it will be saved on the desktop.
   2. Give the file an obvious name, such as registry or regback , so that you’ll remember this file is your registry backup.
   3. In the “Export Range” field, make sure All is selected, and then click Save . This will make a backup of a working registry.

   This is document adlf in the Knowledge Base.
   Last modified on 2020-01-14 05:02:22 .

   When you start your computer, Windows isn’t the only program that loads. For instance, you may have noticed icons in the notification area (also known as the system tray) in the far-right portion of the taskbar. These icons often represent programs that start when the system starts. You also may have seen certain programs, such as software for syncing your phone or MP3 player, launching themselves along with Windows. Additionally, some applications begin running silently in the background every time you boot the PC.

   All of these automatically opening programs consume system memory, and can drag down performance. Fortunately, managing startup programs isn’t difficult; by taking a few steps, you can find out what is running on your computer and disable the items you don’t need.

   Method 1: Configure a Program Directly

   If you’ve noticed a program starting automatically, and you want the behavior to stop, sometimes the easiest solution is to explore the program’s settings directly.

   1. Open the program.

   2. Find the settings panel. Typically it will be available under a menu labeled Settings, Preferences, Options, or Tools.

   3. Find the option to disable the program from running at startup. The language for this type of option varies, but it should be easy to find if it exists.

   When you restart the computer, the program will no longer launch. You’ll still be able to start it manually, so don’t be deterred if the application asks you if you are sure you want to disable its automatic startup.

   Method 2: Use the System Configuration Utility (MSConfig)

   You can use msconfig.exe to change Windows’ startup items. The System Configuration Utility–also called MSConfig–is a useful tool for understanding and controlling startup programs. Microsoft intends MSConfig to act primarily as a troubleshooting tool, but its simple and powerful interface makes it a good option for startup management as well.

   1. Open the Start menu and type msconfig into the Search box.

   2. Click the msconfig search result. The utility will open in a new window.

   3. Click the Startup tab. You’ll see a list of programs that start when your computer starts.

   4. To stop a program from automatically launching when you boot the PC, uncheck the box next to its entry.

   5. When you are finished deselecting startup items, click OK. If you made any changes, you’ll be prompted to restart the computer. You don’t have to restart it immediately, but the changes won’t take effect until you do.

   When you restart the computer, MSConfig will alert you to the changes. In the window that pops up, check the box next to Don’t show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts, and click OK to prevent future alerts. You can always return to MSConfig to reverse the changes or make additional tweaks.

   Warning

   Use caution when disabling items in MSConfig. Many entries have names that aren’t self-explanatory. Research each entry before unchecking its box; use the Web to search for the name of the entry, and to get an idea of its function. Without doing your homework, you could end up disabling an important application such as your antivirus program.

   Other Methods

   In Windows or in third-party applications, you can find more ways to manage startup programs. For instance, Microsoft currently recommends a utility called Autoruns, which is more advanced than MSConfig. The two methods above should suit your needs, but feel free to explore other options if you are curious.

   

   After installing the insider build of Windows 11, you might feel that your PC is performing slower than usual. It’s because Windows 11 comes with a lot of pre-installed applications which run at startup. And taking effect of the pandemic, many companies are using software such as MS Teams, Skype, or Slack, which also runs at a startup making the whole boot-up process slower. In order to fix this, you have to disable all the startup items in Windows 11.

   Windows 11 keeps a lot of programs in startup items by default. This is to provide you with maximum comfort in order to access applications on your PC. However, more applications can lead to a lower PC, and maybe that’s the reason why you’re reading this article. So here is a step-by-step process to disable all startup items in Windows 11.

   Why Disable Startup Items in Windows 11?

   Startup items are those programs that run while you start your PC or laptop. It can be beneficial in many cases if you need software to be actively available after starting your PC. However, this makes the whole boot-up process slower, and with more apps, the CPU faces more stress.

   As ideal, you should only keep those apps in the startup that are of utmost importance and crucial to have. This includes an antivirus program or any software firewall. Basically, only urgent, always active, and important software must be in the startup items list.

   When you boot your computer, many apps mark themselves as a priority and add themselves to the startup menu. And hence they run on startup and make your PC slow. Windows 11 do have a startup manager where you can crosscheck what apps are running while startup. If you are not sure what apps you must keep on the list, here is a guide.

   What programs to keep in Windows 11 startup: Programs of utmost importance shall remain in the startup items as these programs are important and perform major functions. Some examples include any antivirus program, disk encryption programs, network firewalls, your office productivity software, etc.

   What programs Not to keep in Windows 11 startup: Programs that you don’t necessarily use often need not be active in startup items. If you need these apps, you can always launch these apps at will, but keeping such apps in the startup items list will make your Windows 11 PC slow. Some common software samples which should not be in startup items are photo editing software, video calling software, weather, news, etc.

   Step to Disable Startup Programs in Windows 11

   Some programs come with built-in preferences option to remove them from the start list. However, the best way to disable these apps is via the Windows 11 settings panel. You can see all the apps that run on startup and their impact whether it is affecting the performance or not.

   • Open the Windows Settings app and navigate to the app option.

   

   • Now go to the Startup option.

   

   • Here you can see a list of apps that runs at the startup of your computer.

   

   • In order to disable any app, move the slider to the left. I recommend disabling all the apps which you feel are not important to you or your productivity.

   Conclusion

   Startup items can boost your productivity on Windows 11 by preloading all the necessary software that you use for work. However, if not configured properly, it can make your PC slower and can drive you crazy. So it’s always a good choice to disable startup items on Windows 11 to suit your own personal needs.

   In my case, I only keep my antivirus active in startup apps, and the rest are disabled. This makes my PC load faster than usual. In case you feel any difficulty following the above steps, feel free to comment down below, and I will be happy to help you out.

   If you’ve any thoughts on Windows 11 Slow? Disable Auto Startup Apps to Boost Speed, then feel free to drop in below comment box. Also, please subscribe to our DigitBin YouTube channel for videos tutorials. Cheers!

This article was co-authored by Rahti Gorfien, PCC. Rahti Gorfien is a Life Coach and the Founder of Creative Calling Coaching, LLC. Rahti is an International Coach Federation accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC), ACCG Accredited ADHD Coach by the ADD Coach Academy, and a Career Specialty Services Provider (CSS). She was voted one of the 15 Best Life Coaches in New York City by Expertise in 2018. She is an alumni of the New York University Graduate Acting program and has been a working theater artist for over 30 years.

There are 66 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. This article received 35 testimonials and 83% of readers who voted found it helpful, earning it our reader-approved status.

This article has been viewed 1,958,381 times.

When we think of the word “positive,” most of us probably think “happy.” However, happiness isn’t the only type of positivity. There are many ways to be more positive in your life, even when you’re experiencing sadness, anger, or challenges. [1] X Trustworthy Source Greater Good Magazine Journal published by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, which uses scientific research to promote happier living Go to source Research suggests that we have powerful capabilities to choose positive emotions and ways of thinking. [2] X Research source In fact, our emotions literally change our bodies on a cellular level. [3] X Trustworthy Source Greater Good Magazine Journal published by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, which uses scientific research to promote happier living Go to source Many of our experiences in life are a result of how we interpret and respond to our surroundings. Fortunately, rather than repressing or trying to “get rid” of negative feelings, we can choose to interpret and respond to them differently. [4] X Research source You’ll find that with some practice, patience, and perseverance, you can become more positive.

Having and maintaining a positive attitude is vital for success in life and business. It’s not always easy to stay positive and keep a good attitude. As things go wrong throughout the day, it is easy to let negative thoughts start to take over. There are many things that one can do to help maintain a positive attitude.

Some of the ways of developing a positive attitude are:

Way # 1. Changing Influence and Association:

The models of the world shape how one view things, events and people. The people they associate with have an effect on the person’s life. If one wants to have the right way of thinking, move away from the wrong crowd and connect with people who have the positive mind-set.

Way # 2. Get Rid of Limiting Beliefs:

Individual’s beliefs determine one’s approach to life. The people see the world the way they are i.e. their beliefs reflect back at them. If one’s belief about the world is good, that is what one will see. Therefore, to change opinion, the people must change their mind-set. The limiting thoughts must go.

Way # 3. Start Thinking Again:

People judge things based on their memories. They don’t think anymore. Positive attitude can be developed if people start using their brain again. The people should change their mind, state of consciousness and inner map.

Way # 4. Think Positively:

The method of having a positive attitude in life is to make sure that the person thinks positively. There are many people who keep worrying about various problems in their life.

Way # 5. Taking Life Easy and not to Worry:

The people should take life easy for them to have a positive attitude. People who are struggling with various problems like financial problems and family problems seem to be the people who have negative attitude more than the ones who do not have problems.

Way # 6. Listening to the Inner Voices:

What people are saying to them, in silence or out loud, has a powerful influence on their stance. People should listen to the voices within. People are having full control over their state of mind and body.

Way # 7. Sleep more Soundly:

Sleep is absolutely essential to improve and maintain energy levels, immune system effectiveness, mental and emotional clarity and overall quality of life. When one feels good, one functions better.

Way # 8. Laughter and Humour:

People should allow themselves to laugh and find humour in the simplest of things. Laughter is a powerful mood elevator. If one is feeling down, read some jokes, watch a funny movie or just act “silly” once in a while.

Way # 9. Reading Positive and Inspiring Books:

One of the best ways to maintain a positive attitude is by reading positive books. These books serve to encourage, inspire and teach people. Reading requires that one sits still and focused, and by focusing on something positive, it helps in keeping a positive mind-set throughout the day.

Way # 10. Wake up Early:

Another way of maintaining a positive attitude is to create the habit of waking up early. Waking up early allows one to get a head start on the day. One can prepare for work and start the day without feeling rushed.

Way # 11. Exercise:

Another way of maintaining a positive attitude is by doing exercise regularly. Exercise not only makes a difference in physical health, but it also has significant benefits to mental health. Exercise is useful to combat depression and to improve overall positive mood.

Way # 12. Planning of Day and Week:

Having a clear plan of day and week can go a long way to help maintaining a positive attitude. By knowing what to accomplish, one will be able to focus on important life priorities.

Way # 13. Get Spiritually Connected:

If one is spiritually connected, one will have a positive outlook in life.

Way # 14. Be Thankful:

People should take some time and be thankful. People should be thankful about what they have, what they are and what their life is like. People should think through all things that they can be thankful for. Even in a tough time in life there are many things one have that one can be thankful for. One needs to look for them and recognize them.

San Antonio – As the pandemics continued for months and years, I noticed that part of my life changed from March 2020. You may have noticed the same change. The difference is that as a self-proclaimed positive person, it is difficult to think positively.

I think it’s very easy to tell someone the bad things that happened to you today, but are you having a hard time remembering the good things? And do you not only remember bad things, but also stick to those experiences and feelings? This is called negative bias.

Negative messages thrown at us from different areas of our lives can consume everything if we are not careful. After all, our brains have to focus on avoiding dangerous and threatening situations just to stay alive, thanks to our ancestors, to stay in them looking for negativity. Is naturally wired to.

It wasn’t as easy to get rid of negative thoughts as it used to be, so I work every day to be conscious of how I approach my work, relationships, and life in general. We are proud to be a safe place for friends and loved ones suffering from mental health problems. However, these days, emotions such as fear, stress, sadness, and anxiety are becoming more and more intense. As flight attendants say, “put on the oxygen mask first,” I realize that I have to take care of myself.

That’s why I deliberately started working to stay positive all day long. It’s an ongoing challenge, but I think it’s very important to my mental health. I’ve written before about how journaling helped me stay positive during a pandemic. But I wanted to share 10 more ways I could work to pursue positiveness.

1.1. Limit exposure to media and social media. Overconsumption of social media and news surrounding the pandemic has led to more mental health challenges. Consider blocking parts of the day, such as 30 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the evening, rather than consuming social media and news randomly throughout the day.

2.2. Remake your thoughts. When we are defeated, it’s easy to think negatively. In many cases, these automatic thoughts are not true and need to be replaced with more balanced thoughts. For example, some people are struggling financially these days. They may think “I am very irresponsible”. I’m not going to get out of this hole. Instead, they said, “When I see all my debt, I’m overwhelmed. But there’s a small action I can take now to get out of debt.”

3.3. Use the mantra. Having a statement to say to yourself will help silence the negative voice in your head. Examples include “can be difficult” and “it’s okay”. What is your mantra? Choose the one that suits you and tell yourself well. That way, when negative thoughts sneak into your head, your mantra is right there and you can pull it out.

4.4. Find your passion. Find something that will bring you joy, and then make time for it. Maybe there’s something that made you happy by dropping out of your routine. Are you exercising, watching the sunset, painting, or something else? Bringing it back to your life or adding something new in small quantities can exponentially change your own view of happiness.

5.5. I listen to music. Uplifting music is a powerful tool for uplifting. The body releases the soothing hormone dopamine. Personally, I love finding music that creates positive memories for the first time in a while. It’s beautiful to revisit the positive feelings I had during the period when the music reminded me.

6.6. Surround yourself with positive people. Even positive people can suffer negatively if they are surrounded by scary and anxious people. Be sure to include people in your life who can find good things in this difficult time and recognize that there are opportunities to evolve during the pandemic.

7. Do something good for someone. Help someone and get out of your head. When you do good deeds for someone, it not only improves the mood of the person you helped, but also your mood and the mood of the person who witnessed the good deeds. A great way to experience this is to volunteer.

8.8. Make a list. Make a note of what you are most proud of about yourself. Put the list in the trafficked part of your home so you can read it every day. Talking to a loved one is a matter of course, so please read it carefully.

9.9. write a letter. Pick up a pen and paper and write a thank-you letter by hand. Remember to share with them what you think makes them special. This act shows you the depth of human tenderness and how it contributes to your own well-being.

10.10. Get out. Now is a great time to go out in nature while incorporating the changing seasons. This time is a good memory to remind you that what goes up must go down. And what comes down needs to go up. Life is not just what you experience today.

But you choose to bring positiveness to your life. Just remember to be aware of the world around you. In fact, research shows that denying negative thoughts requires three positive thoughts. Negative messages are everywhere, but there are tools to counteract them so you can lead a more positive and healthy life.

Simply put, gratitude is the fastest and easiest way to joy. An attitude of gratitude immediately puts out a positive vibration into the universe. When you put that positive energy out there, positive energy comes back to you. If you are feeling down or depressed, try focusing on something that you are grateful for and see what happens.

How can I be more grateful about my life?

Like a bee spreading pollen from flower to flower, soon there will be a field of gratitude flowers growing around you. Like any habit,recognizing gratitude takes some time. Here are six tips to help inspire you to be your most positive self:

What you focus on grows.

It is just as easy to focus on the good as it is to focus on the negative. Shift your focus to what you love about your life, your spouse or your child. Be grateful for the sunshine, the changing colors of the leaves in fall, or the beautiful sunsets. Look for things to be grateful for in your day. Keep it simple and small. Finish these sentences: I am so blessed to… I feel lucky that…

Gratitude is the habit that keeps on giving.

Get up, brush your teeth, make your bed and feel grateful everyday. Put sticky notes on your bathroom mirror that say, “I am grateful for…” Find a way to start each day with gratitude. I often think about positive things before I get out of bed, that way I am set to begin my day. Another fun thing I do is to send positive loving energy to everyone I see during the day. At the end of the day I am filled with so much joy. It really works.

No more judgement and no more gossip!

When you are in gratitude, you are not judging others. People can feel that and it is contagious. When you are grateful for them, they in turn become more grateful for your presence. Have you ever been in a conversation when someone is criticizing another person and you immediately start thinking, “I wonder what she says about me?” The same is true when you say nice things about people. Everything is energy; what you say has a powerful vibration. Choose your words carefully. Judging others is the opposite of being grateful. I am sure that you can find something to be grateful about for everyone – your difficult boss, your teenager, or your spouse. Judging others is a habit also – just not a good one.

Add gratitude to your bedtime routine.

Say out loud three things you are grateful for before you go to bed or write them in a gratitude journal. This sets you up for a lovely sleep filled with positive intentions. It takes only a few minutes and will easily become a part of your evening ritual.

Go on a news fast!

It is hard to feel grateful when you are inundated with negativity. Let’s face it, our news media only focuses on real disasters and the potential for more of them. The truth is the world is full of good people doing amazing things. We just don’t hear enough about them. Follow positive people on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Be inspired by all the wonderful people out there. Share their posts, encourage them and see how good you feel. Rescue organizations post wonderful photos about people helping animals. I smile as I scroll through my Instagram feed at night. Stop listening to terror alerts, flu breakouts and news of yet another mass shooting. It only fills your heart and mind with fear.

Practice makes perfect!

During the day try telling three people something you are grateful for about them or someone else you both know. Tell your pets you love them; they really feel the energy and love you back unconditionally.

Be grateful for yourself!

I have saved the hardest for last. In order for you to have a true attitude of gratitude you have to feel grateful for yourself. Make a list of things you like about yourself. Look in the mirror for a full minute and say them out loud. This isn’t easy, but it works. When you are authentically positive and grateful for yourself, people feel it and it gets reflected back to you. What could be better than that!

Everyday Power ► Articles About Motivation ► How to be more positive and grateful about your life

We’ve all heard that a relationship “takes work,” but what does that mean exactly?

Frankly, it sounds like drudgery. Who wants to spend hours at an office only to come home to job number two? Wouldn’t it be more pleasant to think of your relationship as a source of comfort, fun, and pleasure?

Of course, it would. That said, here are some basic fixes if things feel stagnant if the good times are becoming few and far between, if arguing is your main form of communication, or if you just feel that you need a tune-up. And they might even be enjoyable.

How to maintain a healthy relationship doesn’t need to be a long winding, complex process.

Allow me to elaborate and as you read on, you may just find it pretty resourceful to keep a healthy relationship.

1. Don’t argue over money

It’s practically a guaranteed relationship killer. If you haven’t yet had a conversation about how money is earned, spent, saved, and shared, do it now. Try to get an understanding of how each of you sees your financial life, and where the differences are. Then address them.

2. Try not to focus on trifles

Is it worth fighting about? More to the point, is it really a trifle? Often a seemingly minor issue is a manifestation of a larger problem. Do you want to know how to make a relationship strong? Talk about what’s really bothering you, instead of how loud the TV is. It’s really that simple.

3. Share your thoughts

Your hopes. Your fears. Your passions. Let your partner know who you really are. Set aside some time each day just to talk about the things that are important to each of you, as individuals. This is one of the most crucial things to do to make your relationship stronger.

4. Be friendly

Treat your partner the way you’d treat a good and trusted friend: with respect, consideration, and kindness. It will go a long way in fostering a strong relationship.

5. Resolve arguments together

When couples fight, it’s all too easy to get locked into a win/lose dynamic. Think of your disagreement as a problem for you both to solve, not a fight for you to win. Think of saying “we” before giving in to the temptation of casting blame on the other person.

6. Show affection daily

Sex is one thing. Holding hands, a hug, a squeeze on the arm – all create connection and trust. If you’re not getting as much attention as you want, let it be known.

7. Focus on the positive

What do you appreciate about your partner? What first attracted you? What do you treasure about your life together? Focus on the positivity to make the relationship strong.

8. Be supportive

Nothing kills a buzz like a negative or absent response to something you’re enthusiastic about.

9. Words plus deeds

Saying “I love you” carries much more weight when you consistently do things that your partner values.

10. Recognize that all relationships have ups and downs

Think long-term. Your relationship is an investment, as the stock market. Ride out the downtimes. With the right kind of attention, they will be temporary.

11. Respect each other when arguing

It is all too tempting to use whatever ammunition you’ve got in the heat of battle. Ask yourself, where will it get you? A partner who is likely to come to your side, or one who will get even more defensive? Ask your partner how they see the problem.

12. Have each other’s back

And, let that be known, t hat’s how you keep a relationship strong.

13. Set goals as a couple

Talk about how you want your relationship to look in a year, five years, ten years. Then work toward that goal.

14. Make your partner a priority

That is why you’re in this relationship in the first place.

This is how to keep a relationship strong and happy. Following these tips will get you closer to your spouse and improve the quality of your relationship. Relationships, against what is commonly believed, are not as difficult to maintain as they are made out to be. Inculcating some habits and behaviors in your day to day life is sufficient to keep your relationship strong, healthy, and happy.

Even though I’m a yoga teacher, I still find it’s easy to fall prey to negative thinking. Having negative thoughts play out like a movie can only bring you pain, something that I’ve experienced many times throughout my life.

Negative thoughts drain you of energy and keep you from being in the present moment. The more you give in to your negative thoughts, the stronger they become. I like the imagery of a small ball rolling along the ground, and as it rolls, it becomes bigger and faster.

That’s what one small negative thought can turn into: a huge, speeding ball of ugliness. On the contrary, a small positive thought can have the same effect blossoming into a beautiful outcome.

I’d like to share with you an example of how one small thought can turn into a very negative experience.

I have lived on my own for the last ten years. Obviously, during this time I’ve grown accustomed to living in a particular way; I have my routines with cooking, cleaning, and living happily in my place.

My boyfriend of two years, who I have had a long distance relationship with, will soon be moving here and we will be living together. Lately I’ve had negative thoughts of moving in with him knowing that my living routine will have to change and we will have to create a new routine together.

Unfortunately, I’ve already jumped into the future and have had thoughts that we will not be able to come up with a living arrangement that will make us both happy. In my mind I have seen myself already getting angry about our cooking and cleaning situation.

He came for a surprise visit this past weekend, and boy, was it a surprise for him. We had a miserable weekend together.

I did not enjoy his company because I was already angry with him, and he was confused and equally frustrated with me. What could have been a really fabulous weekend ended up being a painful and heavy weekend.

When we start to have negative thoughts, it’s hard to stop them. And it’s much easier said than done to shift your focus to positive thoughts. But it’s the only way, especially if you want to avoid going down a path that is painful and unnecessary.

Here are ten things I did to help overcome my negative thoughts that you can also try:

1. Meditate or do yoga.

One of the first things I did was head to a yoga class. It took my focus away from my thoughts and brought my attention to my breath. Yoga is also very relaxing, which helped ease my mind. Yoga helped me stay present to my experience so instead of jumping to what could happen, it brought me back to the now—the only moment, the most important moment.

2. Smile.

I didn’t do much of this during the weekend, so I literally had to bring myself in front of a mirror and force myself to smile. It really does help change your mood and relieve stress. I also felt lighter because it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown.

3. Surround yourself with positive people.

I called a friend who I knew could give me constructive yet loving feedback. When you’re stuck in a negative spiral, talk to people who can put things into perspective and won’t feed your negative thinking.

4. Change the tone of your thoughts from negative to positive.

For example, instead of thinking, “We are going to have a hard time adjusting to our living situation,” think, “We will face some challenges in our living situation, but we will come up with solutions that we will both be happy with.”

5. Don’t play the victim. You create your life—take responsibility.

The way I was thinking and acting, you would think I was stuck. Even if our living situation becomes unbearable, there is always a way out. I will always have the choice to make change happen, if need be.

6. Help someone.

Take the focus away from you and do something nice for another person. I decided to make a tray of food and donate it to the Salvation Army. It took my mind off of things and I felt better for helping someone else.

7. Remember that no one is perfect and let yourself move forward.

It’s easy to dwell on your mistakes. I felt terrible that I acted this way and that I wasted our weekend. The only thing I can do now is learn from my mistakes and move forward. I definitely don’t want to have a weekend like that again.

8. Sing.

I don’t remember lyrics very well and it’s probably the reason that I don’t enjoy singing, but every time I do sing I always feel better. When we sing, we show our feelings and this provides an amazing stress relief.

9. List five things that you are grateful for right now.

Being grateful helps appreciate what you already have. Here’s my list: my cats, health, a six-week trip to Asia, a new yoga class that I’ll be teaching, and for my mom’s biopsy coming out clean.

10. Read positive quotes.

I like to place Post-It notes with positive quotes on my computer, fridge door, and mirror as reminders to stay positive. Also, I’d like to share with you a quote by an unknown author that was shared in a meditation class that I attended:

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Whether you realize it or not, the negative experiences you have lived through often influence your decisions. Your brain learns from difficult situations and painful memories, and these experiences get sealed into your brain.

Your brain naturally wants to do whatever it can to protect you by avoiding a recurrence of the negative experience. However, continually focusing on the negative can hinder our ability to find the positive and live a happy life.

Success is based on recognizing and going after opportunities as they present themselves — and that often requires having the inner fortitude to take a chance and navigate difficult waters. The more you exude positivity, the better your chances of finding lasting success and happiness. All it takes is a little training and focus, and you can rewire your brain toward the positive.

1. Release your inner negativity.

If you allow yourself to dwell on the negative, then habitual skepticism will run your life and influence your decisions. You are effectively resigning yourself to a cycle of hesitation and distrust. It is hard, if not impossible, to build success when you have resigned yourself to negativity.

The first step is to let your negativity go. It’s time to focus on the affirmative. Take control of your mind and direct it toward the positive. You can start doing this by deliberately and frequently centering your thoughts on things that make you happy. Stop letting negatives limit your potential and drag you down.

Start consciously taking a different approach to your thinking. One simple tip is to spend a moment calming your mind when you are feeling frazzled, stressed or distracted. Slow things down. Take a few deep breaths and empty your mind of negative thoughts. Focus on filling your lungs with air. Now you are ready for a positive reboot.

2. Retrain your brain to flip negatives into positives.

Even after years of subconsciously focusing on the negative, it is possible to retrain your brain to perceive and focus on the positive. The idea is to recognize and center your thoughts on the silver linings that are embedded in any negative situation.

The first step is to become aware of your thinking patterns. Start paying more attention to the flow of your thoughts. Is your brain preoccupied by constantly focusing on negative outcomes? Are you stuck in a loop of cynical thinking? Recognize that negative thinking isn’t going to support you in creating long-term success. You need a balanced mind as you decide on which opportunities are the best to take.

The next step is to retrain your brain to see positive patterns. Instead of scrutinizing a situation to spot the negatives, we need to teach our brains to redirect our thoughts and scan for the positives.

One simple way to begin doing this is to scan for three daily positive things. Every day, make a list of three good things that happened to you and reflect on what caused them to happen. Focus on the little wins you have each day and use those to empower and motivate yourself.

3. Learn the art of pivoting from negative thoughts.

Once you recognize that you are caught in a continuous loop of negative reoccurring thoughts, it’s time to break free by pivoting.

Ask yourself what the opposite of the negative thought is. If you were to turn 180 degrees away from this antagonistic thinking, where would you find yourself? Focus on thinking about something from a positive perspective. Practice visualizing a more positive outcome. Then think about the steps you need to take to make that happen.

If you tend to be anxious or apprehensive, pay attention to when you are feeling that way. What causes those emotions? When you feel yourself slipping into a negative cycle of anxiety or worry, remind yourself that these negative thoughts are holding you back from making positive choices in your life. Consider how you can reframe your thoughts into a more positive perspective. Find a confident and assertive alternative to a negative impulse.

Recognize that your mind will want to slip back into old patterns, and remind yourself that you’re reconditioning yourself to have positive thoughts and take positive actions. Once you develop the habit of pivoting toward the positive, your brain will become predisposed to doing so.

4. Create a cycle of joy by paying it forward.

When we are nice to others — when we engage in acts of kindness and make others feel good — we boost our own happiness. Even small acts that make others smile can bring us joy. Doing something nice is also a powerful way to halt a negativity loop.

For instance, you may be feeling anxious about an upcoming meeting or stressed about a recent interaction with a friend or colleague, and your usual pattern of thinking is to worry about it. Instead of fretting, try doing something compassionate for another person.

You’ll find that taking a moment to do a small favor, buy someone a cup of coffee or help a stranger out can give you a little boost. It’s like an instant shot of happiness. Use those positive feelings to channel your thinking into a positive pattern.

5. Bring positivity into the present moment.

To truly reprogram your mind to be more positive, you have to bring positivity into your everyday life. You have to focus on having a positive outlook in your present moment.

Not tomorrow. Not next week. Right now. You can do this through the practice of mindfulness, which is being aware of your thoughts and feelings in the present moment. It’s about recognizing your emotions, what your body is sensing and what you are thinking about, and allowing these sensations to occur without judging them.

You can then harness this awareness to redirect your thoughts. Once you get into the habit of mindfulness, you are no longer allowing your subconscious mind to drive your decisions. You are teaching your brain to sense when you are slipping into negativity and take action toward the positive. It allows you to focus your thoughts and attention toward a more balanced and positive approach.

To help redirect your thoughts, try writing down a list of questions you can ask yourself to bring positivity into your present moment. Here are some examples:

• What can I feel grateful about right now?
• What can I do right now that is fun or gives me joy?
• How can I demonstrate love or gratitude right now?
• What is something I can do to surprise someone or give someone else happiness right now?

As you get into the habit of continually checking in with yourself and directing your thoughts toward the positive, it will eventually become second nature.

Kindness can change your life and your perspective.

Studies also prove people who give to others report feeling happier. What’s more, givers are more likely to continue to do so in the future.

Giving doesn’t have to be expensive; it just needs to be genuine.

To show your employees and coworkers kindness, a simple gesture like lending a helping hand during a tough project can be enough. Or, if a coworker’s car is in the shop, offer to carpool to work.

Regularly doing meaningful gestures will make you feel good, and it creates a more harmonious environment at work and in life in general. Scattering kindness is shown to improve relationships, reduce stress, and even lower blood pressure.

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, we wanted to share a list of ways to spread kindness.

Here’s 14 ways to offer acts of kindness at work:

1. Create a Kindness Bulletin Board

Decorate a bulletin board with kindness quotes. Save an open space for employees to write positive, uplifting messages about one another. It can be anonymous, and it’s a great way to lift one another up for everyone to see.

2. Start a Birthday Party Fund

Most people enjoy celebrating their birthdays. If you’ve ever been in a workplace where no one so much as mutters “Happy Birthday” on your day, it can be a bummer. Celebrate the people you work with by creating a special birthday party fund. Use the funds for a small gift or even a party to celebrate monthly birthdays together.

3. Bring in Coffee for Coworkers

Surprise everyone with freshly-brewed coffee from a favorite local coffee shop or chain. Coworkers who aren’t morning people will especially appreciate the gesture. It’ll be a nice change from the usual office coffee options, too. If you bring creamer, don’t forget dairy-free options for those intolerant of dairy. They’ll really appreciate your thoughtfulness in letting them indulge, too.

4. Start Every Meeting with a Kindness Quote

It gives employees a nice thought to ponder on. Some great quotes to start with:

• “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” — Unknown
• “Give away kindness like you’ve got a hole in your pocket.” — Bob Goff
• “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop

5. Open the Door for Someone

In a world where we are always rushing, look for opportunities to slow down and help others. A simple and often overlooked gesture: opening the door. Whether it’s for colleagues coming into a meeting or an elderly customer struggling with a heavy door, it takes seconds to help someone out.

6. Write a Thank You Card

Handwritten thank you notes are a rarity these days. Think of a coworker or supervisor who has done something you really appreciate and let them know about it in a thank you card.

7. Help Someone Carrying Too Much

See a coworker struggling with a ton of items in their hands? Ask to help out. Their grateful smile will be all the thanks you’ll need. If you see a coworker or employee struggling emotionally, reach out and ask how you can help. They may just need a listening ear.

8. Smile

Smiling is good for all of us. When we purposefully smile, it actually changes our brain chemistry in positive ways. When we genuinely smile (showing laugh lines and all!), it helps us bond with others. Next time you’re walking down the hall, smile at the people you pass. They’ll more than likely give you a smile right back.

9. Write and Share Kind Notes

Randomly, leave nice notes on someone’s desk. There’s so many ways to do it: make a smiley face note, offer a compliment on a recent project they did, or leave a thought-provoking quote. Whether you sign your name or not, a kind note can help someone go from an okay day to a great day.

10. Have Meaningful Conversations

Small talk is great for the elevator. It’s not so great for developing authentic and personal relationships in the workplace. By engaging in conversations about topics other than work projects, it gives others a chance to see the “real you” and not just the working version of you. Talk about your dog, your kids, your parents. Ask coworkers about vacation plans and even their weekend plans. Dig a little to find out what interests the other person. Follow-up and engage regularly to build meaningful connections.

11. Celebrate One Another

Whether an employee or coworker accomplishes a big or small goal, celebrate it. Give a shoutout in a meeting. Or, go big and silly. Decorate their cubicle or desk with confetti, balloons, and a card to celebrate their milestone — whatever that may be. It’ll bring a smile to their face, and it serves as a reminder that they are appreciated.

12. Offer Help on a Project

If you see a colleague struggling with a project, offer to help out. Set clear boundaries, of course, by letting them know you’re there to assist and not take over. If you’ve had experience with a similar project, your insight and guidance will likely be appreciated.

13. Give a Genuine Compliment

Think of the last time you received a nice compliment. It’s kind of like a hug for the brain. When you offer genuine compliments, it makes the other person feel appreciated, seen, and sometimes even loved. Simple phrases like, “I appreciate you and your hard work” or “You really excel at _____. ” can make all the difference in working relationships.

14. Pass out Valentine’s Day Cards

Cheesy as it may be, passing out Valentine’s Day cards is a fun way to show coworkers you care about them. Add a kindness quote or a compliment and pass the cards out the morning of Valentine’s Day. It’ll cheer up the office and maybe even bring back some nostalgia from earlier school days.

Kindness Matters at Work and in Life

In our often crazy world, it’s sometimes hard to see kindness. What if you could change that starting in your own workplace?

As an interpersonal skill, kindness teaches us to be generous, warm, and selfless. By offering thoughtful gestures, it connects people in ways that can’t be achieved any other way.

Kindness matters just as much in workplace relationships as it does in personal ones. Plus, it makes you happier and healthier overall by reducing stress effects and boosting immunity.

Plus, it’s contagious. In a good way.

Consider doing a kindness challenge in your workplace. It can be simple — smiling at everyone, opening the door for strangers, etc. for at least a week.

Have employees report back (in meetings or even on social media) on how being kinder is changing their lives. It’ll inspire transformations to create a positive, altruistic work culture in ways only kindness can.

How do you spread kindness in your workplace? We’d love to hear your ideas in the comments below!

Share this article:

15 First Day on the Job Tips

It’s human nature for new co-workers and colleagues to form perceptions about the “type” of person you are based on initial impressions. These snap judgments can turn into long-term perceptions that may impact your career trajectory, and ultimately success, at an organization. That’s good news for people who make a positive impression. But if you make a negative first impression, it could haunt you — and your career — for a long time. This article explores 15 first day on the job tips.

1. Arrive early, stay late

A punctual arrival shows that you are organized, value your work, and are considerate of your co-workers’ time.

In addition, be aware of the company culture as it relates to the workday. When do people typically leave? Even if the workday is advertised as 9 to 5, leaving at 5 won’t score you any points if everyone else is staying until 6.

Follow the lead of your colleagues in the beginning. Once you are secure in your position you may be able to ask for more flexibility.

2. Dress the part

Whether you like it or not, people will judge you on how you look. In most situations, work is not the place to show off your Goth leanings or your love for all things hippy.To convey a message of reliable, organized, trustworthy, and efficient, dress professionally. If your work dress code is more relaxed, you can relax yours as well, but do so after people have gotten to know you.

3. Show up with a positive attitude

Be pleasant, enthusiastic, and friendly with everyone you come in contact with. Tackle all duties with eagerness, and never, ever complain about a particular duty, your job in general, or your co-workers or colleagues.

Being positive is one of the best ways to make a lasting first impression.

4. Ask for help

It’s tempting to want to prove your competence the first days on the job. But no matter how skilled and knowledgeable you are, you won’t have all the answers.

Rather than complete a job incorrectly, ask your co-workers and colleagues for help when you need it. No one expects you to know everything, and asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness!

5. Take initiative

It’s common to feel overlooked or as if you’re not really needed as it’s figured out where you fit in. Once you’ve completed certain duties, don’t hide in your cubicle until someone tells you what to do next.

Instead, seek out your boss, tell him or her you’ve completed the assigned task, and ask what you can do next. When extra duties come up and you don’t have a full plate, raise your hand and volunteer to do them.

6. Check your personal life at the door

Sharing that you’re in debt up to your ears may cause others to view you as irresponsible, disorganized, or careless — qualities that aren’t appreciated in the workplace.

Keep your personal problems to yourself, and avoid using company time to solve them.

7. Socialize with your co-workers

Does your workplace have a softball team, a cooking club, or simply a group of people who go out for drinks every Tuesday night? Be sure to join them.

Not only does this build rapport and solidify relationships, it also shows that you’re a team player.

8. Avoid office politics and gossip

Stay far away from the rumor mill, and avoid associating with people who are powering it.

Talking trash or spreading rumors is considered negative behavior that has a divisive effect on the workplace.

9. Stay out of the limelight

It’s very tempting to highlight what you know the first few days on the job. After all, you want co-workers to know how qualified and competent you are.

But constantly putting yourself in the spotlight will give you nothing but an unflattering rep as a “know-it-all.” Instead, listen to others, be open-minded about their suggestions and approaches, and share your knowledge without forcing it on others.

10. Say “thank you” often

You’ll likely enjoy a success or two (even if they’re small) your first few days on the job. When you do, be sure to share credit with those who helped you.

Make it your policy to thank those who answer your questions, pitch in their time, or otherwise make your job easier.

11. Own up to your mistakes

Just like you’re likely to enjoy successes, you’ll also make a few mistakes your first few days on the job.

When you do, own up to them, and develop a plan to fix them. Never point fingers or blame your mistakes on others.

12. Be organized

The first few days on the job can feel like landing in a foreign country, as most organizations have their own unique rhythms.

Develop a system to keep track of meetings, projects, and deadlines. Missing an important deadline or failing to show up to a critical meeting will label you unreliable, undisciplined, and inefficient.

13. Have lunch with different people

Instead of waiting for them to invite you, invite your co-workers to lunch.

Lunching with colleagues will help you build a rapport with them, and will also put you on the fast track toward understanding company culture.

14. Get to know the company

Don’t stop researching once you’ve landed the position!

Read all possible literature provided by the company, keep up with what’s happening in the news with the company and their competitors, and keep track of their social media efforts through sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.

15. Celebrate the positive first impression you’ve made

Be confident in all the steps you have taken to show co-workers and colleagues who you really are. When you appear confident you appear successful, and that’s key to making a great first impression!

A great first impression can lead to career success

A great first impression can open doors, while a poor one can slam them shut.

By following the tips in this article, you’ll increase your chances of making a positive first impression — the kind that can have a long-lasting impact on your career and success.

Amy Morin, LCSW, is the Editor-in-Chief of Verywell Mind. She's also a psychotherapist, international bestselling author and host of the The Verywell Mind Podcast.

Daniella Amato is a biomedical scientist and fact checker with expertise in pharmaceuticals and clinical research.

Image Source / Digital Vision / Getty Images

The term positive discipline may sound a little hokey. After all, can punishment really be positive? And shouldn't discipline sting in order to teach your child a lesson?

Before you jump to any conclusions, however, consider that positive discipline may be an effective way to teach your children valuable life lessons. While it still involves giving kids negative consequences for misbehavior, it also involves taking steps to prevent behavior problems before they start.

Build a Positive Relationship

Positive discipline uses an authoritative approach, where a child’s feelings are taken into consideration. Children are encouraged to share their feelings as well as discuss their mistakes, ideas, and problems openly. Parents then work with the child on resolving issues while modeling respectful communication.

Spend quality time with your children each day to build a healthy relationship. Quality time can include playing, talking, and simply enjoying one another’s company.

Also, make time to talk to your child about the feelings they experienced throughout the day. For example, ask them when during the day they felt the saddest and when they felt the happiest.

Then, share the same about your day. This provides an opportunity to learn about one another and build a strong foundation for the relationship while also teaching about feelings.

Use Encouragement Liberally

Positive discipline focuses on encouragement over praise. Instead of praising kids for a job well done, focus on your child's efforts—even the outcome isn't successful.

Encouragement can help kids recognize their full potential. It also teaches them to be more independent as they will begin to see what they are capable of doing on their own. Help your child feel appreciated and recognized, as positive discipline is based on the belief that all kids need to feel a deep sense of belonging.

Modeling how to handle mistakes is an important part of positive discipline. So when you mess up, make sure to apologize to your child. This teaches kids the importance of taking responsibility for their own behaviors and shows the importance of learning from mistakes.

Problem-Solve Together

Caregivers are encouraged to hold meetings to problem-solve issues as they arise. This teaches children the necessary problem-solving skills while providing them with opportunities to share their opinions. Mutual respect is an important part of the process.

When your child exhibits behavior problems sit down together and talk about it. Say something like, "You haven't done your chores two nights this week. What can we do about that?"

You may find your child is invested in creating solutions. And when she's invested in the process, she'll be more motivated to do better.

Focus on Teaching

Teaching is an important step in the process. Give your child clear guidelines and explain your expectations ahead of time.

Assign chores and take time to teach your child how to vacuum the carpet or how to make her bed properly. This will eliminate misunderstands about the job.

Use Discipline Instead of Punishments

Positive discipline makes a sharp distinction between discipline and punishment. Consequences are not meant to be punitive, but instead, should teach life lessons that prepare children to become responsible adults.

In positive discipline, time-out is not considered a punishment. Instead, it should be referred to as a positive time out and should take place in a pleasant, comfortable area.

A positive time-out is designed to teach children to take a break when they need to cool down so they can eventually take a time-out on their own without being sent there as a consequence.

Use positive reinforcement strategies that encourage good behavior. Reward programs, sticker charts, and token economy systems can go a long way to discouraging bad behavior.

When to Use Positive Discipline

Positive discipline can work well with preschool kids through teenagers. Many schools encourage teachers to use positive discipline in the classroom by employing the same principles.

Positive discipline is likely to be effective with any caregiver and can help ensure that children are learning from their mistakes.

Mark Wyciślik-Wilson
Mark Wyciślik-Wilson
Writer

Mark Wyciślik-Wilson is a software fiend and a fan of the new, shiny, and intriguing. His work has appeared everywhere from TechRadar and BetaNews to Lifehacker UK. Read more.

Skype is one of those services that’s loved and hated in equal measure. If you find that you ‘have’ to use it because it is the only way some of your contacts will communicate, you’ll be pleased that it’s no longer necessary to have a messaging client installed – it can all be done from within a browser… with a plugin installed.

Editor’s Note: I’m not really sure that there’s much of a difference between using Skype on the desktop and via a plugin in the browser. Either way, you’re installing software… so it’s really up to you whether you want to do this or that.

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype should have made it clear that there were going to be developments on the horizon. If you’re an Outlook.com user, you can chat, and even conduct audio and video calls using the Skype for Outlook.com preview.

The new feature is made available through the use of a plugin, and this is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. If you’re using another browser such as Opera or Safari, you’re going to have to stick with the main Skype app.

Start by heading over to the Skype website and click the ‘Sign in’ link at the top of the page and then click the ‘Microsoft account’ link in the ‘Sign in’ section.

Sign into your Microsoft account. And if you already have a Skype account associated with another email address, you can opt to merge the two – just click the ‘I have a Skype account’ or ‘I’m new to Skype’ button.

Click the ‘Merge accounts’ button after signing into your existing account.

Now head over to Outlook.com and sign into your Microsoft account. You may find that there is a Messaging panel visible to the right hand side of the page, but if this cannot be seen, click the speech bubble button to the far right of the toolbar.

Just what you see in the right hand messaging panel will depend on what you have been using your Microsoft account for so far – you may have already linked it to some other services.

Beneath the ‘Add people to chat to’ heading, click the ‘Skype contacts’ link.

As we mentioned, Skyping through Outlook is enabled through the use of a plugin, and you’ll be invited to install it now – just click the ‘Get started’ button.

Click ‘I agree – continue’ and you’ll be directed to the Skype plugin download. This takes the form of a .msi file that needs to be downloaded and executed.

When the installation is complete, close the popup window and return to Outlook.com. You may need to refresh the page and re-enable the messaging sidebar.

Click in the search bar and a list of available contacts will be shown for you to select from – of course you can also perform a search for someone specific.

Click a contact name and you can start a regular text-based chat.

At the top of the messaging pane are buttons to start an audio or video call. Click one of these and a separate pop out window will be used to house your chat complete with a Skype app-style look.

• › How to Show Your Work Hours and Location in Google Calendar
• › You Can Finally Move WhatsApp Chats From iPhone to Android
• › How to Print Double-Sided on Windows 11
• › Samsung Galaxy Phones Are Getting Grammarly Installed by Default
• › How to Enable Cookies in Google Chrome

Mark Wyciślik-Wilson
Mark Wyciślik-Wilson is a software fiend and a fan of the new, shiny, and intriguing. His work has appeared everywhere from TechRadar and BetaNews to Lifehacker UK.
Read Full Bio »

Hello friends, Today I will tell you a method to use Skype Without Microsoft Account. You can even use Skype without Signup. Users can easily use Skype on their Windows PC/Laptops without signup. I will also tell you a method to signup for Skype without Microsoft Account.

What is Skype?

Skype is the most famous and popular Voice and Video calling service which is for everyone who wants to use Skype. Skype is offered by Microsoft. Basically, Skype is an instant messaging service which allows you to chat, text and make a video call, voice call also to send documents like images, videos, etc. to anyone in the world with which would you like.

As Skype is a part of Microsoft Corporation. In an earlier time, Microsoft does not offer anyone to use Skype without signing up. Though, later on, Microsoft modified its policies and now allows everyone to use Skype without signing up. Yes, you heard right. You don’t have to make any registration to use Skype for to use video or voice service.

Create Skype Account without Microsoft

Skype now supports the system that it allows you to create a Skype account without having any Microsoft account. Yes, you can use any mailing service such as Yahoo mail, Hotmail, Gmail, Rediff Mail, etc. Even, you can also create your Skype account with your phone number also.

Signup for Skype without Microsoft Account

Yes, Skype is a part of Microsoft Corporation. Also, Skype is offered by Microsoft Corporation. But, you can sign up for Skype account Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft allows you to sign up for a Skype account without having Microsoft account. Microsoft says that the users can sign up easily to Skype by their existing mailing services like Gmail, Hotmail, Rediff mail and much more.

1. Go to the Skype .
2. Now, click on “Sign up”.
3. Then, click on the “Next” button.
4. Done! Skype account created.

We are now going to see that how we can use Skype without having Microsoft account. Yes, it is possible to use Skype without Microsoft account. Read below given all steps carefully and learn how easy it is to use Skype.

1. Visit Skype website.
2. Then, click on “Start a conversation” button.
3. Now, enter your full name and again click on “Start a conversation” button.
4. Now, let Skype do some work for you.
5. After that, copy the link and share it with who would you like to chat.
6. Lastly, the guest page will be opened where you can chat, call, etc.

That’s it! Now you can use Skype without Microsoft Account. You can easily create and start a conversation on skype.

Last Words on How to Use Skype Without Microsoft Account – 2 Best Methods

We have shared both the method. In the first method, you can even create Skype account without Microsoft Account and In second method you can use Skype Without Microsoft Account. If you have any query regarding this trick. Then, do make a comment below and don’t forget to share this article with your friends.

User guides relating to IT access, software, services, security, requests, and training.

This article covers how users who do not have a Skype for Business account can attend a Skype for Business meeting using the Skype for Business Web App.

Minimum hardware/software requirements: Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.8 with Internet Explorer 11 or Firefox 12 or Safari 5 or Chrome 18. For more on requirements, view this article from Microsoft.

Other requirements: microphone and speakers. Optional accessories: webcam or headset.

These instructions are intended for non-CSUF users who do not have a Skype for Business account.

1. Open the meeting request and click Join Skype Meeting.

2. If you see an authentication required pop-up window, click Cancel.

3. Click Sign in as a guest to the meeting.

4. Enter your name, select Install Skype for Business Web App plug-in, and then click Join the meeting.

1. Type your name.
2. Check the box next to Install Skype for Business Web App plug-in.
3. Click Join the meeting.

5. Download and install the plug-in.

Download and run the installation wizard. The specific steps will vary depending on your browser.

Depending on your browser, you may need to click Allow to run the Skype for Business Web App.

7. Click Allow and Remember.

You may need to click Allow and Remember.

If you see the authentication required screen again, click Cancel.

9. Type your name and click Join the meeting.

You may need to enter this information again.

1. Type your name.
2. Click Join the meeting.

Click Allow to allow the Skype for Business Web App to work with your microphone, speakers, webcam, and/or headset.

10.1. If prompted, click Allow access.

Users on a Windows machine may be prompted to allow the firewall access to Skype for Business. Click Allow access.

Skype is one of the most widely used video chat software used for Text Chat, Video Chat, Conferencing, Screen Sharing and considered a life connect for many users. What if you forget or lose your password? I know it will really hurt however you need not worry as we have got a solution for everything.

If you forget a password to any of your Microsoft accounts such as live.com, outlook.com, hotmail.com, or let’s say Skype Account, it’s not possible to recover the same password though you can reset a new password in few simple steps.

We have covered various ways to resolve Skype login issues, unlock Skype account linked with Microsoft account. Even though your Skype account is not linked with Microsoft account, you can still figure out how to reset Skype password without Microsoft account.

Resetting your Skype password will also reset the password for your Microsoft linked account. Those who have a Microsoft linked account with Skype, need to remember that same password with work for both the accounts.

Forgot Skype User Name?

If you forgot your user name, you may follow below-mentioned steps:

Step 1. Open your browser and open Skype sign in page.

Step 2. On Skype Login page, click on ‘More sign-in’ options and select ‘Forgot my Username’.

Step 3. It will prompt you to enter an alternate email associated with your Microsoft account or registered phone number. Microsoft will send a security code to the registered phone number or alternate email you provided. You need to enter the code and click on ‘Next’.

Microsoft will show you one and all accounts associated with your phone number or alternate email ID you entered. Part of your username would be hidden for security reasons. When you are confirmed that your account is listed as shown, you can click on the account to use Skype online.

Forgot Skype Password?

If you forgot your Skype password, follow below-mentioned steps to reset your password:

Step 1. Go to Microsoft Website and click on the ‘Support’ menu on the top of the page.

Step 2. On Microsoft Support Page, click on ‘Skype’ and click on ‘Reset Password’ from quick links. It will prompt you to enter the Microsoft Account Email, Phone Number or Skype login ID.

Step 3. Enter your Skype login ID or Microsoft Account Email address and click on ‘Next’.

Step 4. It will prompt you to verify the account using a security code. Select the phone number or Email address you want to receive the code on and click on ‘Next’.

Step 5. Enter the code received on Email or Phone number and click on ‘Next’.

The next window you will see will be to enter a new password and re-enter the password to confirm.

Microsoft Skype Account Recovery Form

If you don’t have access to your Email or Phone to verify your identity, you can simply fill up an account recovery form and get a code or link to reset your account.

Step 1. Open Account Recovery Form on your browser.

Step 2. Enter the username, phone number or Email address for the account you are trying to recover.

Step 3. Enter an alternate Email address to receive password reset code or link to process the request. Note: This Email address should be other than the one you are trying to recover.

Step 4. Confirm captcha characters displayed on the screen to prove that you’re not a robot and click on ‘Next’. Next screen will ask you to verify the contact email address.

Step 5. Check your alternate Email account for an Email from Microsoft containing the security code. Enter that code to reset the credentials. Note: This Email may take a few moments to 24 hours depending on the server.

Change or Reset Skype Login Password

If you are already aware of your Skype login password and are able to login properly and want to go for Skype password reset, you can easily Change Or Reset Skype Login Password by following these steps.

Step 1. Login to your Skype Account using your current password.

Step 2. It will directly take you through the Skype password reset process.

Step 3. Enter Current Password, New Password, Re-enter New Password and click on ‘Save’.

Wrapping Up

We have explored options for how to reset Skype password without Microsoft account or with Microsoft account. Now you can easily solve Skype sign in problem and login to your Skype account. These Skype password reset steps are simple and easy to follow.

If this article helped you or you know someone who can be benefited with these steps, do like and share the article. If you have any other issues related to Skype, do share the same in the comment section and we would be happy to help.

There’s no denying the fact that Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Web are solid email managers. They offer diverse options managing emails as well as calendars. And when it comes to scheduling meetings, Outlook allows you to dabble with several services, including Zoom and Skype. So, if you are looking for a way to add Skype meetings to Outlook, you have come to the right place.

Whether it is for business or just catching up with friends, Skype has been around since 2003. Thankfully , the process of setting up a Skype Meeting to Outlook is easy and doesn’t require much time. So, let’s get going.

Also on Guiding Tech

7 Best Fixes for Skype Camera Not Working on Windows 10

How to Add Skype Meeting to Outlook Meeting

Step 1: Before you add a Skype meeting to Outlook, you must check if your Outlook already has the said add-in.

To do so, click on File > Options, and select Add-ins from the menu.

You should notice the said Add-in in the list under Active. Once done, head over to the main window of Outlook and click on Home > New Items.

Step 2: Select New Meeting and you will see the Skype Meeting icon on the ribbon. Now, whenever you click on it, a link for the meeting will be auto-generated and pasted on the meeting body.

Hence, you must pick the start time and end time beforehand. After that, Outlook will generate the corresponding Skype meeting link.

Then you can add the remaining details like Agenda and that’s about it. You just need to send it away.

The good thing about Skype meetings is that Outlook users will view the option to join the Skype meeting at the top of the invite, whereas non-outlook users, such as Gmail users, will see the option to open the Skype web app in their invite. Yep, no mismatch at all.

You will see the reminder pop-up when the meeting draws near just like with most Skype meetings.

However, there are a few things you need to keep in mind before you proceed. For one, Skype and Outlook works only for Skype for Business users. Secondly, the username used in both Skype and Outlook needs to be the same. Otherwise, you will receive a configuration error.

In case you are using two Outlook accounts, make sure you switch to the account which is configured for your Skype account.

You can use Outlook or Outlook Web App to schedule a Skype meeting–the same way you schedule meetings normally but with one or two extra clicks.

Schedule a Skype Meeting using Outlook 2013

To schedule a Skype meeting, you need a sign-in address and password from an organization that uses Skype for Business Server.

Open Outlook, and go to your calendar.

On the Home tab ribbon, in the Skype Meeting section, click New Skype Meeting.

Set up the meeting as you typically would:

In the To box, type the email address of each person you’re inviting, separated by semicolons.

In the Subject box, type a name for the meeting.

If you’ll have in-person attendees, either click Room Finder, in the Options section of the Meeting tab, and then find a room or, in the Location box, type a meeting location, such as a conference room.

Select a start time and end time.

To look for a time that works for everyone, click Scheduling Assistant, in the Show section of the Meeting tab ribbon.

In the meeting area, type an agenda. Be careful not to change any of the Skype meeting information.

Scheduling a meeting with the default options is suitable for small, internal meetings, such as casual meetings with a few coworkers. If you have a meeting with people outside your company, or you’re scheduling a large event, change the meeting options before sending the invites to better fit your meeting requirements. In the meeting request, on the Skype Meeting section of the Meeting ribbon, click Meeting Options, and then select the appropriate options.

(Optional) In the Show section of the Meeting ribbon, click Scheduling Assistant to make sure you have the best time for the meeting.

You’re almost done. Just double-check the information and click Send.

Set up an online meeting using Outlook Web App

In the Office 365 portal, click Outlook, and then click Calendar to open the Calendar app.

Click the plus sign or New just below the App Launcher, and fill in the meeting information as usual.

Can’t find the app you’re looking for? From the app launcher, select All apps to see an alphabetical list of the Microsoft 365 apps available to you. From there, you can search for a specific app.

In the middle of the meeting window, above the message area, click Online meeting.

Call-in details, like a Join online meeting link appear in the message area.

If you’ll have in-person attendees, in Location, type a location for the meeting, such as a conference room, or click Add Room for help finding a conference room.

Tip: To look for a time that works for everyone, click Scheduling Assistant, at the top of the meeting window.

To view settings for who has access to the online meeting, who has to wait for you to admit them into the meeting, and who can present during the meeting, click Online meeting settings (just above the message area).

(Optional) In the meeting area, you can type an agenda or other information about the meeting. Be careful not to change any of the online meeting information.

(Optional) To add a picture or attachment with the agenda, at the top of the meeting window, click the More actions icon (…), click Insert, and then click Attachments or OneDrive files or Pictures inline.

Up until now, Skype for Outlook.com was available to select number of users and only limited number of users had the privilege to make video calls from their Outlook.com account without having to install Skype app or the desktop client.

Today, Microsoft announced that it has rolled out Skype for Outlook.com feature worldwide, meaning that all Outlook.com users will now be able to make HD (High Definition) Skype video calls right from their Outlook.com inbox, without having to leave the web browser.

Outlook.com users who would like to use this newly introduced feature must have to install a small plugin called Skype Web. In addition to all major web browsers available for Windows, the plugin supports Safari on Mac as well, meaning that even Mac users will be able to make HD video calls using Outlook.com.

As the official Skype blog notes, in order to make HD video calls, both users must have HD compatible displays, web cams, messaging clients and broadband internet facility.

Install Skype plugin and make HD video calls from Outlook.com

Step 1: Head over to this page and click Get started button.

Step 2: In the next screen, click I agree-continue button to begin downloading the Skype web plugin. Click Save file button when you see a small dialog box.

Step 3: Double-click on the downloaded Skype web plugin and click Yes button when you see the User Account Control prompt to install the plugin. You don’t need to restart your web browser.

Step 4: Next, sign-in to your Microsoft account.

Step 5: Click on the Chat icon (see screenshot) that appears in the top right corner of the web page, select the person you would like to call and talk and finally, click on the video or video call button to begin calling the selected contact. That’s it!

Skype recently added an interesting new feature that allows anyone to use the free version of the messaging app without an account. To use it without an account, you must use Skype for Web; however, account holders can still join in using a regular Skype client.

This is an extension of a feature Skype rolled out in October 2015, which allowed Skype users to add non-Skype users to their conversations.

When you use Skype’s account-free options, you’re considered a guest. All conversations are based on a unique link that you can share with anyone you want to talk to over Skype. Guest conversation links last for 24 hours and allow up to 300 people to have a text chat, or up to 25 people to participate in a voice or video call.

Guest conversations have most of the features you get with a free account such as screen and file sharing. Skype Translator (the service’s real-time translation tool) is out, as are paid-account features such as phone calls to landlines or mobile phones.

Getting started with account-free Skype

Get started on Skype’s website.

Since this is a web-based service, you start on Skype.com. When you land on the webpage you’ll see a button labeled Start a conversation.

Pick the username you’d like to use for the conversation.

Click that and a small window will pop up asking you to enter your name. Since this is not tied to an account you can use any name you like. I wouldn’t necessarily count on Skype as a way to have a sensitive, anonymous conversation. Just don’t sweat it if you’d rather use a pseudonym.

Once your name is entered, click the Start a conversation button again. Once that’s done, you’ll eventually see a Skype loading screen as Microsoft prepares the account-free conversation.

Skype for Web without an account.

When everything is ready, a Skype for Web conversation window appears. To get other people to join, you have to share the unique web address created for your conversation. You can either copy the link in the left-hand panel or from the big blue box in the main part of the screen. Now share that link as you would any other—via email, Facebook, Twitter, SMS, WhatsApp, etc.

If you’re sending the link to someone on a PC, when they click the conversation link they will have an option to open the Skype app on their PC. If they’d rather not use their account for the conversation, they can just click the Join conversation button to use Skype for Web as a guest. Mobile users can also use the Skype URL to join the conversation from their smartphone or tablet using Skype’s mobile apps.

Setting up a Skype for Business Meeting on behalf of someone else, for example a manager, is similar to setting up one for yourself. First, the person you’re scheduling the meeting for needs to add you as a delegate in their Outlook calendar and in Skype for Business. Then, you can set up Skype for Business Meetings, start impromptu Skype for Business Meetings, and start conference calls on behalf of that person.

Note: To be or have a delegate, you must be using Outlook.

Get set up as a delegate

First, the steps below must be done by the person who is giving delegate access.

In Outlook, click File > Account Settings > Delegate Access > Add.

Find and add the name of the person who is going to be the delegate.

Click the Calendar menu, and select Editor rights.

Start a meeting or call as a delegate

As a delegate, you can access the calendar of the person you’re a delegate for and set up a Skype for Business Meeting just like any other meeting. To schedule a Skype for Business Meeting on behalf of someone you’re a delegate for, simply follow the steps at Set up a Lync Meeting.

As a delegate, you can also start an impromptu meeting, by using the Meet Now feature or a conference call for someone else.

Use Meet Now to start a Skype for Business Meeting

In the Skype for Business main window, click the Options menu, and then click Show Menu Bar.

On the menu bar, click Meet Now.

Click the name of the person who has given you delegate access. This opens a meeting window.

Pause on the people menu to invite participants. Invitees receive an alert that notifies them of a meeting request.

Start a conference call

In your Contacts list, select the names of the invitees, including the person who has given you delegate access, by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and clicking the names.

Right-click the selection, and point to Start a Conference Call.

Point to the name of the person who has given you delegate access, and then click Skype for Business Call.

Introduction: How to Successfully Upload Music/Video to Youtube

By Josh Galambos Josh Gamble" Galambos Follow

Hello again.
I’m Here to help you to simply and Easily Upload your MusicTo Youtube.

Step 1: What You'll Need

Well Maybe Not Everyone Can Get These Programs, But I find this very easy to help upload music to youtube.
I Used;
Abobe Premiere Pro
Abobe Media Encoder
And a Song That You created. (Must be a Mp3 or Mp4 Sound File)

Step 2:

Go to Your Desktop,
Click on The Abobe Premiere Pro Shortcut.

Step 3: Starting Up With Abobe Premiere Pro

When You Clicked on The Shortcut, the program will take a few mins to upload itself.
When Finished, A box will appear and Click on New Project (Which is on the far left)
Then another Box Will appear, Click on the button beside Location, This will save your Work on a folder that you wish to save
it in. Also name Your File that wished to be saved to something Simple that you will be able to find again when finished.
Another Box Will appear again Showing a New Sequence Click on the Bottom And Name Your Sequence to Your choice.
Then You will be shown to the Full Program itself.

Step 4: Importing Your Music

Now Your in The Full Program itself.
You Will need to head To the Top left Corner and Click on File. And And Go Down to Import And A Box will appear And this is Where You Need to extract your Saved Music File (MP3 Sound File) And Click on it

Step 5: Placing in Your Sound File to Abobe Premiere

When You Imported the File and finished downloading.
You’ll see the file itself in the middle Row With the File’s name there
Click and Hold the Sound Icon and Drag it to the Audio Timeline so you can hear your music when the Video is Being played.
(You can Add A Video In the same Format But Into the Video 1 Above the Audio Timeline. By Following the same steps from before.)
When finished Placing the Audio, Go to “File”, Head To “Export” and click on “Media”.

Step 6: Using Abobe Media Encoder

When Finished That, A Box Will appear And Show The Export Settings
(This is Where Your Video will be in a Format To Play on Youtube )
Click on Output name and make sure it’s a Located file that You can Find To Upload Your Music to youtube.
Then Click On Ok.
Then Abobe Media Encoder Box Will appear and Will Start it’s Program
When it’s Finished, It’s Program Will Appear in a Box and Show Your file that wants to be encoded to a movie.
Click on your file, and “Start Queue”

Step 7: Locating Your File From Abobe

Exit the Program of Abobe Encoder
And Go to Your Folder that Was Saved by You.
Check To See if it’s in there. (if Not Retry Again)
When Found head To the Internet.

Step 8: Uploading Your Music to Youtube

When You get To Youtube
You’ll need to have a Account To be able to Upload Videos/Music to youtube. (If You don’t have one. Head To google and Create a Gmail Account)
When You have one now or Already had one Sign in and when in Click on “Upload”
Now Click on “Select File From Your Computer” A Box Will appear and Click On the File that You Saved from Abobe and Click it
The Page itself will head to a different area And will start uploading Your Files. (You can see a Preview of your Music/Video in Blue Font beside the “processing your Video” it will have a Url Format in blue click on it)
When on this page You can Do what you want by Changing the Name of the Music/Video and add in other information to it.
Wait a few mins and head back to Your Channel (Account) on Youtube And the Music/Video Itself will be there!

You Successfully Completed and Easily Uploaded Your Music/Video On youtube!

If you don’t know what is Call Forwarding iPhone AT&T or what is CFU or CFC or never seen like that they didn’t get to frustrate anymore because today our post is also all about this Call Forwarding, Call Forwarding Unconditional (CFU) and Call Forwarding Conditional (CFC). So, all you have to do is just check out and read out this below blog post once thoroughly for understanding everything like that and how to do Call Forwarding iPhone on your Apple device.

The Call Forwarding iPhone feature on the device is hands down the coolest one. Here we are going to show you how to turn it ON and OFF, set conditions like (Unconditional and Conditional) and much more things.

From this Call Forwarding iPhone feature on your Apple device, you can easily forward all the calls from your device to any other phone number. Call forwarding feature is also very useful if you expect to lose mobile phone coverage. Because of your poor network coverage in your area, you want to set up call forwarding so that you can stop missed calls. Call forwarding immediately redirects all calls intended for your mobile smartphone to another number.

Table of Contents

How to Setup & Use Call Forwarding iPhone on your Apple iPhone Devices

Divert calls are also compatible with all Apple phones which have IOS 5 or later. Call Forwarding lets you forward calls from your Apple device to a predefined number (Once the number is added, then your call forwarding feature will be activated).

Your device supports features including call forwarding, call waiting, and conference calls. But did you know that certain features on your iPhone behave differently? So today we are discussing that one feature Call Forwarding iPhone AT&T features here. So just read this below post…

What is Call Forwarding Unconditional (CFU) & Call Forwarding Conditional (CFC)?

Call Forwarding Unconditional (CFU) –

Call Forwarding Unconditional which is also called as (CFU) immediately forwards all the calls to another mobile phone number without allowing the smartphone device to ring.

Now, how to set up Call Forwarding iPhone

• Go to the Home screen
• Now, click on the ‘Settings‘ tab there
• Click on the ‘Phone Settings‘ there
• Now, click on the ‘Call Forwarding‘ option there
• Click on ‘White slider‘ to turn it green
• Now, click on “Forward to” option there
  (Enter the desired number to forward calls to (use your number to have calls forward to your voicemail)
• Now, click on the “Call Forwarding” tab
• After completing, close the tab
• That’s it, done

Call Forwarding Conditional (CFC) –

Call forwarding conditional which is also called as the (CFC) forwards all the incoming calls to another mobile phone number if you cannot answer them (No reply, Unavailable, Busy)

Now, how to cancel Call Forwarding iPhone

• Go to the ‘Home Screen.’
• Now, click on the ‘Settings‘ option there
• Click on the ‘Phone Settings‘ there
• Now, click on the ‘Call Forwarding‘ option there
• Now, click on the ‘Green slider‘ to Turn it ‘white‘ & Cancel Call Forwarding
• After completing, close the tab
• That’s it, done

Forward all the incoming iPhone calls to your landline or another cell smartphone.

So, these are some new methods for doing the Call Forwarding iPhone AT&T device. Hope you like this post and this post will also surely help you for understanding the call forwarding on your smartphone device.

If you are facing any error problem while applying these methods for Call Forwarding iPhone AT&T device, then comment down the error problem down below.

Thanks for Visiting and Checking Us…
Visit us again and again !!

If you want to know to forward calls on iPhone then you need to understand that it dependent on the provider of your device using GSM or the CDMA standard.

How to Setup & Use Call Forwarding on iPhone

If you’re provider users a GSM network, for example T-Mobile or AT&T, then you can forward calls from your device’s settings. However, if the provider users CDMA, for example Sprint or Verizon, then the carrier codes need to be typed into your device.

So, if you want to learn how to forward calls on iPhone, then follow these simple steps:

Set Up Call Forwarding on iPhone Using the Built-In Option

Enable Call Forwarding to Forward calls on iPhone

1. Go to Settings and then tap on ‘Phone’.
2. Now tap on the ‘Call Forwarding’ option.
3. Tap on ‘Call Forwarding’ and turn the option on.
4. Simply type in the number you wants calls forwarded to (you can forward it to your voicemail).
5. The number you just typed has been saved even if there was no indication.
6. Tap on ‘Call Forwarding’.
7. The number you typed will now be seen in the Call Forwarding screen.
8. A new icon will also be present in the menu bar telling you that you have activated the Call Forwarding option.
9. You can disable the option by following these steps and switching off the ‘Call Forwarding’ option.

Re-enabling this option again will begin forwarding your calls to the last number you typed in unless you change it again.

Forward Calls on iPhone For All Carriers Using Carrier’s Codes

You can’t turn on the call forwarding through your iOS settings if you happen to be using a carrier that provides CDMA-based phones. You’ll need carrier codes in order to forward calls. Carrier codes can also be used on GSM-based phones but it won’t show the icon telling you that your call forwarding is on.

1. Open the phone’s keypad.
2. Type in the code.
3. Type in the number you want calls to be forwarded to.
4. Tap the Call button.

Use secret code to Forward calls on iPhone

The code you’ll need to enter in order to disable or enable call forwarding is dependent on the carrier. You can look at your carrier’s website to search for the right codes you have to use. However, here is a whole list of codes used by major US carriers.

• For AT&T: To enable call forwarding, dial **21* and then type in the phone number you want calls to be forwarded to. To disable this feature, dial #21# .
• For T-Mobile: Dial **21* and the number you want all calls to be forwarded to. Dial ##21# to disable call forwarding.
• For Verizon: Dial *72 and the number for your calls to be forwarded to. Dial *73 to disable.
• For Sprint: To enable call forwarding, dial *72 and then the ten-digit number. Dial *720 to disable.

Which carrier do you use? Did you learn how to forward calls on iPhone depending on the carrier you have?

Вы можете настроить переадресацию и ожидание вызовов на iPhone, если у Вас есть сотовая связь через сеть GSM.

Если у Вас есть сотовая связь через сеть CDMA, обратитесь к своему оператору за информацией о включении и использовании этих функций.

Выберите «Настройки» > «Телефон».

Выберите один из указанных ниже разделов.

Переадресация вызовов. При включении переадресации вызовов в меню статуса отображается значок . При включении на iPhone переадресации вызовов Вы должны находиться в зоне действия сотовой сети, иначе вызовы не будут переадресованы.

Ожидание вызова. Если Вы разговариваете по телефону и ожидание вызова отключено, входящие вызовы переадресовываются на автоответчик.

На моделях с двумя SIM-картами ожидание вызова работает только для входящих вызовов на тот же номер, кроме случаев, когда для другого номера включена функция «Вызовы по Wi‑Fi» и доступна передача данных по сотовой сети. См. раздел Настройка сотовой связи на iPhone.

Обратитесь к своему оператору, чтобы получить дополнительные сведения о настройке условной переадресации вызовов во время другого входящего вызова или при отсутствии устройства в сети (если эта функция предоставляется оператором).

Walter Glenn
Walter Glenn
Former Editorial Director

Walter Glenn is a former Editorial Director for How-To Geek and its sister sites. He has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry and over 20 years as a technical writer and editor. He’s written hundreds of articles for How-To Geek and edited thousands. He’s authored or co-authored over 30 computer-related books in more than a dozen languages for publishers like Microsoft Press, O’Reilly, and Osborne/McGraw-Hill. He’s also written hundreds of white papers, articles, user manuals, and courseware over the years. Read more.

You’d think call forwarding would be an easy thing to set up on your iPhone. While it isn’t really complicated, how you enable it depends on whether your phone provider uses the GSM or CDMA standard.

If you use a GSM network, like AT&T or T-Mobile, you can do it right from your phone settings. If it’s CDMA, like Verizon or Sprint, you’ll need to type carrier codes on your phone’s keypad. There are some cool things you can do with carrier codes, like accessing your iPhone’s hidden field test mode, but their original use actually was to activate extra phone features like call forwarding.

Here’s how to enable call forwarding, no matter which network you use.

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Other GSM Carriers: Use the iPhone’s Built-In Option

If you have service with AT&T, T-Mobile, or other GSM carriers, you’ll have access to call forwarding right in the iOS interface. To access it, fire up your Settings app and tap “Phone.”

On the Phone screen, tap “Call Forwarding.”

Next, tap the “Call Forwarding” option to turn it on.

Type in the number to which you want to forward calls received by your iPhone. Your phone doesn’t give you any indication to let you know it’s saved the number, but it has. Just tap to go back to the Call Forwarding screen.

You’ll now see the number listed on the Call Forwarding screen. Note also that a new icon appears on your menu bar to remind you that call forwarding is active.

To turn call forwarding off, just return to the Call Forwarding settings screen and disable it. If you re-enable it in the future, it will remember the last number to which you forwarded calls and immediately begin forwarding them to that number again. This makes it easy to turn call forwarding on and off with no extra configuration required unless you want to change the forwarding number.

All Carriers: Use Your Carrier’s Codes

If you’re using Verizon or another carrier that provides CDMA-based phones, you won’t have the option to turn on call forwarding using just iOS settings. Instead, you’ll have to do it the old fashioned way using carrier codes that you key into the phone’s keypad. You can also do it this way if you have a GSM-based phone. Just note that you won’t get the reminder icon on the menu if you forward calls using carrier codes; you’ll have to remember when it’s turned on.

To set up call forwarding using a carrier code, all you have to do is open your phone’s keypad, type the code followed by the number to which you want to forward calls, and then hit the Call button.

The code you enter to enable or disable call forwarding changes depending on your carrier. You can always hit up your carrier’s web site to find out the right codes to use, but here’s a list of codes for the major US carriers:

• AT&T. To enable, dial **21* followed by the ten-digit phone number to which you want to forward the calls. To disable, dial #21# .
• T-Mobile. To enable, dial **21* followed by the ten-digit phone number. To disable, dial ##21# .
• Verizon. To enable, dial *72 followed by the ten-digit phone number. To disable, dial *73 .
• Sprint. To enable, dial *72 followed by the ten-digit phone number. To disable, dial *720 .

Again, you won’t have a notification icon letting you know when it’s active, but your phone should forward calls to the number you specify.

• › How to Generate a Web Link QR Code in Google Chrome
• › Google Pixel 6 Reviews Are In: Here’s What Reviewers Love
• › How to Check and Update Your Git Version
• › How to Rotate an Image in Adobe Photoshop
• › MacOS Monterey Is Here, and You Can Download It Now

Walter Glenn
Walter Glenn is a former Editorial Director for How-To Geek and its sister sites. He has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry and over 20 years as a technical writer and editor. He’s written hundreds of articles for How-To Geek and edited thousands. He’s authored or co-authored over 30 computer-related books in more than a dozen languages for publishers like Microsoft Press, O’Reilly, and Osborne/McGraw-Hill. He’s also written hundreds of white papers, articles, user manuals, and courseware over the years.
Read Full Bio »

You need to learn how to forward calls on iPhone (or Android phone) if you find yourself in a situation in which you know you need to be reached by voice call but you will have no access to your phone for a period of time.

To forward calls on iPhone is relatively easy to do. You probably just have not given much thought to it. We will walk you through the few steps it takes to setup call forwarding on iPhone.

The below steps work for setting up call forwarding on iPhone on GSM networks only. This means that the process will work on most mobile networks around the world, including networks like MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile, as well as American wireless carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, Metro PC, Cricket Wireless, and other GSM carriers.

How to forward calls on iPhone

These steps will not work if your line is on a CDMA carrier like Verizon or Boost Mobile.

How to forward calls on iPhone on GSM networks

1. Go to your iPhone’s general Settings menu,
2. Choose Phone,
3. Scroll down to find the Call Forwarding option, then tap on it.
4. On the Call Forwarding page, swipe the button to the right to turn on call forwarding.
5. Tap Forward To, and enter the phone number that you want to forward to.
6. Return to the previous menu to quit the call forwarding settings. Your changes will be saved automatically.

That is it. You have set up call forwarding on your Apple iPhone. Whenever you get access to your device again, do not forget to turn off the forwarding.

How to turn off call forwarding on iPhone on GSM networks

1. Go to your iPhone’s general Settings menu,
2. Choose Phone,
3. Scroll down to find the Call Forwarding option, then tap on it.
4. On the Call Forwarding page, swipe the button to the left to turn call forwarding off.
5. Return to the previous menu to quit the call forwarding settings. Your changes will be saved automatically.

You will now be able to receive incoming calls on your line again.

Meanwhile, what of call forwarding on Android phones? The process is similar to how to activate for iPhone. Let’s have a quick look.

How to forward calls on Android Phone on GSM networks

1. On your Android phone, open the Phone app .
2. Tap the 3-dot menu button or the 3-line menu button in the top right corner.
3. Tap ‘Settings’
4. Scroll to find ‘Call settings’ and tap on it.
5. Tap on ‘Call forwarding’ or ‘Call forwarding settings‘.
6. If it is a dual SIM phone, you will be presented with options to select which line or SIM you want to forward incoming calls for. Tap on your preferred choice.
7. You will see multiple options, including:
   1. Always forward: enable this if you want all your incoming calls go to another number, even when you have access to your line or phone.
   2. When busy: enable this to forward incoming calls when you are on another call or when you reject an incoming call.
   3. When unanswered: enable this to forward an incoming call only when you don’t take a call.
   4. When unreached: enable this to forward incoming calls only when your phone is switched off, in Airplane/Offline mode, or is out of coverage area.

   That is it. You have set up call forwarding on your Android smartphone. Note that the above steps work only for lines/numbers on GSM networks.

   How to turn off call forwarding on Android Phone on GSM networks

   To turn off call forwarding on Android phone, follow steps 1 to 7 above and then disable any existing call forward that you have there.

   MobilityArena InfoDesk publishes useful tips, tutorials and help articles for mobile users. Follow us on Twitter @MobilityArena, Instagram,and like us on Facebook.

   

   If you plan to be in an area with poor cell phone coverage, or if you know that you won’t be using your phone for a while, you can forward calls that would ordinarily ring on your iPhone to another number.

   It’s fairly easy to do — and equally easy to undo when you want to restore your phone to normal. But the specific process depends on the kind of cell phone carrier you have, since there are two fundamentally different cell phone technologies in use in the US today.

   How to forward calls on an iPhone with AT&T, T-Mobile, or other GSM carriers

   AT&T and T-Mobile are the most popular examples of a kind of network technology called GSM. So-called mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) like Cricket and Consumer Cellular use GSM as well, since, as “virtual” operators, they piggyback on a larger carrier — in this case, AT&T’s network. Similarly, Metro is a MVNO of T-Mobile, so it’s a GSM carrier as well.

   All you really need to know about GSM, though, is that you can forward your iPhone’s number to another phone using the Settings app.

   1. Open the Settings app.

   2. Tap “Phone.”

   3. Tap “Call Forwarding.”

   4. On the Call Forwarding page, turn the feature on by swiping the button to the right.

   5. Tap “Forward To” and enter the phone number that you want to forward to.

   6. Tap the arrow to go back to the previous screen.

   You’re now set up to forward your incoming calls to the number you entered. When you’re done forwarding, return to the Call Forwarding page and turn the feature off.

   How to forward calls on an iPhone with Verizon, Sprint, and other CDMA carriers

   Carriers like Sprint and Verizon use older CDMA technology for their network, and networks like Boost Mobile and Jitterbug are CDMA-based MVNOs of those larger carriers. If you have a phone on a CDMA carrier, you can’t simply turn on forwarding in Settings like you can with a GSM phone. Even so, it’s not very difficult; you just need to dial a carrier-specific carrier code in the Phone app.

   To enable call forwarding, you obviously need to know the proper carrier code. If in doubt, you can find it on the carrier’s website or by calling customer service. That said, the most common CDMA carriers — Verizon, Sprint, and Boost Mobile — all use the same code. To forward your calls:

   1. Open the Phone app and tap the keypad button at the bottom of the screen.

   2. Dial *72 followed by the 10-digit number you want to forward to. For example: *722125551212

   3. Tap the dial button.

   Later, if you want to stop call forwarding, you need to enter another carrier code, and this one can vary by carrier as well. Here are the most common ones:

   It’s both handy and simple to be able to have your phone calls rerouted to another number, but if Apple makes it easy to set up, it doesn’t let you do the kind of advanced features that would make this so much more useful.

   
   That little icon of a phone with an arrow, next to the 4G symbol, means peace. And Call Forwarding.

   There are plenty of reasons to have more than one phone number, and when you do, there are as many reasons to want to answer them on a single phone. Apple’s iOS 12 lets you forward any call to any number you like, and to do so at any time. However, there are specific limitations that make this feature less useful than it should be.

   Simple setup

   You have to set up Call Forwarding while you are in an area with a cell signal. That is specifically only when you’re setting it up, though, as after that you can even turn the phone off completely and forwarding will still work.

   On your iPhone, go to Settings, scroll down and tap on Phone. Then tap on Call Forwarding.

   You’ll get a new screen that has a single option on it, called Call Forwarding, and an on/off toggle that will be set to off. Turn it on, and now you get a second option labelled Forward To.

   
   Steps for setting up Call Forwarding on iPhone.

   Tap on the arrow to the right and you’ll get a numeric keypad. Unsurprisingly, this is where you enter the phone number you want your calls forwarded to. Surprisingly, you have to enter a number, you cannot just pick from your contacts list.

   Even more surprisingly, there’s nothing like a Save or a Done button.

   You just enter the number and tap the < Call Forwarding button to go back.

   That’s it, you’re set. Depending on your number and your location, you may find that your iPhone converts it to an international number, but otherwise, the number you entered is there to stay.

   Except when it isn’t. We sporadically found that if, for some reason, you force quit System Preferences, the number might vanish. So don’t do that.

   That’s it, but that’s all

   So it’s not as if it’s hard to set up Call Forwarding, but you’ve already seen the first limitation — you can only forward to one number. If you need to forward calls to a different number on Tuesdays, well, you know what you’ve got to do every Monday night.

   For many, possibly most, iPhone users, though, there is another immediate limitation. You can switch Call Forwarding on or off, but you can’t get it to work after a few rings.

   That’s called Conditional Call Forwarding and it’s the ability to tell your iPhone that if you haven’t answered your phone after so many rings or so much time, it should then forward the call to somewhere else.

   We’re not blaming Apple for leaving this feature out for most people as it’s at least as much down to the individual carriers.

   If your carrier does support it, though, the way you activate Conditional Call Forwarding is something out of the stone age. It requires you phoning a specific number, set by the carrier and including code commands like #67*.

   You know that if Apple handled this, they’d have a simple on/off switch. But aren’t handling it, so they don’t.

   Shortcuts and Do Not Disturb

   Even with the limitation of having a single number you can forward to, and even with whatever conditional forwarding limitations carriers impose, there is more that Apple could do.

   When you turn on Do Not Disturb from Control Center, for instance, there is already a lot of intelligence built in about switching it back on at the end of an event, or when you leave a location. There should surely be a way to have Do Not Disturb include a Forward Calls option.

   That could be a simple on/off switch in the Do Not Disturb options, especially as — after you’ve entered a number once — Call Forwarding itself is just a simple on/off toggle.

   That’s controlling a setting on your phone, it doesn’t require any more facilitating from the carrier. Nor would expanding the Phone options in Siri Shortcuts. Right now, just about the only thing you can do is have Shortcuts ring a number that you pass to it.

   Even making it possible to turn on Call Forwarding via Shortcuts would mean you could build routines. If a call comes in while Do Not Disturb is on, and it’s during office hours, reroute the call to your assistant or colleague.

   Take it and leave it

   All this said, though, it is good that you can leave your iPhone at home while you’re abroad on vacation and know that the calls will all go through to your manager.

   Although if that thought just gave you pause, the way it did us, we might now have another idea for something Apple could add to this.

   We’d like Selective Call Forwarding. Just reroute calls from specific clients and not, say, the partner who can’t seem to remembers that you told them never to call you at the office.

   How to forward calls and how to unforward calls when am back: Certainly that’s the question running in your head as you plan to dash out of town, leaving your main number behind.

   If you’re always on the run, you’ll understand how un-cool it is losing contact with friends, family and acquaintances who keep trying to reach you on the number you don’t always take around with you.

   If everyone has your landline, you may consider learning how to forward calls just before you leave so you
   don’t miss out on any call.

   Table of Contents

   Read Also

   

   Best Reverse Image Search Tool To Verify Images Authenticity

   

   How To Buy and Sell Cryptocurrencies On Paypal

   In this article is a complete guide on how to forward calls and also how to unforward calls?

   So keep reading to learn how to unforward calls from a cell phone, how to unforward calls Verizon, how to unforward calls from a landline, how to unforward calls from a cell phone, how to unforward calls on at&t cell phone

   As you already know,

   Call forwarding comes in handy when you don’t have access to a particular phone for a period of time. Thanks to Ernest J. Bonanno (the guy who invented Call forwarding) for giving the world such a come-in-hand feature. With an ability to forward incoming calls to another phone number, no doubt, call forwarding has become a very much helpful feature on our cell phone.

   How to Forward Calls

   It’s really not that complicated forwarding calls from your landline to your cell phone. Suppose you want to forward calls from your landline, just follow these steps:

   Step 1:
   Dial star-seven-two ( *72 ) from your landline phone and wait for a dial tone.

   Step 2:
   Now, press the 10-digit number of the cell phone where you want your calls to be forwarded to.

   Step 3:
   After pressing the 10-digit number, press the pound button (#) or wait for a response indicating that call forwarding has been activated.

   Step 4:
   End the call

   If you’re not sure if call forward has been activated, you could repeat steps 1 through 3 to confirm that the process worked.

   How to Unforward Calls

   The process to deactivate call forwarding is quite simple. Though some phone carriers use different codes for forwarding and unforwarding calls.

   Generally, you can dial star-seven-three ( *73 ) from your landline telephone or cell phone you want to remove the call forwarding from.

   But if that doesn’t work for you, you have to check your carrier’s website for the exact way on how to unforward calls.

   How to Unforward Calls on Sprint

   Step 1: Dial *720 from your mobile phone. You must use the phone you want to remove call forwarding from.

   Step 2: Press the “Call” button to initiate the call. Listen closely for the beep or confirmation tone. When you hear the confirmation tone, press “End” to complete the process.

   Now call forward on Sprint has been deactivated.

   For any reason, if you’re still being forwarded, contact Sprint Customer Care at 1-888-211-4727

   How to Unforward Calls on iPhone

   1. Open your Settings.

   Find and tap on the settings icon on your home screen.

   2. Tap Phone.

   Now scroll and locate phone. Tap on it and it will open your call settings.

   3. Tap Call Forwarding.

   Locate the call forwarding option and tap on it

   4. Slide the Call Forwarding switch to Off.

   If you notice the call forwarding switch is turned ON, then switch the toggle to OFF to unforward calls oniPhone

   How to Unforward Calls on Verizon

   There are some services that allow you to do additional things like forwarding calls only when your line is busy or after a certain number of rings. Verizon happens to be one of them.

   Unforwarding calls on Verizon can be done in two ways.

   You can simply dial *73 from your mobile phone (the phone you want to remove call forwarding from.)

   Some phone carriers nowadays will allow you to set up or cancel forwarding online through their website. You could as well download your phone service’s app to your smartphone or tablet and set it up so that calls will ring on your home phone and on your other device(s) at the same time. That way, you can always be reachable even without having to forward calls.

   To unforward calls on Verizon, you can as well use My Verizon. Click on the link to get started www.verizonwireless.com/callforwarding

   NOTE: On Verizon current plan, there are monthly charges for call forwarding. Also, you cannot forward calls to an international number (non-U.S.)

   Now you don’t really have to bother which of your number your friends or family have; you can now easily forward and unforwards calls whenever you like. You should know that call forwarding from landline may attract a monthly charge. You have to check with your landline telephone provider about rates.

   Call your carrier. I called mine and they told me exactly what to do.

   what did they tell you to do. I have the same problem, called ATT they transfered me to APPLE and neither could fix it.

   I would like for you to tell me wha tyou did to get it to work.

   You have to activate call forwarding on your plan or it will not work. Once you add this to your cell plan it will work fine

   is it possible to forward a single call to some other number?

   I’m trying to follow your directions to forward calls from my iPhone to my home landline. Under phone in my settings window, I don’t have a call forwarding button. Is it somewhere else?

   Tnx for the guide – but here in Sweden there are som ppl with a low ranked job that annoys your off time – phone vendors – books underwear soap and other crap spoiling your time.
   i have on my phone made contact labled “commercial no answer”
   but it would be a lot easier if i could do as a friend of mine on a samsung :
   put a v-bug in a menu square –
   redirect all calls from this contact
   is this higly usable feature possible on an iphone – if so how ?

   i would love to redirect these vendors to 911 – so they can tell them to get a real job.
   grrrmf!

   Hi Veronica, Here in the USA we have similar bothersome phone calls but we call them telemarketers.If we did that redirect to 911 we might be locked up for using 911 in a non-emergency situation! very good idea though,

   I have tried as you shown and it did work before.BUt it’s not working anymore now.When i forward my number to another phone,if somebody rings me,my phone is busy…any idea please…

   Need to key in some code that not in the manual of the i-phone. there is 2-3 code that depend on what is u want, (to divert when unreachable/ busy)

   Oh yeah, thank you. So simple and so overlooked….

   I have tried to delete forwarding number from my iphone When i forward my number to another phone,if somebody rings me,my phone is busy…any idea please…

   how do i transfer one call from my iphone instead of all calls? is it possible for me to do that? can someone please help me…

   Hi, can you tell me, if I forward to another number, is there a call record on my cell bill or on the number I transfer to?

   For some reason, the Conditional Call Forwarding (CCF) code I normally used returned error messages. Being the first day of the new iPhone 6, I thought that perhaps AT&T’s system was overloaded. I tried a few times that day and still no luck. Being a Friday, I tried a few times again on Saturday and Sunday and thought for sure it would work. No luck at any of those times. Assuming it was a problem with my account, on Monday I went into my local AT&T store and figured they could “fix the glitch”. However, the knowledgable person I talked to said he was having the exact same problem with his new iPhone 6 as well. He said he believed it was a problem with iOS 8 and there was nothing he could do at the store to fix it. So off I went to do a little research on the Internet.

   The first thing I found was an App, Divert Calls, that claimed it could set up Conditional Call Forwarding. I wondered if it could work around the problem I was having, so I downloaded the App and tested it. As it turns out, the App itself doesn’t actually change the CCF setting. It merely creates the code for you so you can paste it into the Phone App dialer and send it. Once I found that out, I thought I was dead in the water. However, Conditional Call Forwarding is actually three different settings. The code I had been using (which starts with **004*) changes all three settings at once. The Divert Calls App gives you three individual codes for CCF (*61*, *62*, and *67*) . So I went ahead and tested the first code. I was pleasantly surprised that it worked! I tried the other two codes and they worked as well! It was a little bit of a pain, but at least my Google Voice voicemail was operational again.

   I did a little more research and found information that corroborated my findings (such as this forum thread for Google Voice). I also found out that you can call AT&T and have them set up Conditional Call Forwarding for you. So let me sum up what I know and don’t know:

   The iPhone 6 and/or other iPhones running iOS 8 have a problem setting up Conditional Call Forwarding (CCF) on AT&T’s network using the usual **004* CCF code.
   I am not sure if this problem exists on other wireless networks, such as Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile.
   The problem can be worked around by setting up each individual call forwarding option (Unanswered, Unreachable, Busy), or calling AT&T and having them do it for you.
   The codes can be generated by the Divert Calls App, but it is not necessary if you know how to generate the codes yourself.
   I have no idea if AT&T and/or Apple are aware of this problem yet
   For the record, here are the various Conditional Call Forwarding codes (replace 1234567890 with the number you are forwarding to):

   Set all CCF options: **004*1234567890# <- This is the code that is currently NOT working with iOS 8 and/or the iPhone 6 on AT&T’s network
   Call Forward if Unanswered: *61*1234567890#
   Call Forward if Unreachable: *62*1234567890#
   Call Forward if Busy: *67*1234567890#
   If you have any further information on this issue or are experiencing it on other wireless networks, please comment below!

   Update: If you are getting error messages with the three individual CCF codes, try turning off LTE and entering them again.

   You can set up call forwarding and simultaneously ring so calls don’t get missed. You forward incoming calls by setting up forwarding rules. Call forwarding options are available only if your organization is configured to support them. If you’re not sure about which Skype for Business features are enabled, contact your organization’s technical support team.

   If call forwarding options are enabled, you can forward calls to another number or to another contact. Call forwarding is especially useful if you’re traveling or working from home because calls can be forwarded to your current location. If you’re out of the office, calls can be automatically forwarded to a coworker.

   The simultaneously ring option is handy for people on the go. When you get a call, it rings on two phone numbers at the same time. You can set your incoming calls to simultaneously ring your phone and another number or contact in case you’re busy or momentarily unavailable.

   What do you want to do?

   Forward call to voice mail or another number

   The Call Forwarding option is typically used to forward calls to voice mail or to a number other than your mobile number. When you set call forwarding settings in Skype for Business, all incoming calls are automatically forwarded to the destination you choose.

   To set call forwarding, do the following:

   Tap your picture, and then tap Call forwarding.

   Tap the arrow next to Forward Calls.

   On the Select Number screen, select one of the following:

   Tap Voice mail to have the call sent to your voice mail where you can retrieve it later.

   Click New Number, and type in a new phone number.

   Tap New Contact, and then search a contact in the dialog box that is displayed.

   (Optional) Tap Apply Settings, and then select when this setting should apply.

   Stop call forwarding

   To stop call forwarding, do the following:

   Tap your picture, tap Call forwarding, and then tap Do Not Forward.

   (Optional) Tap Apply Settings, and then select when this setting should apply.

   Set up simultaneously ring

   Unlike call forwarding where your work phone doesn’t ring, you can set your incoming calls to simultaneously ring your phone and another number or contact. This setting can help ensure that callers don’t get the busy signal and their calls don’t get missed. At the same time, they won’t be aware that their call was forwarded.

   Tap your picture, tap Call forwarding, and then tap the arrow next to Simultaneously Ring.

   On the Select Number screen, tap New Number, type in a new phone number, and then tap Done.

   If the Call Forwarding option isn’t set to Simultaneously Ring on your mobile phone, you won’t receive incoming Skype for Business calls on your mobile phone when Voice over IP isn’t available.

search menu

Lesson 7: Creating a New Document

Introduction

In addition to working with existing documents, you will want to be able to create new documents. Each time you open Word, a new blank document appears; however, you will also need to know how to create new documents while an existing document is open. 

In this lesson, you will learn how to create new documents—including templates and blank documents—via the Microsoft Office button.

New documents

To create a new blank document:

• Click the Microsoft Office button.
• Select New. The New Document dialog box appears.
• Select Blank document under the Blank and recent section. It will be highlighted by default.

You can access templates that are installed on your computer or on Office Online. Click the Microsoft Office button and select New. You can create blank documents and access templates from the dialog box that appears.

A Google Docs Template allows us to upload, download and create documents with file extensions such as .ppt, .xls, .doc, .jpg, and .bmp to access on our personal computers. There are a wide range of templates available with Google Docs that can be used for converting or to generate the content for the internet users. These document templates are quite compatible with MS Word for notepad, Mac and PC and TextEdit. These Google docs make our life and job easier with the wide variety of elegant and simple to use templates. Using these templates, you can create a spreadsheet, presentation or a document with the preset design styles.

The templates play a major role in boosting your productivity towards work and also save your valuable time. You can either select one from the existing documents or even you can create one of your choices. Though there are numerous products and services available with Google, the doc templates are the most popular among them which is absolutely free. Even if you have Power point, MS Word or Excel, you can definitely try these Google Docs. You can also get the help of a spell checker, formatting tools and the line spacing and many more in these Doc templates.

There is also an option to insert footnotes, comments, images, links, tables, table of contents and headers with the templates. For any online business person or marketer, a spreadsheet is very essential and using the Google Docs templates, it is quite convenient and easy to create one. You can also create presentations and forms that help you to keep track of the events or occasions with the calendars, schedules and invoices. When you start using the Google docs, there would not be any hassle with your work or with your rapport with your co-workers and employers.

And also since these docs are stored in the Google account and not on your personal computer, you can open and view these files from any part of the world and can even make changes to them. Try to choose templates that have minimal decoration and ornamentation and which does not have tables or any other MS formatting functions. Make sure the Google Doc Template you choose make use of chapter headings, section breaks, table of contents and page numbers which would be convenient for the e-readers.

You can work on PDFs easier than ever with no need to download and install any specialized software utility. Our advanced PDF editor provides you with the ability to adjust documents in online mode: type and edit, fill in forms and sign electronically, insert images and hyperlinks or annotate text, and much more.

Here you can find an easy guide on how to edit PDFs online for free:

Import your document.

You can easily edit a scanned PDF online or any other document. Simply upload the file from your computer or cloud storage. Edit PDF Online is compatible with DropBox, OneDrive and Box. Now you are not tied to your workplace or home computer. Correct the documentation on the go. Our convenient browser program allows you to add or edit the text in PDF format directly from your smartphone.

Write on a PDF file.

Mouse click the Text button and tap on the PDF page where you need to type a text. We offer you the flexible editing tools to enter all the information you need and place it where you want on the page.

Redact existing text.

You can rewrite the text, add any title, correct spelling errors, change font size and type. Changing text and graphics in PDF files is now possible. Add new paragraphs, fix orthography mistakes, rearrange pages, crop or replace images. Everything is performed by clicking the corresponding button in the editor’s toolbar.

Insert image.

Use the Image icon to add, replace, move or adjust the image on the page. Upload the picture from your device in a few clicks and continue to edit your PDF online for free. You may insert multiple images into a single document.

Add comments or sticky notes.

Let the recipient know the details. Accompany your form or template with comments. Use the option to the right and add important points to the document. Or you can click on the icon at the top toolbar and place a Sticky Note anywhere on the page.

Insert hyperlinks.

Select the Text button, click on the document where you want to insert the link, the additional toolbar will appear with the corresponding icon. Next, simply insert the hyperlink as you do in a usual Microsoft Word doc. Rest assured that you can edit your secured PDF and all you hypertext links will be clickable.

Create fillable fields.

You can create a form to complete most easily. Click on Add Fillable Fields green button on the right to open the menu for field type selection and settings. You can add text boxes, dates, drop-down menus, request a signature, etc. The fields can be made required or conditional.

Sign electronically and date.

Сreate your own unique signature. Call up the special Signature Wizard with the Sign button. Draw, type or upload a picture of your autograph. You can easily customize your typed name using one of the professional fonts. The Date button automatically gives you the current date. Drag & drop it to the desired location and edit if necessary.

Other feature sets are also available in our online program to edit PDF files, which doesn’t limit your editing capabilities at all. You may place watermarks, design the drop-down menu, add shapes (arrows, lines) or simply draw, and much more.

Adjusting portable document format files is no problem if you have the right tool for it. To edit the content you need professional PDF editor that allows you to modify the information in the electronic file.

Platforms for document management offer many benefits for their customers such as fast operation, compatibility with devices to work with plus a set of capabilities that help to edit pdf online. Thanks to electronic applications, there is no need to handle tiresome paperwork.

Follow the instructions on how to work on your PDF:

1. When you’re on the needed web page, add the document out of your personal computer applying the respective button.
2. Alternatively, you are able to get the needed file from one of the cloud storages and carry out different actions further like edit pdf online.
3. Following that, you’ll be taken to the PDF editor.
4. Here, you’re able to incorporate fillable fields, text and various graphical objects to the pages of the form or contract.
5. Manipulate the pages of you document utilizing the Rearrange Pages panel.
6. Customize your form by adding sticky notes and comments for your recipients.
7. Put an electronic signature to officially approve the document and enable it to be legal. To do this, use Sign Tool.
8. On completion, hit the orange Done button in the right top corner.
9. With this solution, you can not only edit pdf online but in addition share it with other recipients and request signatures from them.

Use the solution that will enhance your efficiency and assist to put in order your workflow. Effortlessly edit pdf online from any device without the stress and reap the benefits of the user-friendly interface.

Creating the same types of files over and over can be time-consuming and inconsistent across team members. Save time with templates in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, or Sites. You can choose an existing template or create your own.

Examples

• Create eye-catching resumes, brochures, or newsletters instantly using Docs.
• Get an instant format for invoices, budgets, expense reports, or schedules in Sheets.
• Make your sales pitch, case study, proposal, or status report stand out with a Slides presentation.
• Promote your organization by creating branded templates for external-facing documents, such as proposals and reports, using any of the Docs editors.
• Add signatures to an agreement, flowcharts to a process document, import metrics into a spreadsheet, and more with add-ons.

Use an existing template

Choose an option:

• From the Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, or Sites home screen, at the top, select one of the featured templates. Click Template gallery to see additional templates.
  Note: If you can’t find Template gallery, go to Display or hide Template gallery.
• If you already have a file open in one of the Docs editors, click FileNewFrom template and select the template you want.
• From Drive, click New and next to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, or Sites point to the Right arrow and click From a template.

Create your own template

1. Choose an option:
   • Create a new document, spreadsheet, presentation, form, or site.
   • Open an existing document, spreadsheet, presentation, form, or site and make the changes you want for your template.

   Note: If your template file is in a shared drive, check the sharing settings on the shared drive. Sharing restrictions can prevent people from accessing the template. See Share and collaborate in shared drives.

2. From the Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, or Sites home screen, at the top, click Template galleryyour organization name.
   Note: If you can’t find Template gallery, go to Display or hide Template gallery.
3. Click Submit template.
   Important: You won’t be able to submit a template if you do not have permission to modify the sharing settings of your template, or if the template sharing settings have been set to restrict viewers and commenters from downloading the file.
4. Click Select a document and choose the template file you created.
5. Click Open.
6. (Optional) To submit a copy of the file instead of the original, check the box.
7. Select a category for your file.
8. Click Submit.

To find your new template, go to Template galleryselect your template.

search menu

Lesson 3: Creating Google Docs

Creating new files

Google Drive gives you access to a suite of tools that allows you to create and edit a variety of files, including documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. There are five types of files you can create on Google Drive:

• Documents: For composing letters, flyers, essays, and other text-based files (similar to Microsoft Word documents)
• Spreadsheets: For storing and organizing information (similar to Microsoft Excel workbooks)
• Presentations: For creating slideshows (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint presentations)
• Forms: For collecting and organizing data
• Drawings: For creating simple vector graphics or diagrams

The process for creating new files is the same for all file types. Watch the video below to learn more.

To create a new file:

1. From Google Drive, locate and select the New button, then choose the type of file you want to create. In our example, we'll select Google Docs to create a new document.

You may notice that there is no Save button for your files. This is because Google Drive uses autosave, which automatically and immediately saves your files as you edit them.

Using templates

A template is a pre-designed file you can use to quickly create new documents. Templates often include custom formatting and designs, so they can save you a lot of time and effort when starting a new project. Most templates are designed to help you create specific types of files. For instance, you could use a template to quickly create a resume or newsletter.

You can find a wide selection of templates in the Google Drive Template Gallery. Unfortunately, we've found that many of these templates aren't very well designed, and it's often difficult to find specific templates within the gallery. For this reason, we recommend using templates made by Google, which tend to be of higher quality than user-submitted templates.

Brady Gavin
Brady Gavin
Writer

Brady Gavin has been immersed in technology for 15 years and has written over 150 detailed tutorials and explainers. He’s covered everything from Windows 10 registry hacks to Chrome browser tips. Brady has a diploma in Computer Science from Camosun College in Victoria, BC. Read more.

If you find yourself creating the same outline of a document over and over again, you can save yourself an immense amount of time with a template. Here’s how to create custom-made templates in Google Docs.

Although Google Docs does offer a wide range of templates to choose from for free accounts, they don’t cater to everyone’s needs. To create a custom template you can reuse multiple times, you’ll have to use this little workaround to generate them.

Fire up your browser, head to your Google Docs homepage, and open a blank document, previously made document, or one of Google’s pre-made templates.

Now that you’ve got the bones to your document set for your template, rename the file to something that has the word “Template” in it. Click the filename, rename it to include “Template,” and then press the “Enter” key when you finish.

Next, click on the folder icon next to the filename and click the “New Folder” icon to create a new folder for Google Docs templates.

Give the new folder a name and click the checkmark to create it.

After you create the folder, click “Move Here” to save the template into your Google Docs template folder.

This folder can now be the new home for any and all templates you create in the future. This is also a great way to keep everything in your Google Drive neatly organized and easy to find for all members of your team.

When you want to make a copy of your template, you can access them directly from Google Drive. Head on over to Drive, look for the folder you just made for templates, and double-click on it.

Because this is a template file that you’ll be using multiple times, you should make a copy of the file before entering any information into the file. Right-click on the template and select “Make a Copy” to duplicate the template file.

The copy of the template saves into the current folder with the prefix “Copy Of.” From here, you can double-click on the copy to open it, rename it, or move it to another folder altogether.

If you open the document or if someone sends you a template file, click File > Make a Copy to duplicate the template to your Drive.

Name the file, choose a location for it in your Drive, and then click “OK” to save the document template.

That’s all there is to it. If you want to share your template with others, you can create a “Make a Copy” link and send it in an email or share the file directly with a shareable link.

If you have a paid G Suite account, you’re able to save custom templates in your account’s custom template gallery for all of your team members in your organization to use. With the method used above, free accounts can take advantage of sharing custom templates without any additional expenses.

• › How to Show Your Work Hours and Location in Google Calendar
• › You Can Finally Move WhatsApp Chats From iPhone to Android
• › How to Print Double-Sided on Windows 11
• › Samsung Galaxy Phones Are Getting Grammarly Installed by Default
• › How to Enable Cookies in Google Chrome

Brady Gavin
Brady Gavin has been immersed in technology for 15 years and has written over 150 detailed tutorials and explainers. He’s covered everything from Windows 10 registry hacks to Chrome browser tips. Brady has a diploma in Computer Science from Camosun College in Victoria, BC.
Read Full Bio »

Google Docs includes a handful of templates—but what if you want to make your own document template for meeting notes, company letters, or anything else you need to make on a regular basis?

Create a Template Document in Google Docs

First, just make a new document as normal in Google Docs. You can start from scratch with a blank document, open a document you’d made in the past and copy it into a new document, or use one of the pre-made templates that comes with Google Docs.

Google Docs doesn’t include placeholders for the text you’ll replace in the template. Instead, just type something you’ll remember to replace—perhaps XX for dates, NAME for a spot where you’ll type in a name, or lorem ipsum for areas where you’ll type longform text.

Save the document with a unique title—we’ll need that in a minute.

Tip: Want to make sure you don’t forget to replace any of your placeholder text? Try a journalist trick: Use the text TK as your placeholder, as it appears in very few words. Then search for TK before saving your document each time, and you can make sure you’ve replaced all of your placeholder text.

Save That Document as a Template

Now, if you have a G Suite account, you can save that document as a template in your Google account. Just open docs.google.com, click the Template Gallery button in the top right, and select your company’s name.

Then, click the Submit Template button. Select the document you just made, add a title and category for it, then click Submit. That’ll add the template to your entire company’s G Suite account, so everyone can reuse the template document anytime they need.

Learn more about setting up a G Suite account in Zapier’s free eBook, The Ultimate Guide to G Suite.

If you are using a standard Gmail.com Google Docs account, you can’t save the document as a template. What you can do instead is open your template document, then click File -> Make a Copy to make a new document from your template.

Fill in the new document, and next time you need to use the template, just repeat those steps to create a new copy.

Create a WebMerge Template, and Save the Document to Google Drive

Or, there’s one other option: WebMerge. This app lets you make templates for anything you want, including your meeting notes or important documents. It can then save the completed document to Google Drive, where you could edit it in Google Docs later.

All you’ll need is a way to get your data in the document template. A great option is to make a Google Form, via the free form tool that comes with your Google account. Fill in the fields, then Zapier can copy the data from your form to WebMerge—and WebMerge can save that finished template back to Google Drive for you.

Learn more about WebMerge in our WebMerge review.

And with that, you’ll have a new meeting notes template in Google Docs that you can share with your team or re-use anytime you want.

Have another question about Google Docs or other apps? Ask the Zapier team

Published May 19, 2017

Question asked by Yelonda

Answer written by Zapier writer Matthew Guay

This eBook was crafted for you with love by the Zapier team.

Previous Chapter

How do you Generate a Direct Download Link to Share a Dropbox File?

Next Chapter

How do you See who You’ve Shared Folders With in Dropbox?

Build workflows with your apps.

Connect apps. Automate tasks. Get more done.

“Zapier helps me build processes and automation into my business like a programmer without having to learn to code.”

Lawrence Watkins, co-founder of Great Black Speakers

Take the Work out of Workflow

Zapier is the easiest way to automate powerful workflows with more than 3,000 apps.

This tutorial shows you how to create and print a full sheet of labels within Google Docs, using our add-on called Labelmaker. There’s a similar guide for Google Sheets if you are printing labels for a mailing list. As well as many others guides and tutorials depending on your use case.

Here is a summary of this step-by-step guide:

1. Open a blank document

Open a new Google Docs and leave it blank. We will use that document to create and print labels.

2. Open Labelmaker

In Google Docs, click on the “Add-ons” menu, then select “Create & Design Labels”. If you don’t have the add-on yet, make sure to install it first. After the installation, reload your document by closing it and reopening it.

3. Select a template

Within Labelmaker sidebar, click on “Select a template”, then look at the available templates in the list. Over 5000+ labels are available as of writing, within multiple categories including “Avery® US Letter”, “Avery® A4”, “Avery® Zweckform”, “Sheetlabels.com”, “OnlineLabels.com” and “Herma”.

4. Edit document

Add text and formatting in the very first cell of the document. This cell will be replicated all over the other labels. If you have linked a mailing list, you can add merge fields using double-arrows. For example add the address with <

> and the city with <>.

5. Replicate first cell

Click on “Create labels” to create a new document with a full sheet of labels replicated from the first label. If you don’t want to replicate the first cell, uncheck the box “Use first cell as model” and create labels.

6. Open the new document

Click on “Open document” to look at your labels sheet.

7. Preview before printing

Confirm your labels look as expected. If you need to make some changes, go back to the previous document, make your changes and click on “Create labels” to create another sheet of labels.

8. Print labels

Now that your document is ready and your labels look right, click on “File” > “Print”. In the print dialogue, make sure to set the margin to none and the scale to 100%. Depending on the format of the labels product, you might need to adapt the size of the page. For example, Avery® US Letter 5160 requires the size to be “Letter”.

How to make a flyer in Google Docs

• Post author: Amos Gikunda
• Post published: October 24, 2021
• Post category: Google Docs
• Post comments: 0 Comments

The flyer is a file or a document that contains advisement information printed on it. There are a variety of tools that are used in making flyers. Google Docs is a good example of an online tool that can be used to make a flyer. When creating a flyer using this tool (Google Docs), all the user needs is an internet connection.

There are two methods to do this:

Using Google Docs templates

Google Docs ensure new users are covered; it provides various templates that can be used to develop a pattern for your flyer. Here are the steps to do this:

1. Open Google Docs

Using any suitable browser, open the Google Docs software. A user email account will be needed to use this tool. Therefore, log in using a relevant email account. While you’re logged in, go to docs.google.com.

2. Click the template galley

Click on the “template gallery” button found on the upper-right side of the page and scroll downwards.

If you can’t see the “template gallery” button, you have to activate it first. Here’s is a procedure to activate the template button:

• Click the “settings” button (from the dropdown menu).
• Locate the “templates” section; check the box to activate the templates.

3. Select the template

From the templates displayed, select the best template that fits your flyer. Click on it to open it.

4. Edit the template

The template selected comes with words and images; go ahead and edit the original detail to include yours. To edit the original text, click on it and replace the content in the text with your information. To edit the original images, right-click on the image, and from the dropdown menu, cut the image. To add new images, the insert tab is used.

Using a blank document

If no template fits your flyer, you can create your flyer from scratch. To do this, here are the steps:

1. Open Google Docs

Using any suitable browser, open the Google Docs software. A user email account will be needed to use this tool. Therefore, log in using a relevant email account. While you’re logged in, go to docs.google.com to access the Google Docs online tools.

2. Open a New document

Once the Google doc is opened, locate and click on the “black document” symbolized by a large rainbow plus sign.

3. Create the flyer

A blank page opens. This is where you fill in the flyer’s details. Google Docs has several tools that can be used to make the flyer attractive. They may include the insert tab that allows users to insert images in the flyer, shape, callouts, and various colors.

Once you’re done with creating the flyer, it is automatically saved in Google drive. You can also directly print the flyer from Google Docs by accessing the print option, file tab>print tab. Alternatively, press ctrl+p on your keyboard. Also, you can save the flyer document on your device: open your Google drive, locate and download the document.

You Might Also Like

How to make a checklist in Google docs

June 20, 2021

America’s Template & Memorial Superstore

Hello and welcome to the Funeral Program Site. Home of the largest selection of DIY templates, printed memorials and personalized in loving memory keepsakes.

We offer a huge selection of funeral program templates that you can edit in Word, Publisher, Apple Pages and now Google Docs! Today we’re going to learn how to edit our template in Google docs.

Google docs is a great free online tool anyone can use that is easy-to use, very intuitive and requires no special software installed on your computer. You can also access and share your program template from anywhere online!

Once you click on the download link we provide for you located within your account and email receipt, you will need to login to google using your own email address to access and edit the template. In order to use it, just login with your email address, it does not have to be a gmail but if you’d like to create one, that is also an option.

Once your template is open, you will see the template with the full color background in place along with filler text to help guide you along. To change the filler text, simply click inside the tex box, highlight the text, delete and begin typing or pasting in your own information. You may change the font size and style if desired by selecting your text and choosing the font face you like as well as the size and formatting such as bold, italics or regular.

To insert your photo, remove our placeholder shape on the front cover. Select insert, upload your photo from your computer, select, go to the crop tool dropdown and choose the shape you like. The photo will automatically format to your desired shape. You can also crop it by clicking on the crop tool and moving the horizontal guides to the desired sizing.

To add more pages, click on the page go to edit > duplicate. Google docs will now copy your selected page with all its content and background. Change the text as desired. Our video below demonstrates the easy steps to edit any of our templates in this amazing free online tool!

Once you’re finished entering your text and inserting your photos, you are ready to print. Choose file > print and print pages 2 & 3. This should print on the front and back of your funeral paper.

Google docs is extremely easy to use and our team is here to support you in case you have additional questions or need additional help. Order your google docs compatible template only available at the funeral program site dot com. Check out more of our funeral templates for google docs here.

Brady Gavin
Brady Gavin
Writer

Brady Gavin has been immersed in technology for 15 years and has written over 150 detailed tutorials and explainers. He’s covered everything from Windows 10 registry hacks to Chrome browser tips. Brady has a diploma in Computer Science from Camosun College in Victoria, BC. Read more.

Using a password manager to keep all your complex and difficult-to-remember passwords is a great way to automate the sign in process while keeping your passwords safe. But if you don’t use one, you can easily find yourself locked out of your account and all your favorite Steam games.

While you can’t really recover the same password you were using, you can get back into your account by resetting your password to something new. Here’s how you reset your Steam account password.

Resetting Your Password

If you’re using Steam for macOS or Windows, look underneath the account name and password fields and click the “I Can’t Sign In” button.

If you’re using the Steam website, head on over to the Steam Store and click the “Login” link, located at the top of the page.

On the sign in page, click the “Forgot Your Password” link.

From this point, the steps are almost identical for both the website and the desktop app, so we’ll be using the website to finish the procedure.

In the list of support issues, click the “I Forgot My Steam Account Name Or Password” option.

On the next page, type the account name, email address, or phone number you use to sign into your account, and then click the “Search” button.

If what you typed matches a valid Steam account, click the “Email Verification Code To” button, and then wait for the email to arrive.

If you no longer have access to the email on file, you can click the “I No Longer Have Access To This Email” option.

If you do that, you’ll have to fill out a form with some details about your account. Some of these fields include the first email you used, any phone numbers attached to your account, and the method(s) of purchasing games on your account. After you’ve submitted this form, Steam support will contact you with further account recovery details.

If you do have a current email registered, the message can take a few minutes to get to you. When you do get it, copy the code from the body of the email. (And if you don’t see the message after waiting a few minutes, be sure to check your spam folder.)

Back on the website or in the Steam app, paste the code you got from the email message into the field provided, and then click the “Continue” button.

Next, click the “Change My Password” button.

Type your new password (and make it a strong one), type it again to confirm, and then click the “Change Password” button.

That’s it! You’ve successfully reset your Steam password. From here you can click “Sign In To Steam” using your new password to start playing all your games again.

• › How to Show Your Work Hours and Location in Google Calendar
• › You Can Finally Move WhatsApp Chats From iPhone to Android
• › How to Print Double-Sided on Windows 11
• › Samsung Galaxy Phones Are Getting Grammarly Installed by Default
• › How to Enable Cookies in Google Chrome

Brady Gavin
Brady Gavin has been immersed in technology for 15 years and has written over 150 detailed tutorials and explainers. He’s covered everything from Windows 10 registry hacks to Chrome browser tips. Brady has a diploma in Computer Science from Camosun College in Victoria, BC.
Read Full Bio »

There are many reasons for losing the Steam account password. The most common reason is when the user forgets the password for login. There are also situations where the Steam account is stolen by hackers. However, some users will be facing this problem for the first time, and they are probably unaware of how to recover their lost password. In this article, we will show you the methods about resetting your Steam account lost password.

Recover Steam Lost Password

Recovering Steam Account Lost Password

The Steam application and Steam website both have the option for sign in and forgot password. In the Steam application, it will be a different button (I Can’t Sigh In) rather than forgot your password. However, both will take you to the same Steam Support page where you can provide the information to recover your password.

Method 1: Recovering Steam Lost Password through Email Address

If users have access to their email address on which the Steam Account is registered, then they are able to recover the lost password without any problem. Steam will send the user a verification code to their email address to confirm the user’s identity and then it will provide the new password option for their Steam account.

Open your Steam application and click on the ‘I Can’t Sign In‘ button or open the Steam website, click on the Login button at top right and click on the Forgot Password button.
Note: These both are similar options for recovering the password.

Method 2: Recovering Steam Account Password with Steam Guard Authenticator and Phone Number

This is similar to the first method, however, the user will require confirming through Steam Guard to recover the password. Since in this method the user will be using Steam Mobile App then the recovering option will be forwarded to the phone number option. Follow the below steps if you have Steam Guard Authenticator enabled on your account:

1. Open the Steam Login Page and click on Forgot Password link to open the Steam Support page. Opening forgot password
2. Click on the first option for Forgot my Steam account password, provide the Steam username and click on the Search button. Searching your account for recovery
3. Select Send confirmation to the Steam Mobile App option. Selecting confirmation to Steam Mobile App option
4. Open your Steam Mobile App, click on the menu icon and choose the Confirmation option.
   Note: If you no longer have access to the Steam Mobile App, then check Method 3.

Method 3: Recovering Steam Password through Contacting Steam Support

In this method, we will show you how to recover the Steam password if you have no access to an email address or phone number. There can be several situations where a user loses an email address or doesn’t have a phone number added to the Steam account. Other than that, nowadays, the phishing links are too common to hack the user’s Steam account. If a user provides his login information through these links, then in just a few seconds they will lose their account and the password will be changed. You can follow the below steps to get your account back if you are the real owner.

Note: If your account got hacked, it is recommended to contact the Steam Support as soon as possible.

1. Open your Steam login page and click on Forgot Password link to open the Steam Support page. Opening forgot password
2. Provide your account username and click on the Search button to find your account. Searching your account for recovery
3. Once the account is found, click on I have no longer access to the email address option. Selecting I have no longer access option
4. Provide the current email address where Steam Support will contact you and all the other details. Click on the Send button to send the message.
   Note: The more details (purchase invoice, CD Keys, old email screenshots) you provide, the easier it will be to recover your Steam account.

Log out of your current account and visit help.steampowered.com —> My Account –> Can’t login

It’s not that hard actually.

Log out of your current account and visit help.steampowered.com —> My Account –> Can’t login

It’s not that hard actually.

You didn’t read the text, did you?

We don’t know his account name nor the email attached to his account.

I’m not sure how you expect to recover it by basically saying "I know nothing about the account give it to me"

The whole "i am friends with them so give the account to me" is not proof of anything either.

If you supposedly ‘made a ticket last time" then you would be able to log into your existing support account and get the information, which would be things like the email you used (which you now claim you don’t know AGAIN) and the account name.

Do what it says. Just because your brother forgot doesn’t mean he can’t guess.

If you actually try to enter something and it doesn’t work then it will move to another option.

Note that it says after trying " In order to recover your account as quickly as possible please try to search for your account again."

So have your brother sit and try to enter anything that could be the name. Any old account name he can think of.

Probably good so he might be more careful in the future.

They probably do this because some people don’t even try.. Forcing them to try might help them find it and save everybody time.

With hundreds of hours logged across multiple games, the last thing you want is to be locked out of your Steam account. Here’s the good news: it’s not hard to reset your password and recover your account if you forget your login details. A Steam password reset takes a few simple steps.

Steam is an incredibly popular gaming hub, where you can buy and play everything from triple-A releases to crowdfunded indie titles. With well over 23,000 entries on the platform, a Steam account is a must-have for most gamers.

Losing your password to any online profile can be annoying. But Steam logs achievements, player data, hours, and purchased games; losing access to your account would be a disaster. Find out how to change and reset your Steam password and you’ll never be locked out.

How to reset your Steam password:

Go to the Steam website and click Login.

Once you’re at the login page, click Forgot Your Password?

On the list, click I Forgot My Steam Account Name Or Password.

Enter your account name and the associated email address.

Click Search.

Click Email Verification Code To To the associated email address. Alternatively, if you don’t have access to the email account anymore, click I No Longer Have Access To This Email and fill out the form with all requested information. The Steam support will contact you.

Open a new tab and check your email. Once the email reaches your inbox, copy the code it contains.

Return to Steam and paste the email code into the input box.

Click Continue and Change My Password.

Enter and confirm a new password, and click Change Password to finish the process.

How to change your Steam password:

If you already know your password, you may still need to change it for a variety of reasons. We often use the same passwords on multiple platforms, so if one is compromised, the hack can spread.

To prevent this, it’s important to be able to change the passwords on other accounts at any time. Here’s how to change a Steam password.

Open Steam and click Settings (on Mac, click Preferences).

Click Change Password.

Input your current password.

An email will be sent to the account’s associated email address. Open a new tab and check your inbox. Copy the 5-digit code included in the email.

Return to Steam and paste the email code into the input box.

Input a new password in the box provided.

When the process is complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email.

Password security

Password protection is a cornerstone of personal cybersecurity. If you’re online using social media profiles, email services, and streaming sites, it’s essential that you keep your login details private. It can be tempting to duplicate easy-to-remember passwords across multiple accounts, but there is a better way.

With NordPass, you can use complex, randomized passwords for every application. The best part? You’ll never have to worry about forgetting your details, because our service will remember them for you.

Whether you’re worried about hackers or just tired of forgetting your login details, it’s not worth the risk: protect yourself with NordPass.

It would likely be encrypted in program files.

Can you log onto the account at all?

No that would be encrypted.

With that username, can’t you run a password recovery with it? Or will it ask you for the email?

You would need to be logged in to change the email. If you have forgotten the password and don’t have access to the original email then your only option is to contact Steam support.

You will need to provide them with proof of purchase for any games bought on that account so that they can verify that the account is yours.

You would need to be logged in to change the email. If you have forgotten the password and don’t have access to the original email then your only option is to contact Steam support.

You will need to provide them with proof of purchase for any games bought on that account so that they can verify that the account is yours.

You know the credit card you used though? All you need to give them is the following info:

The Card Type (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express)
Full Name on the Card
Billing Address
The last four digits of the credit card number – Do not provide the full credit card number

Bought through the Steam store is great as that means they can easily check your information.

If you are not sure what the last four numbers of the card were, then a receipt for any purchase you ever made with that card should show those numbers.

If you ever saved the card in Amazon for one example then the information might still be there if you didn’t delete it.

You know the credit card you used though? All you need to give them is the following info:

The Card Type (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express)
Full Name on the Card
Billing Address
The last four digits of the credit card number – Do not provide the full credit card number

Bought through the Steam store is great as that means they can easily check your information.

If you are not sure what the last four numbers of the card were, then a receipt for any purchase you ever made with that card should show those numbers.

If you ever saved the card in Amazon for one example then the information might still be there if you didn’t delete it.

I know the card type, full name, and billing address, all except for the last four digits of the credit card. I do not have any receipts from purchases made with that card unfortunately, your help is appreciated but I don’t feel like I have a lot of options on recovering that steam account, I’ll try to send a support ticket, but I don’t know if there’s a way to get around not knowing the last 4 digits.

Steam is the biggest storefront in PC gaming. Accounts can be worth thousands of dollars, as well as holding sentimental value to their owners. Losing your account is a bad experience. So what should you do if someone hacks into your Steam account to try and steal it? Follow the steps below to keep your account safe.

1. Act Straight Away

These sorts of emails are a warning sign that you should not ignore. | Source: W.S.Worrall

The second that you suspect your Steam account may be compromised you should take action. If left for too long a hacker can do serious damage to your account, especially if you have your credit card information attached to your account.

2. Change Your Password

If you can still get into your Steam account, then your first port of call should be to change your password. The hacker probably knows your current password, so every account that uses that same password could now be at risk as well.

Log into Steam via your browser, then click on the white arrow next to your profile name and select ‘Account Details’.

Image 1 of password tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

On the next page, scroll down to ‘Account Security’ and select ‘Change my password’.

image 2 of password tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Depending on how you’ve secured your account, you may have different options available to you. Click the top box where applicable to confirm your account.

Image 3 of password tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Enter your confirmation code, or use your Steam phone app, then click ‘Continue.’

Image 4 of password tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Enter your new password twice to confirm it, then click ‘Change Password.’

Image 5 of password tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

If you’re concerned about making a new password, visit our guide on common password mistakes.

3. Steam Account Recovery

If you find yourself unable to get back into your account then you will need to go through Steam’s account recovery system.

Go to the Steam login page and click ‘Forgot your password?’ underneath the login fields.

Image 1 of recovery tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Click ‘My Steam Account was stolen and I need help recovering it.’

Image 2 of recovery tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘Change my password.’

Image 3 of recovery tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Enter your email address or phone number, complete the reCAPTCHA, and click ‘Search.’

Image 4 of recovery tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

Click the top option to begin account recovery (the option that appears my look different for you).

Image 5 of recovery tutorial. | Source: Hacked/W.S.Worrall

How to Recover a Forgotten Steam Password

Forgot your password for your Steam account? Don’t know what to do with your game saves?

Don’t panic! There’s a workaround to solve the problem and you can recover your Steam account and password easily!

How Can I never forget my Steam password again?

We all know that longer and more complicated the passwords are more secure. But it’s hard to remember all these long and complicated passwords composed of different strings that have no meaning to you.

Guess what?! Now you can easily and automatically manage all your passwords with Dashlane.

With Dashlane, you’ll log into websites automatically and fill long web forms with a single click. You’ll only need to remember your Dashlane Master Password and Dashlane does the rest. You’ll never need to remember of type another password again. Best of all, Dashlane is completely secure and easy to use.

1) Download and install Dashlane on your device.

2) Run Dashlane in your device.

3) You can now store your passwords , change your passwords , and automatically generate strong passwords (you can do this and more with the FREE version).

You can also sync your passwords and data across all your devices (this requires Dashlane Premium ) to save your time and patience.

Now say goodbye to forgetting your passwords and struggling with long and tedious password recovery processes.

How to recover the password for your Steam account?

You can recover your Steam password for your account quickly and easily from the Steam Help Site. To do so, follow the steps below:

2) Enter your Steam account name, email address or phone number, and enter the verification characters, then click Search.

3) Assuming that you have the access to the email address associated with your Steam account, and click Email an account verification code to email address.

4) Enter the verification code that you received, and click Continue.

5) Select Change my password.

6) Enter your new password twice and click Change Password.

Now you should have recovered the forgotten Steam password and you can log into your Steam account to play games!

If you don’t have access to the email address anymore

If you’ve lost the access to the email address associated with your Steam account, follow the steps below:

2) Enter your Steam account name, email address or phone number, then enter the characters if needed, and click Search.

3) Click I no longer have access to this email address.

4) Enter the information on the screen and follow the instructions to finish.

Kindly note that you need to provide information to prove you’re the real owner of this account before you can start resetting the password.

That’s it! Hope this post helps in resetting your Steam password if you’ve forgotten your password for the Steam account.

As the gaming’s most popular platform, Steam is home to a plethora of scammers. Fortunately, there are ways you can protect yourself.

Fraudulent Steam access and accounts lost to hackers continue to be a persistent threat to the gaming community. To that end, we’ve updated this guide to better help gamers understand how to protect and recover their accounts.

Maybe you weren’t paying attention and accidentally clicked a malicious trade link. Maybe you logged onto a third-party website with your Steam credentials. Regardless of the method, your Steam account is now compromised and you’re not sure what to do. Thankfully, Steam Support has some steps you can follow to reclaim your account.

According to Steam, 77,000 accounts are hijacked every month. At first, there wasn’t a lot of malicious activity, but once the Steam economy began to grow, so did the hackers. While hackers generally target the new and naive, even those who are Steam veterans have been taken for a ride. Hackers have a myriad of ways to get into accounts, and users must remain vigilant lest they become another victim. As the “I got hacked” stories began to accelerate, Steam prepared their own countermeasures against the threat.

How to Fix A Hacked Steam Account

First, users should use their anti-virus programs to scan their computers. It’s important to ensure no viruses, key loggers, spyware, or other malicious code are residing. Once users are certain their computer is virus-free, they should reset their passwords.

Second, users should change their email passwords. While this might seem unrelated at first, a compromised e-mail may very well be how your account was hacked in the first place. By changing their email password, users ensure a hijacker can’t take their Steam account again. It also means Steam Support will be able to assist users without interference.

Once those above steps have been completed, users can recover their Steam account by changing their password via Steam’s help page. Don’t panic if you can’t self-recover the account, though. Users can still appeal to Steam Support to verify and recover accounts for them. When contacting Steam Support, it’s important to have the following information: Proof of Ownership (which could be credit cards, bank transfers, retail activation keys or Steam wallet codes previously used with the account), any possible Steam Account login names and any possible email addresses linked to the account.

How to Prevent Your Steam Account from Getting Hacked

To avoid your account being compromised, Steam recommends that users never share their password with anyone. Some hijackers will impersonate Steam Support representatives and ask for information, but don’t fall for it; the real Steam Support (who will always have a badge on their account identifying them as a Valve Employee) will never ask for your password. Also, make sure you only use official Steam websites. Sometimes, hackers will message users about a website offering free items and steal their login information from there. Official Steam websites will have an Extended Validation SSL certificate which will look like a green bar near the address.

Steam Support has been known to be notoriously slow, but there are stories where they’ve reacted relatively quickly in response to hijackings. Reddit user bleucube recounts a time when her son accidentally got his account hijacked through a scam website. The hacker then proceeded to turn off the mobile guard and change the account’s password, phone number and email. Despite the bleak outlook, bleucube submitted a ticket to Steam Support and provided evidence they were the account’s real owner. Within eight hours, Steam Support responded and managed to recover the hijacked account.

Sadly, as the largest gaming platform in the world, Steam is a prime target for scammers. If you wish to know more about how to protect yourself from hijackers, you can learn more about the various types of scams via the Scamtypes wiki on Steam’s subreddit. So long as you’re careful and safeguard your information, though, your Steam account should be safe.

A large proportion of computer games require you to enter a unique product key to play the game, which is what Windows and most applications require you to do. This is to combat piracy so you couldn’t just copy a game CD and distribute it to all your friends. The problem has always been that if you misplace or accidentally throw away the CD case or box, the product key often goes with it. If you haven’t yet installed the game then you have a problem as contacting the game retailer/publisher will likely be a waste of time. However, if you have already installed the game and entered a product key, all is not lost.

A large amount of games these days are purchased and downloaded online which isn’t such a problem because your game serial numbers are stored either in an email or with the game service such as Steam or Origin, and you only need your username and password to retrieve them. But if you install a game from optical media, quite often the product key gets stored in the system registry, and as it’s easily accessible, there’s a good chance of recovering any previously typed in game serial.

A utility called Game Key Revealer has been designed specifically for the sole purpose of reading and recovering game CD Keys and Serials for installed games on your computer. The creator also has another tool called SoftKey Revealer which concentrates on recovering Windows and application serial numbers. Game Key Revealer is possibly the only free tool around to specifically look for and reveal game keys, most other tools are shareware and only show a few characters of the key unless you register.

Game Key Revealer is only about 150KB in size and portable so you can run it without installing onto your computer. Just click the “Find Games” button to search for any game CD Keys on the computer and after a second or two, it will display the serials in the window. What you might also find is that there are keys listed which are from games you may have uninstalled ages ago, useful if you no longer have the key to hand.

You can save the found CD Keys in the list to text file (GameKeyRevealer.txt) in the same folder as the tool, open and copy the text directly to Word if you have it installed (File -> Copy to Word), or print it directly to your printer. The list of possible games it can find is pretty impressive, with over 2,000 currently supported. You can read the full list on the website to see if it can detect what you want it to.

A useful option for around 20 older games enables you to change an already installed serial key for another one, handy if you download and install a game then later buy the legitimate product. Select Tools -> CD Key Changer, choose the game from the drop down and enter the new serial number. Then press depending on your operating system, “32bit Change” or “64bit Change”. There is also a Refresh Rate Override tool, but you shouldn’t touch this unless you know exactly what changing your refresh rate does.

Game Key Revealer works on anything from Windows 95 up to Windows 8.

There is another free key finding tool which can find a few game keys although on inspection, every game in its small database is already included in Game Key Revealer. But if you have a problem with Game Key Revealer, you might like to try Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder, one of the oldest Windows/application key finders out there.

The last resort – If you can’t get the game key you want from one of the tools above and you suspect it’s in the registry, the last option is to view the registry yourself and look for it. Using regedit is usually only recommended for experienced users, but it’s not a problem if don’t try to delete, edit or create anything. Press Win key+R, type regedit into the run box and navigate to the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node (64-bit only)

Then have a look for a key with a name of either the publisher (EA Games, UBISoft etc), the game developer (THQ, Treyarch etc) or the game’s actual name such as Crysis or FIFA. Expand the key and look for anything that mentions or looks like a serial.

You can also search for the name using Ctrl+F but bear in mind any serials are unlikely to be outside of the 3 registry keys mentioned above. If you find what you’re looking for, double click on the entry in the right window and the copy the data.

For tons of people out there, the iPhone is just great the way it is. However, there are those out who prefer to have more customization options and free themselves from the various different restrictions that Apple imposes on it’s users. For those who want these extra customization options and don’t want to be restricted at all, the best option is to jailbreak your device.

Jailbreaking your device essentially means that you are changing the software of your device to remove all limitations and restrictions, thus letting you have much more control of your iPhone. You can download any software you like and make your phone look and perform exactly how you want. While that all sounds great, sometimes jailbreaking can cause issues and can void the warranty of your device.

So let’s say you have jailbroken your device but over time, you are wishing you could go back. Well thankfully, there is the possibility of going back to how things were before you jailbroke your device. Even better, the process of undoing a jailbreak is actually much easier and safer than the jailbreak itself. So while you may have needed to get the help of another individual to perform the jailbreak, you should be perfectly well equipped at unjailbreaking your own device.

Basically, to undo the jailbreak you did on your device, all you need to do is restore your device to its factory settings, which will basically mean it’ll be in a similar state to when you first took it out of the box. Of course, this will delete all the files, data and apps on your device, so it is very important that you have a recent backup saved so you can load from it when you set up your device after the restore. Even if you don’t plan on restoring your device for any reason, we always recommend you have an up-to-date backup in case something goes wrong.

Once you have a backup saved, simply follow these next few steps and you will be able to restore your device back to what it was like before you had it jailbroken.

Step 1: Connect your jailbroken device to your computer and open iTunes.

Step 2: Select your device on iTunes, go to the Summary page and then find the Restore button.

Step 3: A message will pop up asking you if you want to backup, and if you never have, you better go ahead and do that or you will lose everything on your device.

Step 4: Once you begin the restore, the phone will do its magic and will restart once it is complete. Normally, this whole process should only take a few minutes and then you will be prompted to set up your phone like you did the first time you took it out of the box.

If those steps were successful, your device should be like new, and all the software you installed during the jailbreak process shouldn’t be there anymore and your phone should be working as it did before the jailbreak. Now it’s, of course, possible to go and jailbreak your phone again if you want, but remember, the process of jailbreaking your device is often more timely and potentially harmful than the process to unjailbreak it, so be cautious!

Craig Lloyd
Craig Lloyd
Writer

Craig Lloyd is a smarthome expert with nearly ten years of professional writing experience. His work has been published by iFixit, Lifehacker, Digital Trends, Slashgear, and GottaBeMobile. Read more.

If you’re having seconds thoughts about jailbreaking your iOS device, here’s how to easily unjailbreak it and go back to normalcy.

To unjailbreak, many how-to guides say that you need to put your iOS device in recovery or DFU mode, but that’s actually not the case at all. In fact, it’s a lot easier than that–you just need to erase your device, then restore it from a backup. The backup won’t include the jailbreak or jailbroken apps, so you’ll be back to stock iOS.

To start, you’ll first want to plug your device into your computer and fire up iTunes. Then click on the device icon in the upper-left corner to open up the device summary screen.

Make sure iTunes has all the movies and music you want on your device, since we’ll be erasing it shortly. Once you’ve done so, it’s time to back up your device’s apps and settings.

To back up your device, click on “Back Up Now”.

After that process is finished, open up the Settings app on your device, and navigate to iCloud > Find My iPhone. From there, disable Find My iPhone. You’ll only do this temporarily, as Apple requires this feature to be disabled when restoring your device.

Next, go back to iTunes and click on “Restore iPhone”.

You may receive a pop-up window asking if you want to back up your stuff, but since you already did this, just click on “Don’t Back Up”.

Click “Restore” when the next pop-up window appears.

The process will begin and will take around five minutes or so.

Eventually, you’ll see the below screen in iTunes when the process is complete. You can either select “Set up as new iPhone if you want to start from scratch, or select “Restore from this backup” to get back all of your apps, settings, contacts, etc.

Restoring a backup to an iOS device takes a few minutes, and when iTunes says that it’s done restoring the backup and your iPhone or iPad completely reboots, you can unlock it. From there, you’ll see the iOS Setup Assistant start screen. Swipe to the right to continue and go through the steps to set up your iPhone again. You’ll set up things like Location Services, Touch ID, Apple Pay, and iCloud.

Once you complete the setup process and reach the home screen, you’ll notice that you might have some apps that are darkened out with “Waiting…” underneath these app icons. This means that these apps are downloading to your device and are being installed, so sit back and relax while this happens, as it can take a while.

Once that’s done, though, your iPhone or iPad will be completely ready to use again and you’ll be free of the jailbreak.

• › How to Show Your Work Hours and Location in Google Calendar
• › You Can Finally Move WhatsApp Chats From iPhone to Android
• › How to Print Double-Sided on Windows 11
• › Samsung Galaxy Phones Are Getting Grammarly Installed by Default
• › How to Enable Cookies in Google Chrome

Craig Lloyd
Craig Lloyd is a smarthome expert with nearly ten years of professional writing experience. His work has been published by iFixit, Lifehacker, Digital Trends, Slashgear, and GottaBeMobile.
Read Full Bio »

If you need to undo your jailbreak, follow these simple steps to restore your iDevice to its original (jailed) state.

Jailbreaking isn’t for everyone. Cydia is quick to overwhelm even the tech-savvy user, and upgrading iOS software on a jailbroken device can be a headache-inducing process.

Whether you’ve discovered that jailbreaking isn’t for you, or you need to take your iDevice to the Genius Bar for repair, you’ll need to unjailbreak your device.

There are plenty of forums, blog posts, and YouTube videos that attempt to guide you through this process. Many are outdated, and, in some cases, incorrect.

So, to find the proper way to unjailbreak an iDevice, I went to the source. Nikias Bassen, a developer for the Chronic-Dev team, the folks behind the Absinthe jailbreak and greenpois0n.com, offered this simple solution:

1. Back up your iDevice. Sync it with iTunes or iCloud to make sure you have a back up of your phone’s current state. Whether you’re using iTunes or iCloud, make sure you tweak the sync settings so that everything you need is backed up. With iCloud, you can force a backup by going to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Back Up Now.
2. Restore. When the backup is complete and your device is connected to iTunes, select it from the sidebar. Then, in the Summary tab, click “Restore.” Now iTunes will restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings and completely wipe the device.
3. Recover your backup. Now your device will display guide you through activation. Once you pass the Wi-Fi setup screen, you’ll be asked how you’d like to set up your device. If you did an iCloud backup, select that option. Otherwise, go to iTunes and restore it from the backup you created in the first step.

In a few minutes, your device will restart, and your apps, settings, and other data (like contacts) will be restored. Cydia is gone, and when you take your iDevice to the Genius Bar, there will be no obvious traces that you once broke your gadget out of jail.

Ivan Cook updated on 2021-10-12 21:37:43

Contents

• 2.1 Restore iPad from iTunes

Is it possible to restore iPad without updating?

Yes, it is quite possible to restore iPad without updating. You can use third party software, or simply go through hacks which will stop the iPad from updating the iOS version. Normally, when you update the iOS version, all features are returned to their locked status, which means that a jailbroken iPad will go back to the non-jailbreak status. This is something that most people do not want; restoring iPad without updating the iOS is therefore very crucial.

Part 1. Practical Method to Restore iPad Without Updating

Restoring iPad without updates is something that you can do when you do not usually have an internet connection, or simply want to keep your current iOS version.

Step 1) Connect your iPad

Using the USB cable that came with the device, connect it to your computer and then launch iTunes.

Step 2) Disabling the iPad update during restoration

Go to the “terminal” and then enable visibility of the Library folder. When you open the “Terminal” type “chflags nohidden

Step 3) Updating files manually from the library

Go back to iTunes and click on the “Option” key on your keyboard, while at the same clicking on the “restore” button on iTunes. You will open a window, where you will locate the “Library” folder; the latest iPad backup files are located here. Select the files that you want to restore and move them to your iPad. It is as simple as that.

Part 2. Recommend Another Way to Restore iPad

Restoring iPad devices can also be done using a third-party software called iSkysoft iPad Data Recovery. This tool has an easy-to-follow interface which will allow you to do this with ease.

Key Features of iSkysoft iPad Data Recovery

• Restoration of all iOS devices – The application works with all iOS devices allowing you to do restoration of your iPad as well as your other devices that run on iOS.
• Wide range of file types – The application can work with up to 18 different iOS file types. This is the reason why it works well with all devices.
• Several extraction modes – You can get restoration files from iCloud, iTunes and your computer.

User guide to restore iPad using iSkysoft iPad Data Recovery

Restoring iPad devices using iSkysoft is a great way of maintaining the integrity of your files and data. However, one thing that you should note is that the iOS will be updated when you use this method. The “Fix iOS to Normal” will do an automatic upgrade of the iOS. However, if you had connected to iTunes using the unlocked iPad, it will not be locked when you use the tool. This makes the application the best to carry out restoration, upgrade your iOS and still maintain the usability that you enjoyed before, especially if you are in geographic locations not supported by Apple.

Download and install iSkysoft iPhone Data Recovery and then launch the application. On the home screen, you will see the “Fix iOS to Normal” option; click on it. Using the USB cable that came with the device, connect the iPad to your computer. The device will be recognized by the application; click on the “Start” button to start the restoration process.

You will be presented with a list of the firmware that you need; you can also select the iOS version that you want to keep. This means selecting the version that you have on your iPad. Finally click on the “Download” button.

The firmware for the iOS release that you selected will be downloaded to your computer, and iSkysoft will allow it to automatically restore the iPad. You should wait until the process is complete, after which the iPad will restart.

Restoring iPad without updating is quite useful, especially to people who have unlocked their devices. Unlocking an iPad is a complicated process, and for those who cannot do this on their own, paying high fees is the only option available. However, there comes a time when you may need to restore important data to the iPad, and you have to know a useful way to restore iPad without updating. The above methods are perhaps the easiest and safest. iSkysoft iPad Data Recovery is a great application for those who cannot safely edit system files.

Product-related questions? Contact Our Support Team to Get Quick Solution >

Chinese software team Pangu already released a couple of jailbreaking methods for the latest iOS 11. That means that now users can jailbreak even the most recent iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X, as well as all the older iDevices running iOS 11.

If you are reading our articles, you know that we DO NOT recommend jailbreaking your iPhones and other iDevices. Yes, jailbreaking your iPhone will bring you some additional functionalities and features for you. But, besides the advantages, jailbreaking is a procedure that will void your iDevice’s warranty and has many downsides like performance and security issues. However, many users still decide to jailbreak their devices, and later, they want to get back to the original stock iOS state. But is that unjailbreak process even possible?

Yes, it is possible, and it is even simpler than the jailbreaking process. If you own a jailbroken iPhone 8, iPad, or any other iOS device, and you want to unjailbreak it (reverse it to the original iOS condition), here you can find all that you need. In the rest of the article, I will explain the steps you need to take, to remove the jailbreak from your iDevices.

Backup Your iDevice

Before we start with the first step, let me tell you that unjailbreaking is a process in which you may lose your personal data. So, make sure you perform a full backup of your iPhone or iPad. The best practice is to save your backup file on 2 locations (locally and on the cloud). Here is how can you do an iCloud backup on the latest iOS 11.

1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a Wi–Fi
2. Go to Settings, tap on Your Name and choose iCloud.
   
3. Tap on iCloudBackup and make sure the toggle is ON.
4. Now, click on Back Up Now and stayconnected to the Wi-Fi network until the process finishes.
   

If you want to check the progress and confirm if the backup is complete, go to Settings, tap on Your Name, tap on iCloud, and open iCloud Backup. Under the button Back Up Now you can see the time and date of the last backup.

The Unjailbreaking Process

After your device is done with the backup process, you can start with the following steps for unjailbreaking it.

1. Connect your iPhone or iPad to your PC or Mac using the original USB cable.
2. Launch iTunes on your computer.
3. Unlock your iDevice and TurnoffFindMyiPhone.
   • Go to Settings, tap on YourName and choose iCloud.
   • Tap on Find My iPhone and make sure the toggle is OFF. You will need to enter your AppleID and password, to turn this feature off.
     

1. In iTunes on your computer, select your iDevice when it appears.
2. In the Summarypanel, click on the Restorebutton. You’ve just started the unjailbreakingprocess.
3. During the procedure, your device will restart. It will ask you if you would like to restorefrom a backup Here you can select the iCloud option if you want to restore it from the file that you created earlier.

When the process finishes, your iOS device is back to its factory settings. You will see the usual set-up steps that you had done when you turned on your iDevice for the first time.

Conclusion

The unjailbreaking process that I explained above works the same on every iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, from the oldest models to the newest ones. It also works on all iOS versions, including the latest iOS 11.

If you ever want to reverse the jailbreak, make sure to check this article. And, do not forget to protect from potential risks with performing a backup on your iDevice before beginning.

There are many reasons when you need to unjailbreak an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Sending your iPhone back to Apple for warranty is one great example. Unjailbreak, also known as remove jailbreak, reverse jailbreak, and uninstall jailbreak. It is a process to undo a jailbreak on all iOS devices. In other words, it turns your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch back to the stage before you jailbreak. Once you are unjailbreak, you no longer be able to use Cydia App Store to download Cydia apps and games. If you have decided to unjailbreak, follow the simple guide here on how to unjailbreak an iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Steps to Unjailbreak iOS Devices

There are many methods to reverse the jailbreak on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Perhaps this is the easiest and simplest way to do it. It uses the Restore function from iTunes and you can complete it in less than 10 minutes. All you need is a USB cable and a Mac or PC. No advanced computer knowledge is required!

Step 1: Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to your Mac or PC using a USB cable.

Step 2: Launch iTunes from your computer. Select your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch at the left column.

Step 3: Go to Summary tab and click Restore button. The Restore button is located under “Check for Update” button.

Step 4: You will be prompted a message asking you to backup your iOS devices. Click Yes to continue. iTunes will now backup your iOS device and begin to unjailbreak.

Step 5: Wait for a few minutes and iTunes will restart your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. A message will pop up asking you if you would like to restore from backup. Click Yes to continue. The program will then restore all the non-jailbreak apps and games back to your iOS device. This will usually takes a few minutes depending on the number of apps and games you have.

Step 6: Within 10 minutes, you will see your jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch has been reversed. This means you have successfully unjailbreak your iOS device. Everything works like before and you can now send the device back to Apple for warranty.

If you would like to use cracked apps, jailbreak apps, cracked games or any Cydia apps on your iOS device, you can follow our guide to jailbreak and download Cydia again at any time you want.

This Unjailbreak Method Works On

iPhone: iPhone SE, iPhone 6S / 6S Plus, iPhone 6 / 6 Plus, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPhone 1st gen.

iPad: iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 1, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 4 and iPad Pro.

iPod: iPod Classic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. iPod Mini 1, iPod Mini 2. iPod Nano 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. iPod Shuffle 1, 2, 3, 4. iPod Touch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

iOS 10: iOS 10 jailbreak is currently not available

iOS 9: 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.3, 9.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.3.3

iOS 8: 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.4.1

iOS 7: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2

iOS 6: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6

iOS 5: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.1

iOS 4: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.2.7, 4.2.8, 4.2.9, 4.2.10, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5

For those who still prefer to use cracked apps without jailbreak, you can try AppCake or vShare. Both of these applications allow iOS users to use certain apps without jailbreak. Last but not least, you are welcome to leave a message here if you are having problem to unjailbreak an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

Jailbreaking your iOS device is a powerful concept as it gives you the root access to the iOS file system. Enabling you to install third-party apps, tweaks, or modify your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to get an exclusive smartphone experience – you can have it all, almost. There are a number of downsides to jailbreaking too. No warranty, which means you cannot get your device repaired at an Apple store if you have somehow managed to damage your iOS device. If for this, or any other reason, you are looking to unjailbreak your iOS device, thankfully, it is quite an easy process.

This guide will hopefully help you to unjailbreak your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and get you that warranty back from Apple.

Here are the few steps to unjailbreak iPhone, iPad, or your iPad touch

• Create a back up of your iOS device; or you could also restore to the backup that you may have created earlier.
• Enter into Recovery mode: turn off your iPhone or iPad and wait for it to completely shut down. Plug USB cord to the computer slot and hold down the Home button while connecting the USB cord’s other end to your iPhone. Keep holding the Home key until you see the recovery mode image.
• iTunes will then detect your iPhone in the recovery mode. Here, press OK.
• Once successfully in the recovery mode, you simply need to click on the Restore iPhone. button in the iTunes. No downloads or any other thing needed, simply restore.
• Next, click on Restore and Update and then Next to verify to unjailbreak your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.
• Agree to terms shown and it should start installing the latest iOS iteration on your device.
• It would take a few minutes, so please be patient.
• Once the restore process is completed successfully, activate your iPhone in the iTunes by entering your Apple ID and Password.
• You can here restore from a backup done earlier or simply start using the device fresh.
• That’s just about it!

In case you think about upgrading to iOS 8 bet, here is the guide to help you do so: iOS 8 beta 1 Direct Download Links for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. In case you are interested in jailbreaking again, here are Steps to Jailbreak iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.X with Pangu.

Jailbreaking is the iPhone user’s substitute to rooting, the reason for hacking the iOS is so that can install third party apps and make configurations to the mobile OS that Apple by default locks on their devices.

You are most likely here because you have a jailbroken device that you want to reverse. Here you will learn how to unjailbreak your device. There are a couple approaches to how you can handle this. You will learn them all step by step.

1. iPhone
2. iPad
3. iPod Touch

Before attempting to unjailbreak your device. You should backup to either through iTunes or iCloud just in case.

Method 1: Factory Resetting with PC:

1. Run iTunes on your computer.
2. Plug your device into your computer.
3. Backup your device with iTunes.
4. Factory reset your device with iTunes.
5. Re-sync your device.

What this does: When you factory reset your device. This deletes everything and brings it back to factory settings. But once you re-sync it will put back everything on your app except the jailbreak. I did this and was able to unjailbreak iPhone 6 Plus within 1 hour. But if there is a new iOS version out. iTunes will make you update to be able to reset.

Method 2: Unjailbreaking With Tweaks:

1. Launch the “Cydia” app.
2. Search for “Cydia Impactor” and install it.
3. From your home screen run the “Cyda Impactor” app.
4. The app will run delete all traces of jailbreak from your device.

What this does: This app was created by a third party developer. What this app will do is reverse the jailbreak from your device. The great thing about this is that you will retain all your previous settings and keep your current iOS version. I tested this as well to unjailbreak iPhone 5 and it worked out.

By this point in the process you should have brought your device back to the settings you had before you hacked your device.

So you jailbroke your iPhone or iPad after the evasi0n jailbreak process was released last week, but you discovered that it just wasn't for you. You prefer the stock feel of iOS over the seemingly never-ending sea of mods and tweaks. There's nothing to be ashamed of, and there's no reason to fret, even if you didn't backup before jailbreaking … like you should have.

The unjailbreaking method is relatively quick and very easy. All you need is iTunes, your Lightning or 30-pin cable and your iDevice. A couple clicks and no more than a half-hour later, and you will be back where you started. Check out the video below to learn how to unjailbreak your iDevice!

Taylor Martin

Based out of Charlotte, NC, Taylor Martin started writing about technology in 2009 while working in wireless retail. He has used BlackBerry off and on for over seven years, Android for nearly four years, iOS for three years, and has experimented with both webOS and Windows Phone. Taylor has reviewed countless smartphones and tablets, and doesn’t go anywhere without a couple gadgets in his pockets or “nerd bag.” In his free time, Taylor enjoys playing disc golf with friends, rock climbing, and playing video games. He also enjoys the occasional hockey game, and would do unspeakable things for some salmon nigiri. For more on Taylor Martin, checkout his Pocketnow Insider edition.