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How do I invite people to join Gmail?

May 30, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Computer & Internet Basics / 87 Comments

Dave, I have an email account in gmail as myaddr@gmail.com but I’m still confused.
How can I forward gmail invitations to my friends?

I’ve been plugged into the Gmail world for so long that I forget it’s a different experience for people just signing up for the service.
Your first step is to log in to the service. Then, on your main inbox page, you should see something like this:

Google Gmail Invitation Window

The fast way to do this is to enter their email address in the box and click “Send Invite”, but there’s an even easier way: every inbound message you receive has the following link at the bottom of the message display:

Invite JohnDoe to Gmail


Click on that link and you’ll be able to invite your friend without even having to type in their email address. Darn convenient! The next window you’ll see looks like this:
Google Gmail Invite A Friend Window

Click on “Send Invite” once you’ve fine-tuned the invitation note and you’ll be helping your friends join our Gmail family in no time.
Unless, of course, you aren’t seeing the invite box at all, which means you don’t yet have any invitations and just need to have the patience to wait a week or two (or possibly quite a bit longer: see my article Why can’t I invite my friends to join Gmail?) before you start earning invitations.
Oh! If anyone still needs a Gmail invite, please don’t hesitate to ask me for one: send your message to me at d1taylor at gmail.com.

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87 comments on “How do I invite people to join Gmail?”

  1. dimpal sharma says:
    October 17, 2016 at 5:12 am

    invite me plz

    Reply
  2. krish says:
    May 12, 2013 at 4:29 am

    hai friends any one please invite to chat

    Reply
  3. idrees says:
    May 5, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    invite me good popele

    Reply
  4. Dave Taylor says:
    April 9, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    You are correct, Mike. As of a few months ago, Google no longer gives Gmail users the ability to invite others. Now your friend will just have to go to the Gmail home page and sign up.

    Reply
  5. Mike Snow says:
    April 9, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    This Info. does not work.

    Reply
  6. winston says:
    August 19, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    eh guyz cn sum invite me on Gmail

    Reply
  7. jonndon says:
    June 9, 2012 at 8:37 am

    can someone invite me?
    thank you.
    2561327433@qq.com

    Reply
  8. Dave Taylor says:
    May 3, 2012 at 7:25 am

    Nick, you’re right. Look on the lower left of your Gmail screen and you’ll see three dots adjacent. Believe it or not, that’s a button. Click on it. Voila! Invitation box appears.

    Reply
  9. Nick says:
    May 3, 2012 at 7:15 am

    This info has changed I think since the new style Gmail. Does anyone have any ideas of how to send an invite now??

    Reply
  10. Jan Baros says:
    April 13, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    I didnt really find where to invite to gmail in the main inbox screen 🙁

    Reply
  11. leetguy says:
    April 10, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    Come on gais. I need a gmail invite real bad. Pl0x, ty

    Reply
  12. pankaj says:
    March 28, 2012 at 7:18 am

    sir don’t like Everything else mail plese help me

    Reply
  13. seshu says:
    March 14, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    but the above sollution for sending an invitation in gmail is giving an error

    Reply
  14. mzimasi says:
    July 22, 2011 at 9:17 am

    invite me plz

    Reply
  15. hitesh says:
    June 27, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    i hav joind gmail i want to invite friends. i have intrested to mention the realation with my friend. I would love to invite a friends..
    thanx
    i didnt have any invite and i want to send some to my friends so i need like 10 can you send me some soon please thanks p.s and i dont have the options to invite so please send me some asap thank you

    Reply
  16. prakash says:
    September 12, 2010 at 11:51 am

    i have intrested to mention the realation with my friend.

    Reply
  17. am mm says:
    June 14, 2010 at 11:05 am

    I want to test my webcam with gmail but I dont have a contact

    Reply
  18. erick says:
    April 30, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    just want to know

    Reply
  19. louis tihchu says:
    December 15, 2009 at 10:29 am

    I find it difficult 2 chat online and as such.It is so disgusting.I need your help.I always envy the yahoo fans and a desperate man can do any thing.

    Reply
  20. Tarek jlassi says:
    September 26, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    waaaaaaaaaaaaaw

    Reply
  21. arie says:
    May 12, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    its not working

    Reply
  22. naveen taneja says:
    May 3, 2009 at 9:06 am

    haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

    Reply
  23. gf says:
    December 18, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    ssseeexx

    Reply
  24. sujeewa samarakkodi says:
    December 9, 2008 at 7:32 am

    hi

    Reply
  25. Lukman306 says:
    June 19, 2008 at 4:21 am

    I like join gmail because i is fun

    Reply
  26. jason says:
    April 8, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    gmail

    Reply
  27. Al says:
    February 21, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    If you still have one available I would love to receive an invite to Gmail. Thank you talisair@yahoo.co.uk

    Reply
  28. pratap_apk says:
    February 8, 2007 at 9:52 pm

    i have gmail application please send me know immedately please ok its ur gent

    Reply
  29. MUKESH says:
    October 26, 2006 at 2:52 am

    PLEASE SEND A INVITATION TO MY FREIND SURAJKNT@YAHOO.COM I AMM NOT GETTING INVITE BOX ON MY DESKTOP
    THANKS
    MUKESH

    Reply
  30. Fayth says:
    October 16, 2006 at 2:35 am

    Pls update my account.. I would love to invite a friends..
    thanx

    Reply
  31. tedders says:
    October 13, 2006 at 6:50 am

    Any Gmail invites left please.

    Reply
  32. naveen says:
    October 6, 2006 at 11:06 pm

    i have been using gmail since 3 months but i have not got any invitation box .

    Reply
  33. Joakim says:
    October 2, 2006 at 1:50 pm

    I have 50 invites ! You can contact me and see if you could get one of them.
    MVH

    Reply
  34. Joakim says:
    October 2, 2006 at 7:27 am

    invite me to Join gmail please !

    Reply
  35. netboy says:
    September 30, 2006 at 8:15 am

    please can you send invite for me because i cant see the invite box and i want to make other email for dad, thanks too much.

    Reply
  36. vedaant shourie says:
    September 18, 2006 at 5:51 am

    i am not having invetes box on my gmail page , how do i invite friends

    Reply
  37. kaylie says:
    August 29, 2006 at 1:44 pm

    i didnt have any invite and i want to send some to my friends so i need like 10 can you send me some soon please thanks p.s and i dont have the options to invite so please send me some asap thank you

    Reply

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