{"id":123,"date":"2021-12-15T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2019\/09\/16\/how-to-disable-external-images-in-gmail-apps\/https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2019\/09\/16\/how-to-disable-external-images-in-gmail-apps\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:57:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:57:58","slug":"how-to-disable-external-images-in-gmail-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/123-how-to-disable-external-images-in-gmail-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable external images in Gmail apps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Images are sent over email in one of two ways; as attachments, or as inline images that are part of the email body. The image itself can be linked to websites. In fact, newsletters and promotional emails will often have linked images in them. Not only do they consume a bit more bandwidth, the message also tends to load slower. On a mobile device, the message may not even look right making it hard to read. Here\u2019s how you can disable external images in Gmail apps.<\/p>\n

This feature is available on Gmail for iOS and for Android. It is enabled on a per-account basis which means that, if you have multiple email accounts added to the Gmail app, you can disable external images from loading for some accounts but have them load automatically for others.<\/p>\n

Make sure you\u2019re running the latest version of the Gmail app. Open the app and tap the hamburger icon at the top left. This will open the navigation drawer. Scroll to the very end and tap Settings. On the Settings screen, select the account that you want to disable external images for.<\/p>\n

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On the settings screen for the account you selected, scroll down until you see the \u2018Images\u2019 option. Tap it, and set Images to \u2018Ask before displaying external images\u2019.<\/p>\n

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This will apply to all messages that arrive after you\u2019ve enabled this setting. The messages that have already downloaded to your device will already have downloaded the images in them so there\u2019s nothing that can be done about it.<\/p>\n

When you get an email with images in the body, you will see a photo icon, a box, or alt-text in its place. It really depends on the email but those are the three ways that they may appear. To show images in that particular email, tap the \u2018Display Images\u2019 option just below the \u2018to\u2019 field.<\/p>\n

This feature may also, in some cases, help with emails that have trackers. These trackers tell the sender if the email they sent has been opened or not. Often, the tracker is just a pixel-sized image so you\u2019d never really see it though not all trackers are images. On desktops, it\u2019s easy to disable the trackers with an extension but on mobile, it\u2019s much more difficult since you cannot change how an app functions beyond what it allows you to change.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re travelling and have poor internet on the go, this is definitely a setting worth enabling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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