Gmail is a free email service developed by Google to provide quick and easy transactions of emails between users while proactively distinguishing between spam emails, promotional emails, and primary emails into appropriate categories. However, users often encounter problems like Gmail not working, Gmail not receiving emails, Gmail not receiving mails storage full, and more. Fortunately, you can quickly solve these problems. You will find solutions for Gmail not receiving emails and Gmail not receiving emails storage full in this blog.
FIXES FOR GMAIL NOT RECEIVING MAILS
Solution 1: CHECK GMAIL STATUS
You can check Gmail’s status by visiting www.downdetector.com. Once the website opens, insert "Gmail" in the search box and press enter. You can now view if Gmail is facing downtime or if it's working fine.
Solution 2: SWITCH THE BROWSER
You can try switching the browser, open www.gmail.com, and log in with your correct credentials. You can try using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Safari (for Apple users). If the problem persists, you can try other solutions mentioned in this blog.
Solution 3: REMOVE EMAIL FILTERS
Email filters may be the reason for Gmail not receiving emails. To remove the filter, go to the settings logo on the top right, click on "See all settings," click on "Filters and blocked addresses" present in the horizontal list below "Settings," select all filters displaying and "delete." Check if you are receiving emails now.
Solution 4: DISABLE FORWARDING
Click on the settings logo, click on "See all settings," open the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab, now select "disable forwarding," and save. This will prevent incoming emails from forwarding to other addresses.
Solution 5: CHECK THE AVAILABLE STORAGE
Gmail provides 15GB of storage for all Google services collectively. When the storage is full, Google automatically sends any incoming emails back to its sender without the receiver's knowledge. Find out how to fix Gmail not receiving emails storage full below.
You can check the storage status by visiting www.myaccount.google.com. Once the webpage opens, click on "Go to Google Account." Now you can see your used storage (out of 15GB) in the "Account Storage."
FIX GMAIL NOT RECEIVING EMAILS STORAGE FULL
Solution 1: FREE UP SPACE
Start with permanently deleting emails, attachments, photos, and files from Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. You can ease this long process on Gmail by typing "has:attachment larger:10M" (Any/all attachment higher than 10MB will come up) and" Older_than:1y" (All emails received before one year will come up), now select the boxes for unwanted emails, and click on "Delete."
Solution 2: MIGRATE YOUR EMAILS
You can free up some space in your existing Gmail account by moving your emails into a new Gmail account.
To allow forwarding, follow these steps:
· Go to "Settings" in your existing Gmail account, click on "See all Settings,"
· Open "Forwarding and POP/IMAP,"
· Select "Enable POP for all mails" in the "POP Download" section,
· Select "Delete Gmail's copy" from the list present next to "When messages are accessed with POP"
· Open your new Gmail account, go to "Settings," click on "See all settings,"
· Open "Accounts and imports," and click on "Import emails and accounts"
· Now in the pop-up on your screen, sign in to your original email account,
· Click on "allow," select appropriate import options, and finally select "start import."
Solution 3: BUY ADDITIONAL STORAGE
Go to https://one.google.com/about#upgrade, scroll down to find all plans available, and choose a plan that is most suitable for you. This should solve the problem of Gmail not receiving emails storage full.
