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# Gmail: Offer Meeting Times directly in Gmail
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-111/
- Published: 2023-08-11T01:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:03:54.000Z
- Description: #111
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Gmail

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## 🤔 What is it?

I recently received an email from Elon asking for a meeting, and as you can see in the screenshot below, I was able to provide **different time slots from within Gmail**!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/08/image-18.png)

## Offer times you’re free

In your reply, simply select:

- 3 dots > Set up a time to meet > Offer times you’re free
- The companion bar will open on the right
- Pick a day > Select the time slots you’re available

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/08/image-19.png)

Elon will receive my reply that looks like this:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/08/image-20.png)

Clicking into a time slot will bring him to a confirmation page that looks like this:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/08/image-21.png)

💡

****Pro tip:** This is perfect when you don’t have visibility into the other person’s email (Elon is very secretive) so you let them choose a time

Next week, I’ll share what you should do instead when you can see the other person’s calendar 😉

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- Train yourself to press “R” to reply (make sure keyboard shortcuts are enabled in settings, and the default is to “Reply” instead of “Reply all”

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