


So we’re going to tread lightly and try every possible solution we can before we risk losing your draft. We can’t guarantee your message has been saved as a draft in Gmail. This is also why we need to be careful before we start on the more drastic solutions in this article. Gmail won’t send without a stable connection to a mail server. If you tried to send an email but had connectivity issues, either on wifi or a mobile network, your email could wind up queued rather than going out. Quite possibly the biggest culprit for queued emails is a weak or dropped network connection. Here’s your checklist of possible factors to eliminate before you try the more drastic solutions on this list: Were you having connectivity issues (wifi or network) when you sent - and are you still having them? No, to begin, we need to see if Gmail is the problem - not something else. Some Things to Check with Gmail Queued Before Trying SolutionsĪs we just discussed during the “what does it mean queued in gmail” section, the first move here isn’t to start dumping cache and reinstalling files. These are broader account and environmental issues which you can take care of right away. However, there are also some factors that might’ve caused the email to go to the queue which you should address before you start doing things like worrying about Gmail sync issues and having to clear Gmail app cache storage. You can speed up the process by trying the fixes below.


What’s that “some reason”? We’re going to diagnose it through the rest of this guide and help you fix it so we can get your message out. The Gmail app couldn’t send your message immediately for some reason and will reattempt to send it later. The queued meaning in Gmail is not quite drafts, and it’s not quite sent - it’s more like purgatory for your email.
