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If you are eligible for Brown email, you'll be given the option to activate your Google account during the account activation process. If you accidentally skipped over the account information area and don't know your email address, please log in to MyAccount to retrieve the information. 

On the web: To access your Brown Gmail account, log in at gmail.com with your full Brown email address. You will be prompted to authenticate using Brown University Shibboleth (SSO). 

On a mobile device:

Learning How to Use Gmail

Though you can find several Brown-specific Gmail articles here, Google's own documentation has a wealth of information about how to use Gmail. Here are some resources we recommend:

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