Wrike for Gmail (Gmail Add-On)

Wrike’s Gmail add-on is available for all users (including Collaborators) on all account types (including free). The Gmail add-on works with specific emails. Please check to make sure you have a compatible email before installing the add-on.

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• Overview
• Compatibility
• Install the Add-On (just for you)
• Install the Add-On (for everyone)
• Create a Task
• Modify a Task
• View Task Data
• Add an Email as a Comment 
• Uninstall the Add-On

Overview

Wrike’s Gmail add-on lets you work with Wrike tasks from your Gmail inbox. Use it to

• Turn an email into a Wrike task. When you receive a non-Wrike email, click the Wrike extension to create a task based on that email.
• Add an email as a comment. If an email thread gets updated, add text from a new email in the thread as a comment to the existing task.
• View Tasks and Change Status. Change a task’s status from the add-on.
• Send and receive comments. Add and read comments on Wrike tasks from the add-on.

All changes are synced to Wrike instantly. Changes from Wrike are synced in the add-on when the page is refreshed.

Compatibility

You must have a Gmail email address in order to use the add-on (either a Gmail for Business email or a personal Gmail email).

Please note, Wrike’s Gmail add-on works with the standard gmail.com interface and does not work with inbox.google.com.

Install the Add-On (Just for You)

Once installed, the add-on is automatically available for Gmail on web and Android.

1. Open Wrike for Gmail's page in the G Suite Marketplace.
2. Click “Install”.

Follow the installation prompts to finish installing the add-on.

Install the Add-On (for everyone)

G Suite super admins can install the add-on for all users on their G Suite account.

To install Wrike for Gmail add-on for all users G Suite super admin should:

1. Open Wrike for Gmail's page in the G Suite Marketplace.
2. Click “Install”.
3. Follow the installation prompts to finish installing the add-on.

When the installation is complete, the add-on is automatically available for all G Suite account users on web and Android.

Create a Task

Tasks created via the add-on are automatically added to the root Folder.

1. Open an email in Gmail.
2. Expand the Wrike add-on if it’s collapsed (click the checkmark icon).
3. Select “Create a task from the email.”
4. If you have multiple accounts, select which account to create the task in.

Your task is created and the task description includes

• Information around who sent the email and when
• Text from the email body

Modify a Task

1. Click on a Wrike notification email (or an email which you turned into a task).
2. Expand the Wrike add-on if it’s collapsed (click the checkmark icon).
3. Begin editing the task.

The edits are synced instantly with all versions of Wrike.

You can

• Change the task status to completed (or back to active).
• Add or remove yourself as an assignee.
• Add a comment (@mentions are not currently supported).

View Task Data

The add-on shows 

• Task title
• Task description
• Task due date
• Task status
• Task attachments
• Assignees
• Comments

Add an Email as a Comment

You can only add an email as a comment if the email is part of the same thread from which that task was created.

1. Click an email which you’ve turned into a task.
2. Expand the Wrike add-on if it’s collapsed (click the checkmark icon).
3. Click “Add Email as a Comment”.

The text from the email body is added as a comment to the task along with information around who sent the email and when.  

Uninstall the Add-On

1. Go to the G Suite Marketplace.
2. Sign in with your Google account.
3. Find "Wrike for Gmail" in the list of apps.
4. Click the three dot menu button on the Wrike for Gmail card.
5. Select "Remove".
6. Refresh your Gmail tab. This should remove the add-on.