Gmail

Add your Gmail account to Daylite for the iPhone.

1. Tap Mail on the toolbar

2. Tap Add Account

3. Next, select Gmail from the list of account types.

   
4. Enter the email address of your Gmail account. Daylite requires you to create an app-specific password. This is a different password than the one you use to sign into Gmail.

   
5. Log in to your Google Account and choose Manage Your Google Account

   

   2-Step Verification Required

   You must enable 2-Step Verification on your Google Account to create an app password.

   If you have already enabled 2-Step Verification, click here to create an App Password and proceed to Step 7.

   To turn on Google 2-Step Verification:

6. Select Security > How you sign in to Google > 2-Step Verification. If you need more detailed instructions, follow this article from Google.

   
7. Once 2-Step Verification has been enabled, click here to create an App Password.

8. Enter "Daylite" as the app name, then choose Create.

   
9. Copy the App Password that has been generated and paste it into the Password field in Daylite. Click Next to finish adding your Gmail account to Daylite.

Configure Gmail Labels

To use a Gmail account with Daylite Mail on iPadOS, certain labels need to be set to Show in IMAP. If not configured correctly, an error will be displayed when trying to sync your Gmail account.

If you are experiencing this issue, please perform the following steps below:

1. Log in to your Gmail account

2. Click the gear icon then choose Settings

3. Choose Forwarding and POP/IMAP and select Enable IMAP

4. Under Folder size limits, select Do not limit the number of messages in an IMAP folder (default):

5. Click Save Changes

6. Choose Labels select Show in IMAP for

   1. All Mail

   2. Sent

   3. Spam

   4. Trash

7. Open the Daylite app on iOS and tap My Mail

Your Gmail account should now sync properly with Daylite and the error should be resolved.