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How to Disable Gmail's New Feature that Let Google+ Users Email You

Alan Henry, Gawker Media

Jan 13, 2014, 07.00 PM IST

Last week, Google announced that Gmail users can email their Google+ connections without knowing their email address first. For some, it's an easy way to stay in touch. For others, it's a ticket to unwanted email. However you feel, here's how to turn the feature off, or set it so only the people you want can use it.

Now that the new feature has rolled out to Gmail users (although it hasn't gotten to Google Apps users, as far as we can see), controlling who can email you is pretty simple:

1. Click here to open the General tab in your Gmail Settings.
2. Scroll down to Email via Google+.
3. Click the drop-down and select your preferred option. "Circles" (which was the default for me) only allows people in your circles-not those who have circled you-to contact you. "Extended circles" allows friends of your friends to email you. "Anyone on Google+" is as the name implies, and we'd suggest avoiding it. To turn the feature off completely, select "No one."
4. Scroll down and click "Save Changes."

That's all there is to it. Some people have reported the default for them was set to "Anyone on Google+," but when I checked, mine was set to "Circles" by default, which isn't bad at all. However, if you want to turn it off entirely and actually give people your email address before they can contact you, "no one" is the best option.
We've mentioned that Google is bent on making sure Google+ is as integrated with all of its services as possible, and this is another step in the process. Whether it's useful to you or an intrusion however, really depends on how you use Google+. For some, it can be a boon, and a great way to communicate with people you only talk to on Google+ who need to get a hold of you. For others, especially those people who have a Google+ account but don't use it, it's just another way for people to fill your inbox with unwanted mail. Make sure you at least check the default, and set it where you want it to be.

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