How to add an email signature in Gmail
To add an email signature in Gmail, open Settings, choose See all settings, scroll to Signature, click Create new, paste your signature and click Save Changes. To get a designed Gmail signature with a photo, links and buttons, build it in a signature maker first and paste the formatted result.
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Add your Gmail signature in five steps
- Design your signature in the SIGNÉ editor, click Install, then Copy Formatted Signature.
- Open Gmail, click the Settings gear, then See all settings.
- Scroll down to the Signature section and click Create new.
- Click in the signature box and paste with Ctrl + V, or Cmd + V on a Mac.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.
Every new email you write now ends with your signature. Under the signature box you can also choose whether it is added to replies and forwards.
What it looks like in Gmail
This is the Kinetic Tech template as Gmail receives it. The preview uses the exact HTML that SIGNÉ puts on your clipboard.
Signed: services agreement
InboxJordan Rivas <jordan@fernhollow.studio>
to me
Hi Alex,
Fernhollow Studio accepts the agreement terms, and the countersigned copy is attached. Kickoff is Monday 6 October at 10:00 CET.
Best regards,
Why a pasted signature can break in Gmail
Gmail cleans up the HTML of every signature and removes what it does not allow. A signature designed like a web page often loses parts of its layout in the process. Three things cause most problems:
- Positioned layers are removed. Gmail strips absolutely positioned elements, so a headline placed over an image disappears. SIGNÉ builds overlays from table cells instead.
- Shaped cut-outs are unreliable. Angled and clipped shapes that render in a browser can vanish in Gmail. SIGNÉ falls back to plain borders and rounded corners in the exported signature.
- Images lose their sizing. Gmail ignores the CSS that fits an image into a box, so SIGNÉ gives every image a fixed width and height and crops it in advance.
Paste the formatted signature, not the code
Gmail's signature box is a rich-text editor, not a code editor. If you paste raw HTML source, Gmail shows the code itself as text. Copy Formatted Signature puts a rendered, rich version on your clipboard, which is what Gmail expects.
Your photo and logo must be hosted at a public HTTPS address to appear in sent emails. An image that only exists in your browser will show in the editor but not for the people you email. SIGNÉ warns you about this before you copy.