To keep systems healthy and accounts safe, Google limits the number of Gmail messages users can send per day, and the number of recipients per message.
If your users exceed an email sending limit, they’ll get an error message, such as:
- You have reached a limit for sending email.
- You reached a Gmail sending limit.
- You exceeded the maximum recipients.
After reaching one of these limits, userscan't send new messages for up to 24 hours. However, they can still access their Google Workspaceaccount, get incoming email, and use their other Google services. After the suspension period, sending limits are reset and userscan resume sending mail.
Limits for trial accounts
You can try Google Workspace with a free trial account.
Google Workspacefree trial accounts have different limits than paid accounts, and limits aren’t increased during the free trial period. VisitAbout your Google Workspacefree trialto:
- Find out when your trial ends
- Convert your trial account to a paid account
- Cancel your trial account
To convert to a paid account, follow the steps in About your Google Workspacefree trial.
Limits increase for paid accounts
After you convert from a free trial account to a paid subscription, your account sending limits automatically increase when both of the following are true:
- Your domain has cumulatively paid at least USD100 (or equivalent)
- At least 60 days have passed since reaching that payment threshold
If you bought your domain from Google, the cost to increase your limits is the cost of your domain plus US100.
Limits for Drive and Groups with free trial accounts
When using Google Drive through a Google Workspace free trial account, you can share Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides with people inside and outside your organization. If you reach the Gmail trial limit, you can continue to share with people outside your organization, but they won't get the sharing email notifications.
When using Google Groups through a Google Workspace free trial account, you might experience the following limits:
- Your sending limits might be lower than the limits in Sending limits, below.
- You can only send group email to recipients inside your organization.
- You can't turn on autoreplies to people outside your organization, even if they're members of a group.
- You can't allow messages flagged by Google’s spam filters to be posted directly to a group.
Gmail sending limits
Sending limits can change without notice. Limits per day are applied over a rolling 24-hour period, not a set time of day.
Messages that counts towarduserlimits
- Messages sent from a user's alternate address, or alias
- Messages sent by delegated users
- Messages sent by Gmail’s vacation responder
Notes:
- Sending limits are different if your organization uses the SMTP relay service to route outgoing mail through Google. Instead, go tosending limits for the SMTP relay service.
- Quotasmight be different if you're using Google Apps Script.
- The Google Groups for Business service has itsown Gmail message and posting limits.
*Applies to internal and external recipients
Gmail sending limits for mobile devices
When you use the Gmail for mobile app in Google Sync mode, the same Sending limits apply as when you use Gmail in a web browser.
When you use the Gmail for mobile app in IMAP mode, the SMTP sending limitsapply.
Restorea suspended Gmail account
If a user exceeds their sending limits, their account might be suspended. To get details about the number of messages a user has sent and received, follow the steps for Gmail in User reports: Apps usage.
You might be able activate a suspended account by following the steps inRestore a suspended Gmail account.
User accounts that send spam might be permanently restricted from sending email. For details, go to Google's Spam and abuse policy.
Recommended best practices email senders
To help reduce the likelihood that Gmail blocks your messages or marks your messages as spam, follow the guidelines in Prevent mail to Gmail users from being blocked or sent to spam.
Related topics
- GoogleGroups policies andlimits
- Report abuse orlegal issues
- Google's Terms of Service
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