# Use Gmail to Open Email Links

In order to open Email (mailto) links, Gmail must be allowed to act as a service handler. This tutorial explains how to do that.

1. Open **Google Chrome**
2. Go to **[gmail.com](https://gmail.com)**
3. In the address bar, click the **Service Handler** button (see below)  
    ![GmailServiceHandler-cropped.png](https://kb.princetonisd.net/uploads/images/gallery/2018-09-Sep/scaled-840-0/GmailServiceHandler-cropped.png)
4. Click **Allow** then click **Done  
    ![Screen-Shot-2018-09-12-at-2.14.35-PM.png](https://kb.princetonisd.net/uploads/images/gallery/2018-09-Sep/scaled-840-0/Screen-Shot-2018-09-12-at-2.14.35-PM.png)**
5. Email links will now open in Gmail