If you're experiencing an issue with one of your email accounts in Shift, this is the article for you! In our experience, the following common issues can typically be resolved right away by working your way through our 6 quick and easy troubleshooting tips. If your issue isn't listed below, fear not! These tips are highly likely to still help you!

• Seeing a "404 error" message when opening an inbox
• Contact suggestions are not populating in a composed message
• Display glitches or altered screen zoom levels
• The page is continuously loading and other login issues

Looking to remove Sent with Shift from your email signature? Learn how here.

Solutions 💡

1. Double click the email icon 

Double click on the email icon towards the upper right to refresh the email page:

2. Hard refresh

A hard refresh can help reset Shift. Simply press Ctrl Shift R on Cmd Shift R on your keyboard.

3. Delete then re-add the email

1. Right-click on the email in your sidebar and select "Delete" (note: this cannot be done for your Primary Shift Account)
2. Click "+" in the lower-left corner and select "Add Account"
3. Type in your email and log in

4. Make sure the email you're trying to add is a supported type in Shift

Shift supports Gmail/GSuite (hosted by Google) and Outlook/Office 365 (hosted by Microsoft). For these types, you can add them as emails using the "Add Account" action. For any other email types such as Yahoo, iCloud, Exchange-based emails, etc. you can add these to your setup using the "Add Application" action and searching for the supported app.

Exchange-based emails can be added using the Outlook Web App.

5. Make sure your 2FA or SSO protocol is supported in Shift

Not all 2FA methods or SSO providers work in Shift. If your email is using an unsupported type, it will usually lead to errors or login issues. Check which protocols are and aren't supported here.

6. App Data Reset

While a bit more nuclear in nature, an app data reset often helps remedy a wide range of issues. If you decide to try an app data reset, you'll just need to log back into your emails, apps, and extensions once again, but your Shift setup will be intact. Please note, that any opened or pinned web tabs will also close down (we recommend adding them as Bookmarks in Workspaces first! More on that here).

Here's what you'll need to do for an app data reset:

1. Head to Options (lower left) > Settings > General 
2. Scroll to find Reset application data at the bottom
3. Click "Reset App Data" and follow the prompt
4. Shift will launch again automatically after a moment or two. When it does, select "Log in with existing account" and log in using your Primary Shift Account

What's next?

Find answers to other common questions and issues here.

Learn about using emails in Shift here.