Set Gmail as the default email handler in Chrome

Follow these steps to set up Gmail as the default email handler in Google Chrome.

• Visit http://gmail.com in Google Chrome and click the protocol handler icon in your browser's address bar
  
  • If you don't see the icon, follow the steps below
• Make sure Allow is selected and then click Done

• • If you don't see the protocol handler icon , close all Gmail tabs
  • Go to chrome://settings/handlers
  • Remove any entries shown there using the three-dot settings menu
  • Make sure "Sites can ask to handle protocols" is selected at the top
  • Close the tab
  • Launch Gmail, and you should now see the icon at the right of the address bar
  • Click that to set Gmail as your default email handler.
  • If you still don't see the icon, restart Chrome and/or your computer

That's it! Now and in the future, when you click on a mailto: link, it will automatically open in Gmail.

You can also view a video on how to do this on YouTube.