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Log emails in Google Sheets
Log any email in Google Sheets in seconds, without leaving your inbox. It works with every email provider, and there is nothing to install or set up.
Tom Whitfield
Mileage claim - 14 Aug
Your instructions
Add a row to the Mileage 2026 sheet: date, client, miles, amount.
Google Sheets
Add a row: 14 Aug, Bradford, 86 miles, £38.70
Mileage 2026
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "add a row to the Mileage 2026 sheet: date, client, miles, amount".
The row lands in your spreadsheet, with the details read out of the email into the columns from your instructions. Several rows go in at once if the email has them.
You receive a confirmation email containing your Google Sheets link, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
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ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
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FAQs
- How do I log emails in a Google Sheet?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "add a row to the Mileage 2026 sheet: date, client, miles, amount". ForwardThis adds the row and replies with a link. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with Google Sheets connected. It takes about 30 seconds.
- Which details go into the row?
- Whichever columns your instructions ask for. ForwardThis reads the values out of the email and puts one in each column.
- Can it read figures from inside an attachment?
- No. ForwardThis reads the email itself, not the contents of attached files. If the figure you need is in an attached PDF, put it in the message when you forward it.
- Can it add several rows at once?
- Yes. If the email lists several items, ForwardThis can add a row for each in one go, and the confirmation shows them all.
- What if the spreadsheet does not exist yet?
- ForwardThis can create it. Ask for a new spreadsheet in your instructions and the first rows go straight in.
- Can Gmail send emails to a spreadsheet automatically?
- No. Google has no built-in way to send an email into a Google Sheet; the workarounds involve scripts or add-ons that need setting up and maintaining. ForwardThis needs neither: forward the email, and the row appears.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.