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Install in Gmail.

Gmail is the easy one — it renders real HTML, so your signature looks right with almost no effort. There's exactly one way to get it wrong: downloading the file instead of copying. Copy it, paste it into settings, done.

Client
Gmail · Web
Method
Copy only
Time
~1 minute
The method for Gmail
Copy your signature.
Copy · only

Press Copy signature in the builder and paste it into Gmail's signature box. That's the whole method — Gmail handles the rendered HTML directly.

Download .htm
Gmail has no file-install path. Downloading the file gives you nothing to do with it — always copy for Gmail.

01Copy, don't download

This is the entire reason Gmail installs fail. Both buttons exist in the builder; for Gmail, only one is right.

Use Copy signature — not Download .htm

Gmail's signature setting takes pasted HTML directly and renders it. The .htm file is for file-based clients like Apple Mail; in Gmail there's nowhere to put it. If you downloaded a file, ignore it and press Copy signature instead.

02Install steps

  1. Open Gmail's signature settings

    In Gmail on the web, click the Settings gear (top-right) → See all settings. On the General tab, scroll to Signature and click + Create new if you don't have one yet.

  2. Copy from Sigquill, then paste in

    Press Copy signature in the builder. Click into the Gmail signature box and paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on Mac). It renders in place — logo, divider, links.

    On your clipboard
    <!-- rendered signature · rich HTML -->
    <table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> … </table>
  3. Set signature defaults

    Under Signature defaults, choose your new signature for FOR NEW EMAILS and ON REPLY/FORWARD.

  4. Save changes

    Scroll to the bottom and click Save Changes. Gmail doesn't save automatically — this step is easy to miss.

03Check it rendered

Click Compose. Your signature should appear at the bottom of the new message, matching the builder's proof panel. Send one to yourself to confirm images load.

Pasted as plain text?

If the signature came in as a wall of unstyled text, the paste dropped formatting — click into the box and paste again with Ctrl + V (not "paste as plain text"). Make sure you used Copy signature, not the downloaded file.

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