Navigate to your Gmail inbox <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox>
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Click your Settings icon
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Click "See all settings"
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Click the "Vacation responder on" field.
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Click the ***First day*** field to designate which day you want your Vacation Responder to begin\
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To add an end date to your Vacation Responder, also designate a ***Last day*** date
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Click the Subject field to include a subject for your message
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Update the body of your message and then "Save Changes"