---
title: "Tracking Email Opens with Gmail, Sheets, and Apps Script"
author: "Martin Hawksey"
date: 2021-02-08T15:10:04+00:00
modified: 2021-02-08T15:10:07+00:00
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categories:
  - "Beginner"
  - "Gmail"
  - "Sheets"
  - "Solutions"
  - "Web App"
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featured_image: https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2021/02/1uAg0nSImVMkZy_5vy5KtIQ.png
description: "Interesting solution that popped up in the Google Apps Script community for logging email opens using Google Apps Script. The post includes a detailed walkthrough for setting this up as well as some caveats about reliability."
---

# Tracking Email Opens with Gmail, Sheets, and Apps Script

![Tracking Email Opens with Gmail, Sheets, and Apps Script](https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2021/02/1uAg0nSImVMkZy_5vy5KtIQ.png)

[![](https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2021/02/1uAg0nSImVMkZy_5vy5KtIQ-1.png)](https://medium.com/swlh/tracking-email-opens-with-gmail-sheets-and-apps-script-69f65afc3074)

> This walkthrough will let you build a tracker for email opens using Gmail, Google Sheet, and Google Apps Script.

Interesting solution that [popped up in the Google Apps Script community**](https://groups.google.com/g/google-apps-script-community/c/qIyC1lj5GiU/m/rwECg2aOBQAJ) for logging email opens using Google Apps Script. The post includes a detailed walkthrough for setting this up as well as some caveats about reliability.

Source: *[Tracking Email Opens with Gmail, Sheets, and Apps Script*](https://medium.com/swlh/tracking-email-opens-with-gmail-sheets-and-apps-script-69f65afc3074)

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*Published by [Martin Hawksey](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/author/admin/) on [Pulse](https://pulse.appsscript.info/). Original article: [https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2021/02/tracking-email-opens-with-gmail-sheets-and-apps-script/](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2021/02/tracking-email-opens-with-gmail-sheets-and-apps-script/)*