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# Connect apps safely

*How-to video · 3:28*

Connect Gmail, Calendar, Drive and more, and set the approvals that keep you in control.

### In this video

1. What connectors do

2. Connect only what you need

3. Signing in

4. Read vs. act

5. Drafts first

6. Approval rules

7. Logins and cards

8. Browser on the box

9. Check what it did

10. When something's blocked

11. Disconnect what's idle

12. Recap

Next: browse the [starter kits](/starters/) or [all videos](/videos/).

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