How to Enable Email Tracking on SendGrid

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to activate and monitor email open tracking in SendGrid.

Quick summary

Email open tracking in SendGrid lets you monitor how many recipients open your emails by enabling a simple toggle in the platform's Tracking settings. Once enabled, you can view and export open rate data directly from SendGrid's Global Stats dashboard.

Steps

Go to Settings > Tracking in the left sidebar.
Find Open Tracking among the tracking options.
Toggle the switch to "Enabled" to activate open tracking.
Navigate to Stats > Global Stats in the left sidebar to view open tracking results.
Filter results by date range, categories, or other parameters.
Export open stats as a CSV file for further analysis.

📌 Why this matters

Enabling email open tracking in SendGrid gives marketers and developers real-time visibility into how recipients engage with their emails. Knowing your open rates helps you optimize send times, refine subject lines, and improve overall email campaign performance. SendGrid's built-in tracking settings make it easy to turn on open tracking without any code changes, and the Global Stats dashboard lets you filter, analyze, and export that data instantly. For teams that rely on email deliverability and engagement metrics, this feature is essential for making data-driven decisions at scale.

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