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Create and organize Gmail labels
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"Labels" are Gmail's version of folders, and can be used to organize your emails. You can even make emails go to a specific folder by assigning and editing a label. While you can't create or delete labels on Android, you can still do so on a browser or iOS. Here's how to manage labels in Gmail using your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer.
Quick Steps
- Open the Gmail app.
- Tap the sender's profile icon.
- Tap â‹® in the top-right corner.
- Tap Change labels .
- Select the label.
- Tap OK .
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Open the Gmail app. This looks like a multicolored M icon. If you aren't already logged into your Gmail account, do so now.
- You can't create, edit, or delete labels in the Gmail app for Android. You can only do so on desktop or on the iOS version .
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Tap ☰ . This is in the top-left corner of the screen. A pop-out menu will appear.Advertisement
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Scroll down to the "All labels" section. You'll find this section about halfway down the pop-out menu. This is where all of your custom labels are stored.
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Add a label to emails. To add a label to a single or multiple emails, do the following:
- Tap the sender's profile image next to the email(s).
- Tap â‹® in the top-right corner.
- Tap Change labels .
- Select the label.
- Tap OK .
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Change the label of an email. If you want to move a labeled email to another label, do the following:
- Open the labeled email.
- Tap â‹® in the top-right corner.
- Tap Change labels .
- Deselect the current label.
- Select the new label.
- Tap OK .
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Open the Gmail app. This looks like a multicolored M icon. If you aren't already logged into your Gmail account, do so now.
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Tap ☰ . This is in the top-left corner of the screen. A pop-out menu will appear.
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Scroll down to the "Labels" section. You'll find this section about halfway down the pop-out menu. This is where all of your custom labels are stored.
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Add a new label. If you want to create a label, scroll down and tap Create new . Enter a name and tap Save .
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Delete a label. This will remove the label from your inbox, though it won't delete the label's emails:
- Tap ☰ in the top-left corner.
- Tap Settings .
- Tap Inbox customizations .
- Tap Labels .
- Tap the label.
- Tap Delete [label] .
- Tap Delete .
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Add a label to emails. To add a label to a single or multiple emails, do the following:
- Tap the sender's profile image next to the email(s).
- Tap ••• in the top-right corner.
- Tap Change labels .
- Select the label.
- Tap the checkmark icon.
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Change the label of an email. If you want to move a labeled email to another label, do the following:
- Open the labeled email.
- Tap ••• in the top-right corner.
- Tap Change labels .
- Uncheck the current label.
- Select the new label.
- Tap the checkmark icon.
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Label emails automatically. You can add labels to certain incoming emails. Do the following:
- Tap ☰ in the top-left corner.
- Tap Settings .
- Tap Inbox customizations .
- Tap Labels .
- Tap a label.
- Tap Add .
- Enter a name or email address in the From field.
- Tap And to add more search criteria.
- Tap Save .
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Click the "Settings" gear. It's in the upper-right side of the page. Doing so prompts a sidebar.
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Click See all settings . You'll see this at the top of the sidebar.
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Click Labels . It's a tab at the top of the Settings page.
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Scroll down to the "Labels" section. This is where all of your custom labels are listed.
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Add a label. If you want to create a new label, do the following:
- Click the grey Create new label button.
- Enter a name for the label.
- Check the "Nest label under" box and select a label if you want to place your new label inside of another label.
- Click Create .
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Remove a label. If you want to delete a label, click Remove to the far-right side of the label, then click Delete when prompted.
- Unlike deleting a folder on a computer, removing a label will not remove the emails inside of it.
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Add a label to an email. Adding emails to a label is similar to placing emails in a folder. Do the following:
- Click Inbox on the left side of the page to return to your inbox.
- Click the checkbox on the left of each email you want to add to a label.
- Click â‹® at the top toolbar.
- Click Label as .
- Click the label you want to use.
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Change the label of an email. If you want to move a labeled email to another label, do the following:
- Click Inbox on the left side of the page to return to your inbox.
- Click the checkbox on the left of each email you want to add to a label.
- Click â‹® at the top toolbar.
- Click Label as .
- Uncheck the current label.
- Select a new label.
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QuestionHow do I delete labels in gmail?Community AnswerOpen Gmail in a browser (you can't edit labels from the Gmail app). On the left side of the page, hover your cursor over your label's name. Click the Down arrow. Click Remove label.
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QuestionWhy do emails under my labels disappear when I delete in the section "all mail?"Community AnswerBecause doing that deletes them.
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QuestionHow do I remove an unwanted label at the top of a Gmail email?Community AnswerLook at the label and you'll see an x on the right side. Click the x, and that should do it.
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- You can also select and then click and drag emails onto a label on the left side of the page and drop them there to add them to the label and remove them from your inbox.Thanks
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