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The labels feature in Gmail lets you organize your mail into different categories, such as “Personal” and “Work.” Once you’ve created some labels, there are a few different ways you can reorganize them. In this article, we’ll talk you through several simple techniques you can use to reorder your labels, show or hide them, or group them into related nests, as well as how to move your messages from one label to another.
Moving Gmail Labels: A Quick Guide
- Change labels' order by renaming them: they're ordered by letter and number.
- Drag labels you don't use often into the "More" section.
- Use the "nesting" feature to group related labels.
- Move messages to specific labels by dragging and dropping them.
- Open a message to change it to a specific label.
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- ↑ https://support.google.com/mail/answer/118708?hl=en
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