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Check out the tips below to help you get started with Gmail. Check out the categories in your inbox Your emails are automatically organized into tabs. For example, an email about a sale from a shopping site can be found in the "Promotions" tab. Learn more about  inbox categories . Choose a theme for your inbox You can choose an image for your inbox background. To get started, click Settings  >  Themes . Learn more about  inbox themes . Find your emails Use the Search box to quickly find your emails. Inside the search box, click the Down arrow to filter your results . Learn more about  search in Gmail .  Organize your emails with labels Labels are like folders, but you can add more than one label to a message. To add a label to an email, select the email, then click Labels. The label will be shown next to the email. Learn more about  labels . Open & download attachments You'll see a preview of attachments sent to you at the bottom

When you choose the "priority inbox" setting, your emails are automatically split into three sections: important and unread, starred, and everything else.   COMPUTER   Turn on priority inbox Open  Gmail . To configure your inbox, go to the top right, then click Settings  >   Settings . Click the  Inbox  tab. In the "Inbox type" section, select  Priority Inbox . Choose other inbox settings, like which sections you want, and if you want to see importance markers or not. At the bottom of the page, click  Save Changes . Learn how emails get marked as important Learn about  importance markers in Gmail , including how importance markers get automatically added.

You can organize your emails by setting up labels. Labels work like folders, but you can add more than one label to a message. COMPUTER   Add a label to a message Add a label to a message you received On your computer, open  Gmail . Open a message. At the top, click Label  Click the box next to each label you want to add, or type a new label. Tip:  To add a label to multiple messages, select those messages in your inbox, then click Label . Add a label to a message you're writing On your computer, open  Gmail . Click  Compose . In the bottom right corner, click More options. Click  Label . Choose a label to add. Move a message to another label On your computer, open  Gmail . Open the email you want to move, or select it in your inbox.  Click Move to. Choose the label you want to move the email to.  Create, edit & delete labels Note:  Only you can see the labels that are added to your messages. Create a label O

You can manage your incoming mail using Gmail’s filters to send email to a label, or archive, delete, star, or automatically forward your mail.  Create a filter Open  Gmail . In the search box at the top, click the Down arrow . Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search.   At the bottom of the search window, click  Create filter with this search .  Choose what you’d like the filter to do. Click  Create filter . Note:  When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. ​Additionally, when someone replies to a message you've filtered, the reply will only be filtered if it meets the same search criteria.  Use a particular message to create a filter Open  Gmail . Check the checkbox next to the email you want.  Click  More . Click  Filter messages like these . Enter your filter criteria. Edit or delete filters Open  Gmail . At the top right

You can mark or unmark emails as spam. Gmail also automatically identifies spam and other suspicious emails and sends them to Spam. COMPUTER   Mark or unmark emails as spam Mark emails as spam The more you report spam, the better Gmail gets at automatically marking similar messages as spam. Make sure you've  downloaded the Gmail app . On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app . Tap the sender's profile image next to the message you want to mark as spam. In the top right, tap More    Report spam . Delete the emails in Spam Make sure you've  downloaded the Gmail app . On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app . In the top left, tap Menu   >  Spam . Tap  Empty spam now . Unmark an email as spam If an email was incorrectly marked as spam, follow the steps below to remove it from Spam. Make sure you've  downloaded the Gmail app . On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app . In the top left, tap Menu   >  Spam .

When you star emails in Gmail, you mark them as important. This helps you remember to look at them later.  COMPUTER   Star an email On your computer, open  Gmail . From your inbox, go to the left of the message, then click Star . If the message is open, click  More  >  Add Star . If you have multiple stars, keep clicking the star icon until you see the one you want to use. Search for your starred emails On your computer, open  Gmail . On the left side of the page, click  Starred . You may need to click  More  first. You can also use shortcuts to find starred messages by searching  is:starred  or  has:  with the star's name, like  has:yellow-star . Add more star options You can add stars of different colors, or other icons. On your computer, open  Gmail . In the top right, click Settings . Click  Settings . Scroll down to the "Stars" section. Drag stars between "Not in use" and "In use." At the bottom of the page,

When you get an email with attachments, you can download a copy of the attachment to your device. COMPUTER   Downloading options Download an attachment to your computer Open  Gmail . Open an email message. Hover your mouse over the thumbnail, then click Download . Your browser saves attachments you've downloaded in a download folder. Check your browser’s settings to see where to find your downloads. If you use Google Chrome, learn about  downloading a file on Chrome . Download to Google Drive Note:  Some attachments can be seen or shared, but not saved to Google Drive. Open  Gmail . Open an email message. Hover your mouse over the thumbnail, then click Save to Drive. You can see any files you've downloaded in  Google Drive . Download a photo inside an email Some photos are sent inside an email message, and not as attachments. Here are a few ways to save photos from inside emails: Download:  Right-click the photo and choose the

You can print individual messages or all messages inside a conversation. Note:  Make sure you've connected your printer using  Cloud Print  or  AirPrint . COMPUTER   Print a single email If there are multiple emails within the same conversation, you can print just one of those emails. On your computer, open  Gmail . Open the email you want to print. In the top right of the email, click the Down arrow     Print . Print an email with replies If there are multiple emails within the same conversation, you can print all those emails together. On your computer, open  Gmail . Open the conversation you want to print. In the top right, click Print all.

Note:  If the following steps don't work, you're probably using the old version of Contacts. Go to  edit or delete contacts in old Contacts . Edit a contact Go to  Google Contacts . Click a contact's name. In the top right corner, click Edit . Edit the information. Click  Save . Note:  You can't change details that automatically come from: Your contact's Google profile Your contact’s work, school, or organization Google Maps, if your contact is a business Delete a contact Go to  Google Contacts . To select contacts, check the boxes that appear next to their names. To delete multiple contacts at a time, check all the contacts you want to delete. In the top right, click More     Delete     Delete .

Your storage is shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. To see how much space you have left, go to  google.com/settings/storage  on a computer. What uses my storage space? These items take up space Google Drive: Most files in your "My Drive," including PDFs, images, videos. Items in your Trash.  Learn how to empty your trash . Note:  Your storage isn't used by Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites. Gmail:  Messages and attachments, including items in your Spam and Trash folders. Google Photos:  Photos and videos stored using the "Original" size. (You can change the size so photos and videos don't use storage.  Learn more about photo storage .) Remove hidden data from apps in Google Drive Some apps store "hidden data" in Google Drive. To see how much data is used: Go to  drive.google.com . Click Settings  >   Settings . On the left, click  Manage Apps . If there is hidden app data, the amoun