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Save time navigating in Gmail by using keyboard shortcuts. COMPUTER   Turn on keyboard shortcuts Some keyboard shortcuts only work if you've turned them on. Note:  Keyboard shortcuts aren't supported on all keyboards. Open  Gmail . In the top right, click Settings . Click  Settings . Scroll down to the "Keyboard shortcuts" section. Select  Keyboard shortcuts on . At the bottom of the page, click  Save Changes . Shortcuts you can use You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate your inbox and messages, format text, and complete actions like archiving and deleting. To see a complete list of keyboard shortcuts, including which need to be turned on, type  ?  when you have Gmail open. Note:  Keyboard shortcuts work differently on PC and Mac computers. On PCs, you'll use  Ctrl  instead of. Compose & chat Action Shortcut Previous message in an open conversation p Next message in an open conversation n Focus main window Shift  +  Es

You can choose whether replies to emails are grouped in conversations, or if each email shows up in your inbox separately.  COMPUTER   Choose your conversation settings When people reply to an email, Gmail groups responses together in conversations with the newest email on the bottom. A conversation breaks off into a new conversation if the subject line changes or the conversation gets to more than 100 emails. Open  Gmail . In the top right, click Settings. Click  Settings . Scroll down to the "Conversation View" section. Select Conversation view on (messages will be grouped) or Conversation view off (messages won't be grouped). At the bottom of the page, click  Save Changes .

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 .