Gmail, Label:Unread and Controlling My Inbox
Posted by junger - 03/10/08 at 09:03:26 am
Why doesn't Google allow you to create an "unread" label for easy access in Gmail?
It's one of those "hidden labels" that Google uses, but doesn't allow you to actually access without typing into the search bar.
There are workarounds, but they're not ideal.
I use Gmail for everything. It's my personal email. It's my business email. It's my work email. I probably have 5 or 6 Gmail accounts.
So it actually IS a big deal that I have to type in "label:unread" into my search bar every time I need to find the emails I haven't read yet.
I understand that Google would rather have you archive your read emails and only keep unread emails in your inbox, but that's not how I manage my mail.
I read the stuff that is important, then leave the less important stuff unread to do later (I rarely check my starred items, so that doesn't help).
Come on, Google, let me create that unread shortcut. It would make life a lot easier for me.
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I agree completely.
Comment by Mick — April 20, 2008 #
You can use the new "Quick Links" feature found at the "Labs" tab in "Settings" to save a shortcut to the "label:unread" search.
Comment by Michael — July 27, 2008 #
Michael — thanks for pointing that out, pretty slick.
However, it doesn't seem to work on Google Apps Gmail — there's no Labs tab under Settings. It works in 'regular' Gmail, though.
Comment by junger — August 1, 2008 #