How to Archive and Unarchive Emails in Gmail

Introduction

When you archive Gmail emails it helps to free up your inbox. In Gmail archived emails are moved to the “All Mail” label. You can archive individual or selected emails.

In this guide, I will share how to archive and unarchive emails from your browser, on Android and iOS Apps.

Gmail Archive: How to Archive Gmail Emails from a Browser

As I said in my introduction you can archive individual emails. You can also archive selected emails. In this section, I will demonstrate how to do both.

Gmail Archive: How to Archive a Single Email

• Login to your Gmail account. Then click the label you want to archive email from.

• Next, hover over the email you want to archive. The highlighted icons will be displayed. To archive one email, click on the first icon (from left).

Gmail Archive: How to Archive Multiple Emails

• Click on the label you want to archive from.
• Then check the box beside each email you wish to archive.

• Finally, click the archive icon on top. Highlighted in the image above.

Gmail Archive: How to Unarchive Gmail Email

Here are the steps to unarchive a Gmail email:

• Click on “All Mail“.

• Next, check all the emails you want to unarchive.

• Finally, click the 6th icon on top. This is the Move to Inbox icon.

Gmail Archive: How to Archive Emails on Android and iOS Apps

This is a 2-step process. One, confirm default action. Two, perform the archive.

To confirm default action:

• Open Gmail App on your Android phone. The click on the 3 lines on the top left of the App.

• Next, click Settings.

• Then, click General Settings.

• Under Default notification action, confirm that Archive is active. If Delete is active, click on Default notification action. The select Archive. See the second image below.

To archive emails from Gmail App for Android or iOS, follow the steps below:

• Click on the side of each message you want to archive to check it.

• Next, click on the Archive icon on top – highlighted in the image above. The selected emails will be archived.

Conclusion

Archiving emails on Gmail does not delete the email. It simply moves the email to All Mail label. This is a great way to organize your emails and free up your inbox.

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