Is it not infuriating having a full inbox? Do you take too much time to find that one specific
email? Did you simply run out of space? Let’s take a look on how to achieve a clean Gmail inbox
fast.
How to clear inbox in Gmail webmail
The best way how to clean out Gmail inbox fast is to determine, which emails are essential and
discard the rest. Very handy tool for that are filters. Simply click into the Search mail and
type:
- Older_than:Xd – this filter will show any message older than X number of days
- Is:read – simply showing you all the emails you have already gone through
- From:() – fill the brackets with an email address to display all emails from this
sender, you can also right-click on an email in your inbox and click on find emails from
Some filters are also present next to the Search email field in Show search options.
After filtering you have options:
- Delete – Select all the unnecessary mail and get rid of it
- Archive – gets rid of the email from Inbox, but still takes space on your account,
you can find Archived emails in All Mail folder
- Labels – Create custom labels and if you click on three dots next to it, you can hide
those emails from the Message list
You can also use the pre-defined categories
in the Inbox, which Google sorts for you automatically. Do you need to for example know how to
delete all promotions in gmail? Open the Promotions tab, select all by checking the box in the
top left, and then click Delete.
Keeping your Gmail clear inbox in eM Client
Email client takes your options to another level and it is up to you to pick what strategy suits
you the most. How to clean inbox Gmail and how does eM Client aid me in this effort?
Tags
Assign each email a tag to differentiate Important or Personal mail from Promotion, you can also
turn on option to use color of the Tag as text color. Settings – Appearance - Lists
Quick filters
Filter out invitations to past events or certain tags like Promotion for easy and fast delete.
Search folders
Set up more complicated filters such as within a certain date, from who, whether the emails have
attachment, search by tag or all of them combined. When you filtered out the emails move them to
a specific folder or get rid of them.
Rules
Setting up rules makes the process easier and automated. When you receive receipts you want to
archive, set up a rule to move mail from that person or company to custom folder or straight up
Archive it. Rules also allow you to forward emails or delete them without requiring more than a
quick set up.
Intrigued? Try out eM Client today and apply
the skills you learned today on how to clear gmail inbox.