Are you tired of micromanaging your Gmail inbox, only to get immediatelyclogged up with spamand email alerts within a few hours? Use Gmail filters to customize your filters and send emails to assigned labels without hassle. Managing your Gmail inbox using the desktop client is easier. If you don’t own a computer, set yourself up comfortably on aspacious Android tabletusing desktop mode.

How to automatically assign labels to Gmail messages

After creating labels and adding the new filter rule, you’re able to move emails to Gmail. We walk you through setting up a rule for incoming mail while applying the label to the matching messages. See the steps below to get started.

How to set up a label in Gmail for your emails

you’re able to use filters for your Gmail folders (labels). The filters push traffic to the designated label (effectively a folder in Gmail). The first step involves adding a label for your filters.

  1. Open and log in toGmailon your web browser.

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2. Click theplus iconnext toLabelson your Gmail inbox home page.

  1. Enter a label name inside thePlease enter a new label namefield. This example uses “Android Police.”

4. After naming the label, clickCreate.

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How to create a Gmail filter and add search criteria

After deciding on a label for your new emails, set up the filter function to automatically move your incoming mail to the label.

1. On a web browser, openGmail.

2. Click thegear iconin the upper-right corner.

3. ClickSee All Settingsunder Quick Settings.

  1. Go to theFilters and Blocked Addressestab.

  2. Fill theHas the wordsfield with a label (this example uses “Android Police”). Alternatively, add an email address in theFromfield, especially if the email address is affiliated with a topic.

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6. SelectCreate filter.

  1. Check theSkip the Inbox (Archive it)andApply the labelboxes. Then, select the label (Gmail folder) where you want the emails to be moved. If you do not add theSkip the Inbox (Archive it)option to the filter, your emails appear in your primary inbox and inside your label.

8. ChooseCreate filter.

When you archive these emails, they still appear in All Mail. However, you can hide the All Mail label in theLabel settings. Then, you can hide and show your preferred labels.

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