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Questions tagged [gmail-archive]

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How do I retrieve a message I accidentally archived in Gmail?

I was trying to mark an email as "Important" in Gmail and accidentally archived it. Now I cannot locate it, since there is no "archive" label anywhere. How do I get it back?
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How to show all archived messages in Gmail?

How do we search for all our archived messages in Gmail? Non-archived messages should not be displayed, Only the archived messages should be shown.
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How do I see a list of archived emails in Gmail in the order of when I archived them?

The "Done" view in Inbox by Gmail (sunsetting in March 2019) allows me to review my recently archived emails, in the order I archived them (with the most recent at the top). Is there a search I can run in Gmail to get the same list? Inbox even…
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Can I archive only certain messages within a conversation?

I have a long conversation with many recipients (I'm organising an event), in amongst the replies I have 3 or 4 mail delivery failed messages, which I'd like to Archive (so that they're not messing up the conversation) but don't want to delete (as I…
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How to remove the Archive button in Gmail

The problem is in new Gmail GUI, the Archive button float on the mail title so it's very easy to wrong click it, and if I don't notice to click undo, I will waste my time to search how to unarchive my mail, everytime I do it because I can't remember…
Pham X. Bach
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How can I exclude archived messages from the multiple inboxes view?

I turned off conversation mode. I set up a filter that applies the label Family to any email coming from a family member's email address. I set up a separate mailbox inside Gmail for any emails with the label Family. Is there a way to set up the…
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Single button for Gmail to "not spam" and "archive"

I find I get quite a lot of legitimate mailing list emails in my spam folder. Usually, by the time I've opened them and determined that they aren't spam, I'm done with them. I like to mark them as "not spam", but that sends them into the middle of…
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Archive all my current messages in Trash in Gmail

I want to archive all my current messages in Trash in Gmail, but can't find the archive button anywhere. How do I archive trashed messages?
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Gmail inbox, all messages archived by mistake

I woke up this morning to an empty Gmail inbox, all of the messages (about 90 or so) were archived except for a few emails that came in overnight. Is there a way to restore the state of my inbox as of a certain time to restore all the messages? I…
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How to clean up Sent Mail

I want to keep my Sent Mail folder (label would be more correct) clean, i.e. move done messages to some archive and keep only a few that remind me of something. In the inbox I can do this by archiving an email. It is gone from the inbox but not…
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How to remove the archiving in Gmail

Is there a way to get rid of archiving in Gmail? I don't want or need it.
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Missing Gmail archive button

There is no archive button when I open Gmail. How can I create an archive and move old emails? I tried moving old emails to an archive using the in: and before: but the archive either was not created or the emails did not transfer. They are still…
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How can I transfer emails from Outlook to Gmail?

My fiancé's school is switching over from Outlook to Hosted Gmail as their mail provider. My Fiancé would like to archive all her mail and export it to Gmail to retain it. How can I do that?
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Filtering archived messages in Gmail

I, like most, get a lot of email that isn't spam but isn't interesting. I read the first line preview and then archive it with a swipe on my iPhone. This causes an annoyance because the phone archives it without marking it as read, meaning when I…
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How to backup emails from Gmail without the attachments and images

I am trying to backup my Gmail because our company will be closing our business account (cost cutting) and expect us to use personal email instead. I tried Google archive, but it ends up 20GB+ even if I exclude everything (Drive, Calendar, etc)…
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