Create labels to organise Gmail

You can create labels that store your emails. Add as many labels as you want to an email.

Note: Labels are different from folders. If you delete a message, it will be erased from every label that it’s attached to and from your entire inbox.

Add a label to a message

Add a label to a message that you're reading

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
Open a message.
In the top right, tap More .
Tap Change labels.
Add or remove labels.
Tap OK.

Add a label to several different messages in your inbox

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
To the left of a message, touch and hold the letter or photo.
Touch and hold any other messages that you want to add labels to.
In the top right, tap More .
Tap Change labels.
Add or remove labels.
Tap OK.

Move a message to another label

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
Open the email that you want to move, or select it in your inbox.
Tap More Move to.
Choose the label to which you want to move the email.

Tip: You can change your Gmail settings to quickly take this action by swiping left or right on messages in your messages list.

Create, edit and delete labels

Note: Only you can see the labels that are added to your messages.

Create a label

On a computer, open Gmail. You can't create labels from the Gmail app.
On the left, click More.
Click Create new label.
Name your label.
Click Create.

Edit a label

On a computer, open Gmail. You can't edit labels from the Gmail app.
On the left-hand side of the page, hover your cursor over your label's name.
Click on the Down arrow .
Click Edit.
Make changes to your label.
Click Save.

Delete a label

On a computer, open Gmail. You can't edit labels from the Gmail app.
On the left-hand side of the page, hover your cursor over your label's name.
Click on the Down arrow .
Click Remove label.

Create labels to organise Gmail

Add a label to a message

Create, edit and delete labels

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