When you star emails in Gmail, you mark them as important. This helps you remember to look at them later.
Star an email
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- From your inbox, go to the left of the message, then click Star
. If the message is open, click More
Add Star.
- If you have multiple stars, keep clicking the star icon until you see the one you want to use.
. If the message is open, click More 
Add Star.Add more star options
You can add stars of different colors, or other icons.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings
See all settings.
- Scroll down to the "Stars" section.
- Drag stars between "Not in use" and "In use."
- Optional: To select a preset, click:
- 1 star
- 4 stars
- all stars
- At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
See all settings.Search for your starred emails
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- On the left side of the page, click Starred. You may need to click More first.
Tip: To find starred messages, you can also use search operators in Gmail.
- To find all starred messages, enter
is:starred. - To find messages with a specific star, enter
has:followed by the star's name. The names are based on your current star options in use:has:yellow-starhas:orange-starhas:red-starhas:purple-starhas:blue-starhas:green-starhas:red-banghas:orange-guillemethas:yellow-banghas:green-checkhas:blue-infohas:purple-question