Organise your inbox

1. Switch to labels from folders

2. Create labels

Create a label:

1. In the top right, click Settings and select Settings.
2. Click the Labels tab.
3. Scroll to the Labels section and click Create new label.
4. Enter the label name and click

Create a label from an email:

1. From an email, click Labels > Create new.
2. Enter the label name and click
3. (Optional) Click Nest label under and choose an existing label to place it under.

3. Apply labels

Apply labels to email:

1. In your inbox, check the boxes next to the email you want to apply a label to.
2. Click Labels .
3. Check the boxes next to the labels you want to add and click Apply.

4. Add filters

Manage your incoming email automatically with Gmail’s filters.

1. In the Gmail search box, click the Down arrow .
2. Enter your search criteria, then click Create filter.
3. Check the Apply the label box and choose a label to automatically sort incoming email fitting your search criteria.
4. (Optional) If you’d like email fitting your search criteria to be automatically moved out of your inbox, but want to be able to access them later, check Skip the Inbox (Archive it).
5. Click

5. Star important email

6. Snooze email

Postpone email to a future date or time that's more convenient for you.

1. Point to an email.
2. On the right, click Snooze .
3. Under Snooze until, choose a time.

   The email automatically snoozes and moves out of your inbox.

4. (Optional) To see all snoozed email, click Snoozed in the left sidebar.
   

7. Archive or delete email

8. Contacts

Google Contacts is a surprisingly powerful tool that lets you sync your contacts on many different apps and devices.

These contacts are merged between email contacts you add, and phone contacts you’ve added from your Android phone, or any other service where you log in with your Google account, with Contacts integration.

You can easily organize your contacts using labels like Friends, Family, Work Colleagues, and more.

Access contacts:

To access your contacts and contact groups, choose an option:

• In a Chrome Browser window, click the Apps Launcher > Contacts.
• In any browser window, go to contacts.google.com.

View a contact:

Click a contact name to view their details, such as email address, phone number, or a directory profile.

Note: If you send an email to someone who isn’t in Contacts, they’re automatically added to Other contacts. On the left, click More > Other contacts to see them.

Add a new contact:

1. Open Contacts and click Add .
2. Enter the contact's name and add any contact information.
3. (Optional) If you want to add additional information such as a nickname or their mailing address, click More and fill in your details.
4. Click Save.

Search for a contact:

1. In the Contacts search box, enter a name, email address, or any other contact details. You’ll see matching results as you enter text.
2. Click the contact you’re looking for or press Enter to see a full page of search results.

Merge details for duplicate contacts:

1. On the left, click Duplicates .
2. Choose an option:
   • To merge one contact at a time, at the bottom right of each duplicate, click Merge .
   • To merge all duplicates at once, at the top right, click Merge all.
3. (Optional) To manually merge contacts in your list:
   1. On the left, click Contacts.
   2. Check the box next to the contacts you want to merge.
   3. At the top right, click Merge .

You can view and instantly edit details for a contact by pointing to the contact.

Update contact details:

• To star a contact, click Star .
• To edit contact details, click Edit .
• To hide or delete a contact, click More > Hide from contacts or Delete .

Delete a contact: On the left, click Contacts. Point to the contact and click More more_vert > Delete .