How to get your unread email in gmail / google apps

Posted: 11:11 July 28, 2008
General, Software |

OK not that groundbreaking a post I know but its something that slightly annoys me … I’ve about 9000+ emails in my gmail account purely cus I’ve never needed to delete them.

Recently with the amount of mails I’m getting from various forums and renews things I’ve found I’m having to go back a few pages and thought there has to be an easier way and yes there is.

Into your search box put

label:unread in:inbox

This will list your most recent emails. (I can’t really see why gmail doesn’t have a button for this by default)

Now you’ve got two options:

  1. Bookmark this page
  2. Add “Quick Links”

Initially I just dragged it onto my toolbar. (My toolbar is clogging up a bit though)

So go to “settings” -> “Labs” and install the “quick links” feature and save it.

Almost there!!!

Now go to to search box and put in label:unread in:inbox and hit enter

Then on the bottom left (your new quick links feature) click “Add Quick Link” Give it a title “Unread” or something like that … and away you go.

Really does seem like an obvious missing feature in there and I guess it won’t affect the majority of users but damn … it was bugging me no end.

Comments

One Response to “How to get your unread email in gmail / google apps”

  1. NevF IRELAND on August 7th, 2008 1:12 am

    Hi James

    Also, an addition, to select multiple emails at once, select one email, then hold shift, while you select another email(a couple of rows) further up/down the list.

    Just a very handy tool that many people very rarely ever know about.

    regards,
    nev.

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