![]() ![]() You are indeed correct, if one opened a parent directory they should only see the sub-folders, not the contents of the sub-folders and sub-sub-folders. I don't know how I managed to reference what I wanted to how file explorer works. Subfolder B, which is a child or subdirectory of folder A, then thatįile is found only in B and not also in A. Labels work exactly like that (only more flexible). In your original question you made reference to File Explorer. Nesting, they are organized into categories, and I can find them much Literally dozens of labels (different email lists, topics, etc.).īefore we had nested labels I had one very long list of labels. Labels crowds out the subject when I am in the list view.įor me, nesting labels area way of managing my mailbox which has The main disadvantage (to me) is that having multiple With a few filters, you can attach as many labels as you want, toĮvery message. I don't mind it.Īt first I think I was surprised that it didn't work differently, but ![]() You just don't depend on finding messages with labels that I wouldn't say "severely lacking", but it is something that isn't part You now know how to manage labels in Gmail.> Is this something that is severely lacking, As you can see, all of the changes we made on this page took effect immediately. To finish, let's scroll up and examine our changes. Click Create new label to create the Travel label again. The labels will automatically re-sort in alphabetic order. To finish editing the label, click outside the edit box, or just press Enter. To rename a custom label, simply hover over its title and click into the text field that appears. Message that have no labels will still show up under All emails. Note that removing a label will not delete the messages with that label. Let's remove the Travel label by clicking the remove link. From here you can show them, hide them, or remove them altogether. At the bottom is where the custom labels are listed. Notice that Spam is now visible in the main menu. All system labels except for the Inbox can be shown or hidden. Click the Wheel icon drop down menu, and then click Settings. You can also manage labels from the Settings menu. From here you can Manage labels or Create new labels using the links at the bottom. Now you can see all other labels that have been marked as hidden. To find the hidden label in the menu, click the More labels drop down link. Notice that the Personal label no longer shows up in our left menu, as it is now hidden. To hide a label, click the drop down arrow next to it, and select Hide. Select a a color to tell Gmail to assign it for this label. You can also rename, hide or delete a custom label. Here, you can add or remove a color to a label, allowing you to visually identify conversations. Each custom label has a drop down menu to its name, providing you with a quick way to edit its properties. Some of these are System Labels, while others are Custom Labels. By default, Gmail has a number of different Labels that can be applied to your conversations, such as Inbox, Sent Mail and Important. since with folders each conversation could only exist in one folder. A conversation can have as many labels applied to it as you like, which can be better for organizing that the folders system. You may be surprised to notice that Gmail doesn't allow you to create folders to store your emails in. ![]()
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