Creating Labels To Organize Your Email

Create a label

Tip: Your labels only show in your inbox, not your recipient’s inbox.

1. Open your email.
2. On the left, scroll down, then click More.
3. Click Create new label.
4. Name your label
5. Click create

Edit and delete labels

Edit a label

1. Open your email.
2. On the left side of the page, scroll down to your label's name.
3. Click More.
4. Edit your label

Delete a label

1. Open your email.
2. On the left side of the page, scroll down to your label's name.
3. Click More.
4. Click Remove Label.

Add a label

Label messages in your inbox

1. Open your email.
2. Select the messages.
3. At the top, click Labels.
4. Select a label, or create a new one.

Label a message you're writing

1. Open your email
2. Click Compose.
3. In the bottom right, click More.
4. Click Label, then select the labels you want to add.
5. Click Apply.

Move a message to another label

1. Open your email
2. Select the message.
3. At the top, click Labels.
4. Uncheck the current label, then select a new one.
5. Click Apply.

Show or hide labels

Choose whether or not your labels show up in the Menu list to the left of your inbox.

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. At the top right, click Settings  See all settings.
3. Click the "Labels" tab.
4. Make your changes. 

See more than 500 labels

On the left side of the page, you can see up to 500 labels. You can have labels within other labels. 
Note: If you have more than 500 labels, the list may take longer to load. 

Your labels show up depending on whether conversation view is on or off.

• If conversation view is off: Labels will only show on individual messages you labeled. If someone replies to that message, the label won't show up on the reply.
• If conversation view is on: When you label an entire conversation, the label will only show on existing messages, not new ones.