Create and manage labels in Gmail

To organise your emails into categories like 'Work', 'Family' or 'To-do', you can create labels in Gmail.

Labels are different from folders. Only you can access your labels. The people you email don't get them. When you delete an email, it's removed from every label and your inbox.

Add a label

Important: To create, edit and delete labels, use Gmail on your computer or the Gmail app for iPhone and iPad.

Add a label to one or more emails

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. Touch and hold one or more emails.
3. At the top right, tap More Label as.
4. Tick the boxes next to the labels that you want to add.
5. At the bottom of the 'Label as' menu, tap OK.

Move an email to another label

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
2. Touch and hold one or more emails.
3. Tap More Move to.
4. Choose the label to which you want to move the email.

Tip: To quickly move an email to another label, you can create a swipe action.

1. In the Gmail app, tap Menu Settings.
2. Tap General settings Swipe actions.
3. Next to 'Right swipe' or 'Left swipe', tap Change.
4. Tap Move to.

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• Create rules to filter your emails
• Group emails into conversations