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When you choose the "priority inbox" setting, your emails are automatically split into three sections: important and unread, starred, and everything else.
Turn on priority inbox
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
- To configure your inbox, at the top left, tap Menu Settings .
- Under "Inbox," tap Inbox type.
- Select Priority Inbox.
Learn how emails get marked as important
Learn about importance markers in Gmail, including how importance markers get automatically added.