Buttons in your Gmail toolbar

When you select an email, you'll see buttons under the search box that let you take action on your messages. For example, you can use the buttons to delete a message or mark it as spam.

Note: You can also see buttons when you right-click or hover over a message.

What the button icons & symbols mean

 : Archive the message

 : Report the message as spam

 : Delete the message

 : Mark the message as unread

 : Mark the message as read

 : Snooze the message

 : Move the message to a label

 : Add or remove a label

 : Reply to the message

 : Reply all to the message

 : Forward the message

 : Forward as attachment 

 : Mute the message

Change your buttons to text instead of icons

You can change your buttons so that they show the name of the button instead of an icon.

1. Open Gmail .
2. In the top right, click Settings  See all settings.
3. Scroll down to the "Button labels" section.
4. Select Text.
5. At the bottom of the page, click Save changes.

Remove hover actions

When you hover to the right of a message, you'll see some of the buttons from your Gmail toolbar. You can turn those hover actions off. 

1. Open Gmail .
2. Click Settings  See all settings.
3. Scroll down to the "Hover actions" section.
4. Disable hover actions
5. At the bottom of the page, click Save changes.