Star emails in Gmail
When you star emails in Gmail, you mark them as important. This helps you remember to look at them later.
Star an email
- Open Gmail.
- From your inbox, go to the left of the message, then click Star
. If the message is open, click More
Add Star.
- If you have multiple stars, keep clicking the star icon until you see the one you want to use.
Search for your starred emails
- Open Gmail.
- On the left side of the page, click More
Starred.
You can also use shortcuts to find starred messages by searching is:starred or has: with the star's name, like has:yellow-star.
Add more star options
You can add stars of different colors, or other icons.
- Open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings
.
- Click Settings.
- Scroll down to the "Stars" section.
- Drag stars between "Not in use" and "In use."
- At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
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