Archive or mute Gmail messages

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If you want to clean up your inbox without deleting your emails, you can archive or mute them. Your emails are moved to a label called "All Mail."

When you archive a message: The message will come back to your inbox when someone replies to it.
When you mute a message: Any replies stay out of your inbox. You can search for the conversation if you want to find it again.

Choose your archive or delete settings

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
In the top left, tap Menu .
Tap Settings General settings Gmail default action.
Tap Archive or Delete. Deleted messages are permanently removed from the Trash after 30 days.
Scroll down to the "Action confirmations" section and choose if you want confirmation before archiving or deleting messages.

If you selected Archive in the setting above, you can archive your messages two ways:

Tip: You can change your Gmail settings to quickly take this action by swiping left or right on messages in your messages list.

To archive multiple messages, select the messages, then tap Archive .

Note: Even if you chose Delete in the default setting above, you can archive a message by opening it and tapping Archive .

When you search in Gmail, your results will include any messages that have been archived.

Learn more about search in Gmail.

The All mail label is added to any message. If a message has been archived, you can find it by opening the All mail label.

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .
Open the conversation. If you want to stay in your inbox, tap the sender's profile image.
In the top right, tap More Mute.