To organize 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- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
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- Touch and hold one or more emails.
- At the top right, tap More
Label as.
- Check the boxes next to the labels you want to add.
- At the bottom of the “Label as” menu, tap OK.
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Label as.- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app
- Touch and hold one or more emails.
- Tap More
Move to.
- Choose the label you want to move the email to.
Move to.Tip: To quickly move an email to another label, you can create a swipe action.
- In the Gmail app, tap Menu
- Tap General settings
- Next to “Right swipe” or “Left swipe,” tap Change.
- Tap Move to.
