How do i filter certain e mails into my inbox gmail
Gmail provides several ways to filter emails into your inbox. Here are a few methods:
Method 1: Using Gmail's built-in filters
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click on the gear icon () in the upper right corner and select "See all settings."
- Go to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.
- Click on "Create a new filter."
- Enter the criteria for the filter, such as:
- To: [specific email address]
- From: [specific email address]
- Subject: [specific keyword]
- Has the words: [specific keyword]
- Choose the action you want to take for the filtered emails, such as:
- Apply the label: [specific label]
- Forward to: [specific email address]
- Delete it
- Click "Create filter."
Method 2: Using Gmail's search operators
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- In the search bar, type the criteria for the filter, such as:
from:specificemailaddress
to filter emails from a specific address.subject:specifickeyword
to filter emails with a specific subject.has:specifickeyword
to filter emails containing a specific keyword.
- Press Enter to apply the search.
- Click on the "Create filter" button at the top of the search results page.
- Choose the action you want to take for the filtered emails, such as:
- Apply the label: [specific label]
- Forward to: [specific email address]
- Delete it
- Click "Create filter."
Method 3: Using Gmail's labels
- Log in to your Gmail account.
- Click on the label icon () in the upper right corner.
- Click on "New label" and enter the name of the label you want to create.
- Click "Create."
- Go to the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab in your Gmail settings.
- Click on "Create a new filter."
- Enter the criteria for the filter, such as:
- To: [specific email address]
- From: [specific email address]
- Subject: [specific keyword]
- Has the words: [specific keyword]
- Choose the action you want to take for the filtered emails, such as:
- Apply the label: [specific label]
- Forward to: [specific email address]
- Delete it
- Click "Create filter."
Tips and Variations
- You can use multiple search operators to create more complex filters.
- You can also use Gmail's "OR" operator to filter emails that match either of two criteria. For example:
from:specificemailaddress OR from:anotheremailaddress
. - You can use Gmail's "NOT" operator to filter emails that do not match a specific criterion. For example:
from:specificemailaddress NOT spam
. - You can also use Gmail's "INBOX" label to filter emails that are in your inbox.