Labeling emails

When you start sending many emails to different people, it can become difficult to keep track of what's what. But with labels, we've made it easy for you to stay organized. You can create and add labels to your emails so you know exactly what each one is for.

Watch this video to learn how to use labels or keep reading below. 

Here are the step-by-step instructions. 

You can find your labels on the left side of your Emails tab. Your emails will automatically be assigned to "Auto Labels," including how and where each was created.

To create a new label, click the Pencil icon next to "My Labels" and type in the name for the new label. Once you're finished, click the checkmark to create the label.

Once the label is created, hover over the Pencil icon and click "Exit" to exit the label creation mode. 

To apply a label, click and drag the label to the email, or click and drag the email to the label. To see all of the emails with a certain label, click on the label in the left bar. To see the labels on a specific email, click on "Labels and Shared Content" under the email. 

To change the color of your labels, click the Pencil icon next to "My Labels" to edit your label. Then click the colored dot next to your label and click on the color you'd like. Last, hover over the Pencil icon and click "Exit" to exit editing mode. 

To delete a label you've created, click the pencil icon next to "My Labels." Hover over the label you'd like to delete and you'll see an "X" appear to the right of it. Click this "X" to delete the label.

To remove a label from an email, click on the dropdown arrow next to "Labels and Shared Content." Hover over the label you'd like to remove and click the "X."