Are you looking forward to learn the way to Archive and Unarchive Gmail emails on Desktop and Mobile? If yes then you are at the right place. Below are the guides to Archive and Unarchive Gmail emails on Desktop and Mobile. We strongly recommend you to follow each and every step carefully.
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What is meant by Archive?
At first, note that archiving an email is completely different from deleting it. In simple words, Archive means, hiding the emails from your inbox and storing them in a separate folder. The Archived emails can be unarchived at any time and you can also access them at any time in the future.
How to Archive selected Gmail emails on Laptop/PC
Follow the below steps carefully to archive emails in Gmail on your Laptop/PC.
- At first, open any browser and log in to your Gmail account.
- Now, select the emails that you want to archive by clicking on the checkbox.
- After selecting, navigate to the menu bar and click on the Archive (down arrow mark).
- If case if you have selected a bunch of emails then, a confirmation popup will be displayed, click ok to archive the emails. Otherwise, the emails will be archived automatically.
Hola! your selected emails have been archived successfully.
How to Archive all emails in Gmail at once on Laptop/PC
In case if you want to archive all the emails at once, then follow the below steps.
- At first, open any browser and log in to your Gmail account.
- Now, navigate to the checkbox in the menu bar, and under the down arrow mark, select all the emails.
- After selecting, navigate to the menu bar and click on the Archive (down arrow mark).
- The emails will be archived automatically within a few seconds.
All your emails will be archived & you will no longer find them in your inbox.
How to Unarchive emails in Gmail on Laptop/PC
In case if you want to Unarchive the Archive emails then follow the below-mentioned steps sequentially.
- Open any browser and log in to your Gmail account.
- Navigate to the left sidebar menu and click on more.
- Now, scroll down & select all mail option.
- Select the emails which you want to archive or else you can select all at once by selecting all in the checkbox.
- Now, click on the Move to inbox option.
How to Archive emails in Gmail App
Follow the below steps carefully to archive emails in the mobile Gmail App of any operating system.
- Open your Gmail app on your mobile.
- Start selecting the emails that you want to archive.
- Now, navigate to the menu bar at the top and tap on Archive (download arrow mark).
That’s all, all your selected emails will be archived shortly in a few seconds.
How to Unarchive emails in the Gmail mobile app
- Open the Gmail app on your mobile.
- Tap on the menu bar and navigate to the all emails option.
- Select the emails that you want to unarchive and tap on options at the top right corner.
- Now, tap on the move to inbox.
All the selected Archived emails will be moved to the inbox with a few seconds.
Wrap up:
Archiving emails is one of the easy jobs to hide the important emails from the inbox within a fraction of seconds for a short time. However, you should unarchive them within 30 days. Otherwise, the emails will be deleted automatically. Make sure to follow the above process on your device correctly before archiving email(s).