Techie Titbits

We are used to filter unread messages in the inbox or a folder in a regular email or in outlook. However Gmail does not come with a handy click to view just unread emails. To view unread emails in gmail, you have to work a bit more. Since gmail uses 'unread' as a label, you can search all your unread emails.

Type "label: unread" (without the quotes) or "is: unread" (without quotes) in the gmail search box at the top of the page and click the button [Search Mail]. See the snapshot below on how to do this -


Also, you understand that you can use any other label to search your emails in a similar manner using "label: label-name".

To get one step further, you can check all unread messages under a particular label by using "label: label-name is:unread" in your gmail search box.

Also, you can check all unread messages in inbox only using "is: unread in:inbox" or all unread emails in spam "is: unread in:spam" or all starred unread conversations "is:unread in:star". Now you know the trick. You can mix them all.