In the digital age, the plethora of emails received daily can make your inbox cluttered. Promotional offers, social media notifications and important messages combine to create confusion. In such a situation, the category system of Google’s email service Gmail proves to be very useful.
This feature keeps your inbox organized by dividing your emails into different tabs.
Gmail’s default categories
Gmail divides the inbox into the following tabs:
1. Primary
Emails and important messages from people you know.
2. Social
Notifications from social networks and media sites.
3. Promotions
Offers, deals and marketing emails.
4. Updates
Receipts, bills, reminders and other automatic notifications.
5. Forums
Emails from online groups, discussion forums and mailing lists.
How to turn on categories in Gmail?
- Open Gmail on your computer.
- top right Settings (gear icon) Click on.
- In “Inbox type” Default Select.
- Customize Click on.
- Select the categories you want to display.
- Below Save Click on.
How to send emails manually by category?
- Open Gmail.
- Drag and drop an email into the correct tab.
- Confirmation will appear below.
- if you want Undo You can return it by clicking on .
Manage emails by creating filters
You can create filters for specific senders that:
- Email can be marked important
- can be sent to a particular category
- can be automatically archived
useful tips
- Unsubscribe from unwanted emails
- Archive old emails
- Check promotions tab regularly
- Use filters and labels
Gmail’s category system helps keep your inbox clean and organized. With the right settings and filters, you can make your email management easy and effective, which will also increase your productivity.
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