What Is Gmail’s Mute Feature and How to Use It Effectively

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Ashish, Computer Engineer by profession, has been writing about tech for 16 years, with a primary focus on Windows and Smartphones. He has a keen interest in writing about social media, as it constantly evolves, introducing new features to explore.

What Is Gmail’s Mute Feature?

We often become part of email threads or conversations because our name appears on the CC or To list. And, on many occasions, the conversation turns out to be irrelevant, annoying, or unimportant. It just ends up adding to the burden and clutter of our inboxes.

However, Gmail users are blessed with a feature called Mute—you may simply do a Mute on any message and push the entire conversation to the archive. Besides, all future conversations (Reply, Forward, Reply All) on that thread will bypass your inbox andmove to the archiveautomatically. Thus, you will no longer have to view or pay attention to such messages.

Method 1: Mute a Conversation in Gmail Web

Having understood what Mute means and does, we will now see how to mute/unmute conversations in Gmail. Before proceeding, it is also important to know that the entire conversation will reappear in your inbox if your name is explicitly specified in the To/CC field (in any future message).

Step 1: Go to Gmailthe inbox and select one or more messages.

Step 2:Click on theMoremenuand choose theMuteoption.

Step 3:If you are already reading a message, click on theMoremenu and click onMute.

If you have thekeyboard shortcuts enabled for Gmail, you may press the “M” key instead of touching onMore -> Mute.

Tip:To quickly check the list of keyboard shortcuts for Gmail, pressShift + ?on your keyboard.

Method 2: Mute a Conversation in the Gmail App

The steps remain the same, but there is a little UI difference you should know about.

Step 1:Open the Gmail App andlong-press the emailthread you want to mute. It will select the conversation. You can also choose more email threads.

Step 2:Press thethree-dot menuat the top right and tap theMuteoption in the flyout menu. You can also mute when reading an email.

How to Unmute a Conversation in Gmail Web and App

Step 1:Go to your Gmail Account and click on the search box at the top.

Step 2:Typeis:mutedon the search box, and press the Enter key. You should see only mute emails in the search results.

Step 3:Select one or all email threads you want to unmute. Click on thethree-dot menuand selectunmute.

The same steps work on Gmail App on Android and iPhone.

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Last updated on 22 July, 2024

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