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As I try to switch over to gmail on all my Mac devices,
one of the problems is that Google sorts my emails into unwanted folders.
Tried different efforts to stop this "sorting", and I
found the screen below by logging into my gmail account
using the browser on my laptop, and clicking on
the gear icon on the upper right.
Hope this helps someone, Gordon
MacBook Pro 13", 10.14
If Gmail has been adding the 'Important' label to your emails and you would rather that didn't happen, here's how to stop it from happening.
Some months ago various new emails in my Gmail accounts started showing up with an 'Important' label (flag) attached to them. Since I don't use labels in my email I thought that was more than a little odd.
I use a third party email client to access all my email, and any email that Google labeled 'Iimportant', I would uncheck the label and the label would disappear for that email. Random new email would still arrive with the 'Important' label.
If you're experiencing the same thing, the following steps should stop Google from adding the 'Important' label to any email that Google decides is important.
Note that these changes can only be made using the Gmail web interface, not through a Gmail app or a third party email client. Changes made in the web interface will apply to any apps or third party email clients.
These steps should work whether you are using the Default or Priority Inbox type.
Since it's a system label, making these changes will remove the 'Important' label from use in Gmail.
You can easily create a new label to use in its place. Select an email, click on the label icon, select 'Create new', give your label a name, click 'Create' and your label will appear when you click the Label icon.
I went through these steps a some months ago and all was well until the last few weeks, when some emails started arriving with the 'Important' label again. If that happens, repeat these steps:
Make these two additional changes:
Make sure to click the 'Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page
Or, you can also make these two extra changes from the beginning.
These steps should stop Google from assigning an 'Important' label to messages in your Gmail inbox.
If Gmail has been adding the 'Important' label to your emails and you would rather that didn't happen, here's how to stop it from happening.
Some months ago various new emails in my Gmail accounts started showing up with an 'Important' label (flag) attached to them. Since I don't use labels in my email I thought that was more than a little odd.
I use a third party email client to access all my email, and any email that Google labeled 'Iimportant', I would uncheck the label and the label would disappear for that email. Random new email would still arrive with the 'Important' label.
If you're experiencing the same thing, the following steps should stop Google from adding the 'Important' label to any email that Google decides is important.
Note that these changes can only be made using the Gmail web interface, not through a Gmail app or a third party email client. Changes made in the web interface will apply to any apps or third party email clients.
These steps should work whether you are using the Default or Priority Inbox type.
Since it's a system label, making these changes will remove the 'Important' label from use in Gmail.
You can easily create a new label to use in its place. Select an email, click on the label icon, select 'Create new', give your label a name, click 'Create' and your label will appear when you click the Label icon.
I went through these steps a some months ago and all was well until the last few weeks, when some emails started arriving with the 'Important' label again. If that happens, repeat these steps:
Make these two additional changes:
Make sure to click the 'Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page
Or, you can also make these two extra changes from the beginning.
These steps should stop Google from assigning an 'Important' label to messages in your Gmail inbox.
Thanks, even though that useless "important" folder is still there with copies of some emails, everything now works.
Those efforts to remove the “important folder” on my gmail account didn’t work.
On my iPad I have removed all labels and change swipe to delete not archive.
Everything was not in my “All” folder, I was missing some random ones because
Google’s sorting system had moved to the “important” folder.
Thanks, I had tried most of your suggestions during my vain efforts, but it's good to
have them in one place and so clearly presented!
Now to see how things go for awhile...
The last step, select 'Don't override filters', seemed counterintuitive.
Thanks, I had tried most of your suggestions during my vain efforts, but it's good to
have them in one place and so clearly presented!
Now to see how things go for awhile...
The last step, select 'Don't override filters', seemed counterintuitive.
Didn’t last long, the problem just started again reoccurring.
Random emails started being redirected into that “important folder”.
Redirected not copied.
Missed an important one because I have to check in 2 places.
I'm always a bit miffed that anybody would tag an eMail as Important, or VIP.
But you might want to view gMail>All Mail...
Funny thing about gMail ,is none of those folders are really folders, everything is in All Mail, then tagged as Important, Spam, etc, but excellent work on your part, thanks for the info/post! :)
OK, keep us posted please.
Thanks for the report.
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