Sort your emails into different inbox tabs, like Social or Promotions. When you open Gmail, you won't have to see all emails at once.

Add or remove category tabs

  1. On your computer, open Gmail.
  2. At the top right, click Settings Settings and then See all settings.
  3. Click the Inbox tab.
  4. In the "Inbox type" section, select Default. Note: To hide all tabs, select another inbox type.
  5. In the "Categories" section, check the boxes of tabs you want to show. Note: You can't make new tabs; you can only show or hide existing ones.
  6. Scroll to the bottom, then click Save Changes.

Note: If you've turned on notifications, you'll only get notifications about emails in your Primary category.

Move an email to a new category

1. Drag an email to a category tab to add it.
2. To move all future emails from that sender to that category, on the bottom left pop-up notification, click Yes.