How to mute email threads in Gmail

If you use Gmail as your primary email management tool, chances are you've suffered the ordeal of chain mailWe refer to those message threads in which someone writes and everyone in the conversation replies, copying everyone back.

In the end, what you have in your mailbox is an endless list of new emails, within the same conversation.One for every minute that passes, because people can't think of anything else to send a message to everyone, even if it's just to say OK.

Well, today we have good news. From now on you can silence these conversations so that your mobile phone does not ring every second, knowing that it is just a new email message. Don't worry, you won't need to threaten anyone. Just press the mute button.

How to mute email threads in Gmail

Here are instructions on how to mute email threads in the Gmail mobile app:

1. The first thing you have to do, logically, is access Gmail. Open the application.

2. Next, find the conversation that is causing you discomfort. Have you already located it? Well, all you have to do is select it. Touch the conversation and keep your finger on it. When it is selected, you can drop it.

3. Click on the icon of the three points, located in the upper right corner. Choose the Mute option. The conversation will disappear from your view and you will no longer receive notifications about it.

Google will archive the conversation. It won't delete it, so you can get it back at any time, but it won't cause you any more trouble. The message and all replies will remain saved, but you won't receive notifications for every new message you receive. It will also not appear in your inbox.

Mute email chains from the web

If at a certain time you connect through the web, what you have to do to mute a conversation is the following:

1. Sign in to Gmail and choose the conversation you want to mute. Open it.

2. Then tap the More tab at the top of the email message.

3. Choose the Mute option. It is the last one you will have at your fingertips.

How to recover muted email threads

And what do I do with the muted email chains? Will I be able to get them back at some point?

1. At first it seems difficult, because the truth is that once we have silenced a conversation or email chain, it completely disappears from the map. And there is no way to find it in the inbox.

2. All you have to do is remember some detail of the message. If you remember the subject, for example, you can type it into the search box. Although you can also use any other keyword that comes to mind.

3. But there is an easier way: type “muted”. Just type the first few letters of this word to bring up label:mute. It's the label for muted conversations. Click here and immediately all the conversations you have in that status will appear.

4. Next, you will have to select the conversation by clicking on it. Tap again on the three dots at the top right of the application and choose the option Move to inbox.

The conversation will return to its original place, the inbox, and you will be able to read it without problems In fact, if they continue to be sent messages, you will receive the corresponding notifications. Then you can silence it as many times as you consider appropriate. Especially if your classmates or colleagues have no intention of leaving the conversation.