The Ultimate Strategy for Identifying Read Messages in Gmail – What You Need to Know

What to Know

• Open Gmail in a browser, select the box next to emails you want marked, then selectMark as read in the toolbar.
• Keyboard shortcut:Settings >See all settings >General >Keyboard shortcuts on . UseShift +i to mark emails read.
• Mark all mail read in a label: Open the label and selectMore (the three dots) >Mark all as read .

This article explains how to mark Gmail messages as read from the desktop website. We look at a few methods, including one that can do it in bulk to a whole list of emails.

Mark Email Read in Gmail

Here’s the typical technique, which is useful for marking one or more emails as read in just a few seconds:

1. Find the email(s) you’re interested in marking read. For example, selectInbox or a custom label, orperform a search .
2. Select thecheck box next to each message, orselect a range of emails to grab several at once.
   
3. Select theMark as read icon on the toolbar (the open envelope). Immediately, every email you selected is now marked as read.

How to Use Gmail’s ‘Mark as Read’ Keyboard Shortcut

If you want an even faster method, theGmail keyboard shortcut to mark emails read isShift +i . But it only works if you’ve turned on keyboard shortcuts in Gmail’s settings. Follow these steps to enable this hotkey:

1. Select theSettings/gear button.
   
2. ChooseSee all settings .

3. From theGeneral tab, scroll down and chooseKeyboard shortcuts on , then keep scrolling to the very bottom of the page and selectSave changes .

4. Locate the email you want to mark read, and either select its check box (pictured below) or open the email to see its contents.

5. HoldShift and then pressi to “read” the email(s).

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Mark All Mail Read in a Label or View in Gmail

Gmail lets youorganize your emails into labels , which are like folders. If you have lots of messages in a label, especially junk messages, you can quickly zap away the unread count with a single button. Here’s how it works:

1. Open the label that you want to work in, and make sure that no messages are checked.
2. Go to the toolbar and select thethree-dot menu.
   
3. SelectMark all as read . All messages in the label are now marked as read.
   

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