How to Retrieve Archived Emails in Gmail

This article explains how to identify archived emails in Gmail and how to bring them back to your Inbox from your archived folder using the Gmail interface. It is necessary to follow these instructions if you want to access Gmail in any internet browser or using the Gmail mobile application.

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How to Retrieve Archived Emails in a Browser

If you know what you’re doing, you can still read archived messages even though they are no longer visible in your inbox. If you don’t know what you’re doing, watch this video to learn how. These messages are also saved in the index and will surface when you conduct a search for Gmail conversations in the future. If you wish to continue the conversation, move the messages from the archived folder to the Inbox. If you decide to archive the emails, you can still examine them.

1. On the left-hand side of Gmail, select All Mail from the drop-down menu.

2. You can choose which emails you want to be returned to the Inbox by selecting them from the drop-down menu. The word “Inbox” will appear in front of the subject line of emails that have been moved to the Inbox.

3. Move to Inbox can be found on the main toolbar, which is located above the email messages.

4. In order to confirm that the emails have been transferred to the Inbox, a confirmation message occurs. To undo a previously performed action, hit the Undo button.

How to Retrieve Archived Emails Using the Mobile App

You can restore your archived messages to your Inbox if you’re using the mobile Gmail client. Here’s how: If you’re using the mobile Gmail client, follow these steps:

1. To bring up the menu, hover your cursor over the Menu icon (three horizontal lines) at the top of your screen.

2. Select All Mail from the drop-down menu that appears.

3. Choose the email that you want to obtain from the list.

4. By tapping on the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner of the message, the three-dot menu can be accessed.

5. From the drop-down option, select Move to Inbox as the action.

Tips to Avoid Accidental Archiving

The difficult and frustrating experience of mistakenly archiving a correspondence can be highly frustrating. Consider taking the following precautions in order to avoid this from happening to you:

• When browsing through messages on a smartphone or tablet, allow yourself to be patient and avoid making any rapid swiping motions from right to left. As a result, you will be less likely to become sidetracked.
• If you so choose, you may customise the archive swipe motion in the app’s settings to better suit your needs and preferences. Generally speaking, swipe actions may be found in the General settings > Swipe actions area of the settings menu on the iPhone.
• Look for any confirmation messages that a communication has been saved, as this is a reliable indicator that the conversation has been saved. If you make a clerical or grammatical error, an Undo button is frequently presented below this notification, which you can use to reverse your actions.

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