How can I find unread emails in Gmail?

Question

According to Gmail, I've got one unread email in my inbox.

How do I find it without browsing through the entire inbox?

Answer 1

Search for;

label:unread

OR

is:unread

in your Gmail search box.

Other Gmail search operators can be found here;

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7190

Hope this helps

Answer 2

As an alternative, you may want to try this in your Gmail search box:

in:inbox is:unread

Answer 3

To solve this problem permanently, you can also install "Priority Inbox" from Google Labs (click on the little beaker icon next to your email address in the top right of the page).

Once configured, it will always display all your unread emails at the top of the list!