Set “All mail” as my default Inbox in Gmail?

Question

Is there a way to set my Gmail so that the default Inbox is "All mail"?
I mean as soon as I go to gmail.com or mail.google.com, All Mail opens up, is this possible other than specifying it in the address?

Answer 1

The address you are normally taken to is mail.google.com/#inbox. It's simply a matter of changing that mail.google.com/#inbox to mail.google.com/#all.

There currently is no way to have it go there by default. I would suggest just bookmarking https://mail.google.com/mail/#all or you could go a whole different route and use some kind of Greasemonkey script that would allow you to change where the GMail button links to.

Answer 2

You can turn use "multiple inboxes" to get all mail to the top of the window

1. Go to settings/Labs and select "Multiple inboxes"
2. Save Changes
3. You should now see a "Multiple inboxes" tab in settings.
4. GMail will let you specify a search query. In the first box enter "is:All Mail" without the quotes.
5. Set the maximum page size to a larger number. It didn't complain about using 50, but I don't know if there is a maximum value.
6. Set "Extra panels positioning" to Above the inbox. This will put the "All Mail" label above the main inbox.
7. Save changes

There may be a couple of second lag the first time you go back to the main page, becuse it has to execute the new query.

It does the job with a couple of issues:

• Each inbox has its own < and > button to move through the list
• Each inbox has its own "view all" button which jumps you to the label
• The gear button is only on the tool bar above the main inbox section.