Use case:
I receive some conversation that after a while are not relevant for me anymore.
I would like to somehow mute them so that they don't arrive as new and unread emails in my inbox anymore.
Is this achievable?
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You can always use a filter to send them into a black hole, though that may be unwise if the same person sends you an email with the same subject that isn't part of the original thread (ie, several months later). – barrycarter Mar 12 '16 at 16:55
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Hey @orschiro, please unmark your "accepted answer" as it became obsolete by now. The answer for New Gmail is this. – LWC Sep 29 '18 at 18:46
In New Gmail (introduced in July 2018), it's different:
This is the confusing part. There are two 3 dots menu items. In New Gmail, only the top one has the Mute option!
If you enable Gmail shortcuts, you can click "m" to mute a conversation.
When you mute a message: Any replies stay out of your inbox. You can search for the conversation if you want to find it again.
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Be aware that gmail conversations doesn't use the thread headers, it's solely based on subject. Any email with similar subject might also get muted. – hultqvist Oct 4 '18 at 9:11
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@hultqvist, are you 100% sure? Was it also like this in Gmail Classic? It's pretty weird Google would do something like this without even a warning on their documentation. I would have expected them to at least consider the From/To fields. – LWC Oct 4 '18 at 19:25
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The "new" gmail is not about the mute feature, as you compare your answer to the previous one it's only a change in the user interface. The gmail conversation is bad for people who use similar subject for several emails, threads for separate discussions tend to be grouped together into a single conversation. Since one can assume mute works on conversations it the same rules would apply to the mute feature. – hultqvist Oct 8 '18 at 6:56
In Gmail, when viewing the conversation, open the "More" menu and choose "Mute".
From Google Support (archived):
Muted conversations will only pop back into your inbox ready for your attention if a new message in the conversation is addressed to you and no one else, or if you're added to the "To" or "Cc" line in a new message.
