Questions tagged [inbox-by-gmail]

Do not use this tag! Google Inbox was shut down by Google on April 2, 2019. This tag was for questions about the web interface for Inbox by Gmail, also known as Google Inbox.

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Gmail shows a different contact name depending on how contact sent email?

So, this is something odd I recently starting seeing. I have someone in my contacts, and they've emailed me without problems over the years. Recently however, rather than showing their name as 'First ...
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How to save Google Inbox Reminders? [closed]

Google Inbox will be shut down on 2019-04-02. Is there any software/service that can automatically convert Inbox Reminders to mail messages to myself or to Google Keep Notes?
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What is the use of "Undo" in Gmail notification?

In Gmail, I send a email then I receive a pop up at left bottom corner: What is the use of "Undo" option in this pop up?
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Inbox to Gmail transition. How to manage labels instead of bundles [closed]

Because Google is removing its Inbox app in March 2019, I'm transitioning back to the Gmail app. Aside from its minimalist esthetics, the way Inbox managed messages via bundles versus Gmail's ...
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How to mark this message is not a spam? [duplicate]

I use Google inbox for Gmail. Sometimes Google think that message is spam, for example: Which prevents to see images and click links. But it's actually not spam. I don't see any button to mark ...
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Can't switch back to Classic Gmail and I hate it [duplicate]

I also have two Gmail accounts, I opened both on Google Chrome. One has the option for "Go back to classic Gmail" in setting button. But another account, automatically changed to "New version of Gmail"...
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Why are read emails appearing in is:unread in Gmail?

When searching for is:unread in Gmail, there are about 100 email threads in my account that are not bold. (Others are bold, as you would expect.) These emails date back only as far as October 2017, ...
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Can I convert past "Inbox by Gmail" reminders to anything useful?

Inspired by What will happen with reminders after Google Inbox dies?, which focuses mainly on future and, in particular, recurring reminders, I would like to know what happens to past ("Done") ...
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What will happen with reminders after Google Inbox dies? [closed]

We have heard a couple days ago that Google is going to shut down Google Inbox in about 6 months, so that they can concentrate on GMail. My question is: what is going to happen now with "reminders"? ...
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Google Inbox keyboard shortcut for adding bcc [closed]

Does Google Inbox have keyboard interactions/shortcuts for adding someone as bcc when replying to an email?
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Gmail stopped redirecting to Inbox

I have enabled the feature for redirecting Gmail to Inbox, but after a new Gmail (new looks and features) arrived this redirection stopped. I checked settings in Inbox, but setting for redirection is ...
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Prevent inbox.google.com from bundling Github emails [closed]

Is there any way to prevent Inbox from always bundling Github emails? I may have just overlooked a setting somewhere... It's very annoying when you only have a single email that gets bundled ...
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Have several emails and reminders unsnoozed together in Inbox by Gmail [closed]

Very often, a real-world task involves a number of different email threads and, especially in the case of Google Inbox, reminders. In Google Inbox, items can be snoozed until a later date, at which ...
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Avoid UTF8 option is gone from Gmail

I recently tried to send an email to a colleague, and received the following error: local-part of envelope RCPT address contains utf8 but the remote server did not offer SMTPUTF8 Many posts ...
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Is it possible to automatically apply a tag in Gmail and then hiding part of the subject?

I would like to automatically apply a label to every mail containing [Something] in the subject and then hiding that part when the mail are showed in the Inbox. For example i receive an email with ...
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Cannot sign in to my organization Mail by Google using Inbox

The only message I get is this: Your organization isn't set up for inbox yet But there the link of "Learn more" doesn't do anything.
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Gmail website priority inbox: unread; remaining inbox; starred; drafts

I wonder whether there is a way to customize the Gmail priority inbox on the gmail website as: Unread inbox Remaining inbox Starred Drafts The settings let me do the order 1-3-4-2 (where 2 is "...
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How do I attach a full resolution photo? [closed]

When attaching photos using Google Inbox, if I use the paperclip button to attach multiple photos, it seems that Inbox resizes them to about 512 pixels wide. How can I stop Inbox from shrinking my ...
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Why are Blind Carbon Copies (BCC) to self not getting a label like INBOX when sent from a phone?

Some of my mail is handled by a third party. Every email I send using that party has a Blind Carbon Copies (BCC) to myself @ my third party's email address. All mail at the third party is forwarded to ...
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How to exclude certain emails from custom bundle in Google Inbox? [closed]

I have a custom bundle set up based on a "to" address. However, there are certain emails sent to this address that I want to exclude from the bundle (since they get bundled to another, lower-priority ...
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How to retrieve deleted emails several months ago? [closed]

I have deleted my emails several months ago. But suddenly I require does email for legal purposes (serves as an evidence to a case). How can I retrieve those emails?
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How to insert a body with a link through Gmail URL

How to open a window with a new Gmail email that has the following body Hi, here is the link. In other words, I am looking for an URL with the format https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm?body=&...
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How to filter out done reminders in Google Inbox?

I want to show only not done reminders. For now, I figured out is:reminder is:done, which show only done reminders is:reminder is:snoozed, which show only done snoozed reminders How can I show ...
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How can I bookmark where in a mail I was reading in Inbox? [closed]

I receive some mails which are long and/or have a lot of interesting links, and I am not able to read those mails in one time. I can pin and/or snooze the mail to continue reading it later, but I ...
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How do I move multiple messages in Inbox? [closed]

I'd like to find all messages from Imzy, select them, then just move them all out of my inbox or mark them done at once. I can't figure out any way to select multiple messages without clicking all ...
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What can cause a message to be moved to Trash in Gmail?

I regularly receive promotional emails from Pizza Hut in Israel. I only ever notice them, though, because they cause my phone to buzz and if I look quickly enough I see the message. Within seconds, ...
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Google Inbox "Server is temporarily unavailable." until reopened in new tab (using Mac Chrome)

I have a recurring issue with Google Inbox when using Google Chrome on my Mac: I keep getting "Server is temporarily unavailable." error messages, and it seems the only way to get them to stop is to ...
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To what extent are filters dependent upon the browser?

Context: I've pared down some of my larger gmail labels by deleting old, labeled e-mails. Because I've exceeded my quota, I'm now going through old mail by performing a search for has:nouserlabels. ...
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Export Google Reminders

Is there a way to export Google reminders? In Google ecosystem, these reminders are everywhere. In Google Calendar, Google Inbox, Google Keep, Google Now, etc. But is there a way to export/ sync ...
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Is it possible to use Gmail's spell-check in Inbox by Gmail?

By Gmail's spell-check I refer to the following feature visible in the compose window: Screenshots:
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How can I hide emails marked as done in a bundle in Inbox by Gmail? [closed]

I created a bundle in Inbox by Gmail. In this bundle I would like to only display emails that are not yet marked as done. Emails marked as done should not be displayed, respectively. Screenshot:
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How can I mark an email as "Done" and read at once in Inbox by Gmail? [closed]

I would like to mark a conversation as done and read at once. Is this somehow possible in Inbox by Gmail?
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Gmail stop redirecting me to Google Inbox [duplicate]

I access my Gmail account from Firefox and when I log into gmail.com, my account seems to redirect to Google Inbox (inbox.google.com) rather than the Gmail (mail.google.com) interface I want to see ...
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Make recurring reminders automatically be bundled [closed]

Is it possible to make a recurring reminder to always be bundled in some category by default, e.g. "Take out the garbage" every Monday morning automatically bundled to the "Home" bundle?
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What's the difference between replying to someone else and forward in Inbox / Gmail?

This is about Google Inbox / Gmail. When someone sends me a mail, and I wish to forward it to a third person, does it make any difference if, instead of forwarding it, I press reply, empty the To and ...
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How to mute an email thread in Google Inbox mobile web app?

In Gmail, email threads can be muted. How can they be muted in the Google Inbox mobile web interface?
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Switch from Inbox back to Gmail: how to convert pins back to stars

I'd like to try out Inbox, but I don't see how I can go back to Gmail if I do without a lot of manual pain. There doesn't seem to be a way to get back from pins to stars. Is there? I know I can find ...
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Search by date in Google Inbox

Inbox is an awesome new way of emailing, there is no doubt about that, but lacks a very basic feature (seems so): search by other things than text, like a date. I tried with Gmail search keywords ...
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How can I use Google Inbox's "snooze" in regular Gmail?

Is there a way to "snooze" an email within Gmail without going to Google Inbox? Do some apps support it but not others? I'm interested in the Gmail web app, in particular (mail.google.com).
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how can I mark an email message as "not spam" in Google Inbox?

There is a newsletter I receive that Gmail insists should go into the spam folder. How can I mark it as not spam and move it to the inbox? I know how to do it in Gmail, but not in Inbox. How can ...
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Display signature above quoted reply in Inbox by Gmail

It was easy to do in Gmail (select the checkbox marked Insert this signature before quoted text in replies and remove the "--" line that precedes it), but I might be missing something obvious in Inbox....
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How can I create a random email reminder in Gmail or Inbox by Gmail?

I would like to create a random email reminder in Gmail or Inbox by Gmail to for instance: create a reminder for myself to tag a Flickr image read one of my Pocket articles to perform other regular ...
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Is it possible to set a recurring reminder for an email in Google's Inbox by Gmail? [closed]

I feel like I'm missing something simple here... When creating a reminder it's simple to make it recurring; Pick a date/time Select "Does not Repeat" Pick a repeat period. However, when setting a ...
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Employer email verification of customers receipts [closed]

When an employer tags certain emails as "according to our magic sauce," does that simply mean they are monitoring emails sent by employee to customers?
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Disable "Stay signed in" for Google Inbox/Gmail

Title says it all... When I sign in to Google Inbox, the "Stay signed in" box is checked by default on the password screen. Sometimes I forget to uncheck it. Is there a setting somewhere to disable ...
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How can I search reminders in Google Inbox, but not search emails?

I am using Google Inbox and I'm looking for all of the reminders in my account with "keyword" in them. Problem is that "keyword" also shows up in tons of my email (way too many to page through), and ...
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How to display the number of new emails in Google's new app INBOX [closed]

Can anybody please tell me how to display the number of new messages in Google's new web app Inbox?normally with Google's Gmail,you get to see the number of new emails.please see the screenshot of ...
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Is there a difference between the gmail Inbox site and Chrome extension?

Google Inbox is now generally available without any invites. However, the Chrome Inbox App is still alive and maintained (last version was February 9th). Does the Chrome extension provide any extra ...
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How to force create a Google Inbox Trips bundle? [closed]

Google Inbox has a Trips feature that bundles reservations. You can add an arbitrary email to an existing one of these Trip bundles. Inbox automatically creates new bundles when it detects reservation ...
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Inbox by Gmail signature not quoted

I'm using Inbox by Gmail for my personal email, but when I add a default signature it is always showed as quoted text. Can I avoid quoted text?
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