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How do I switch back from Google Inbox?
You can stop redirecting www.gmail.com to inbox.google.com through a setting in Inbox as detailed here.
Open Inbox
On the top left, go to the main menu.
Scroll to the bottom and choose ...
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How to format as quote using Inbox by Gmail?
One solution is to write your quotes using Markdown, then use the Markdown Here Chrome extension to convert it to HTML.
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How to set a Vacation Responder in Google Inbox?
Yes just not directly.
Since Inbox is actually an extension to the Gmail service many of the finer settings can only be set from the Gmail settings menu. Vacation responder is one of these settings.
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Search by date in Google Inbox
I tested this in Inbox. The date needs to be in the correct order. Use before:YYYY/MM/DD as documented in the Advanced Search - Gmail help article.
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How do I get Google Inbox to ask me to be a mailto handler?
Go to https://inbox.google.com and click the diamond-shaped icon to the right of Chrome's address bar (omnibox). Then choose Allow and Finished:
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I can snooze Inbox by Gmail messages until "someday". When is that?
Short answer: Never. It is just a queue that you'll need to review, eventually.
Long answer:
Quoted from Inbox Support Page
Choose the Someday option under Snooze for emails or reminders
that ...
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How to find an email in Gmail that was snoozed in Google Inbox?
If the email already returned to the inbox (after snoozing), I discovered I can search using is:pinned because the email will be pinned.
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In Google Inbox, is there a way to get a permalink to specific messages or threads?
The concepts in Ruben's answer are correct, however the syntax appears to have changed. Here are the steps that worked for me:
Obtain the message id in the same way that Ruben did.
Paste the message ...
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Add .ics attachments in Inbox by Gmail to Google Calendar
According to this thread on Google Forums, this is a known limitation and they have it on the slate for future implementation. I expect that the more people tell Google they want this, the more likely ...
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how can I mark an email message as "not spam" in Google Inbox?
In Inbox, if you pin an email that is in the spam folder, it goes to your inbox instead. If you then unpin it, it will leave the inbox but not return to spam, and will show up in search results.
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Switch from Inbox back to Gmail: how to convert pins back to stars
You cannot star items from Inbox, and you cannot pin items from Gmail. But you can find one from the other. After you find a list of them, it's easy to star all of the pinned messages or pin all of ...
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What happens to an email in Google Inbox if I star it in Gmail?
Inbox by Gmail and the Gmail web app present different user experience paradigms, but you can still interact easily between the two. It is obvious that the Gmail team doesn't want you to have problems ...
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Manually block quote in Google Inbox
I found a more practical hack to enable citation blocks in Inbox:
Under Inbox Settings:Templates, create a new template.
In the window that appears, paste an empty citation block copied from a Gmail ...
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In Google Inbox, is there a way to get a permalink to specific messages or threads?
I just made and published an extension for Google Chrome that adds permalinks in Google Inbox.
It looks like this, so far:
You can install it for free, from Google Web Store: Permalinks for Google ...
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In Google Inbox, is there a way to get a permalink to specific messages or threads?
Yes there is, with caveats explained at the end of the answer.
Just copy the subject of the thread, paste it in the search box between "" and press Search.
The link you get back will give you the ...
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Manually block quote in Google Inbox
It would appear to be not possible with Inbox as it currently exists. Bold, italic, underline, bulleted list, numbered list, are your formatting options. Simply selecting text and then pressing some ...
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Manually block quote in Google Inbox
Possible solution is using browser add-on like Markdown Here (for Firefox it's here). It allows you to write whole e-mail in Markdown markup language as you do for example in Stack Exchange services.
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Is there any way to "star" or "favorite" a message in a thread in Google Inbox?
No, I'm afraid there isn't. Your options for an individual message in a conversation are Reply, Forward, and Print.
Even if you "star" the message in Gmail, there's no indication of such in Inbox.
I ...
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How to force create a Google Inbox Trips bundle?
I just discovered a way to do this - You can force add a trip bundle in Google Inbox using the Google Trips app (Android / iOS). Just search a destination, then create a trip and it will show up in ...
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How can I search reminders in Google Inbox, but not search emails?
You can search only for reminders by adding the search operator "is:reminder" to your search.
keyword is:reminder
If you want only reminders that have not been marked done, add "in:inbox"
keyword ...
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How to force create a Google Inbox Trips bundle?
Using a Google Apps Script makes it possible to create a "fake" trip email to kick one off, but it's been hit-and-miss for me this way:
http://www.scottgreenstone.com/2016/03/manuallycreatetrips.html
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What can cause a message to be moved to Trash in Gmail?
Gmail will only move messages to Trash automatically if you have a filter set up. (Blocked addresses go to Spam.)
More than likely you have given access to your Gmail account to some third-party ...
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How to delete the snooze from a snoozed email in Gmail to show it in the inbox category?
Oh, found the Pin to the Inbox button. It does several things:
Removes the snooze.
Moves to Inbox.
Pins the letter.
I later remove the pin as I don't want it pinned - just in the inbox.
* Kind of ...
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How to recover a message mistakenly identified as spam by Inbox?
Remove from Spam
Open the email you found in Spam.
Select Pin .
Your message will move back to your inbox. You can quickly find it again by clicking the switch at the top of the inbox .
Source.
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how can I mark an email message as "not spam" in Google Inbox?
To prevent the newsletter from going to Spam in the future I recommend adding it to a Bundle.
You can automatically add emails to a bundle based on criteria like who the email is from or keywords in ...
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How can I use Google Inbox's "snooze" in regular Gmail?
Not without using a third-party app, or using something like a label with a date. You'd still need to manually move the messages back to your inbox.
See also: How to find an email in Gmail that was ...
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Gmail stop redirecting me to Google Inbox
Short Version
Go to your mail account.
Settings -> Other -> uncheck Redirect Gmail to inbox.google.com
Detailed Version
Click here to show the Settings and other options (scroll down
if needed)
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How to filter out done reminders in Google Inbox?
Try this:
is:reminder -is:done
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Add .ics attachments in Inbox by Gmail to Google Calendar
This is not always convenient, but if you use the Google Inbox application on Android there is an option to add events to your google Calendar. I generally get my phone out and add events from there.
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How to create email signature in Google Inbox?
You can add a signature in Google Inbox by following this tutorial. It says
How to create a signature in Inbox
Open Inbox.
In the top left, go to the main menu.
Scroll down and choose Settings.
On ...
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