Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and click the Save Changes button. Archiving them moves them out of the inbox but keeps them readily accessible. With most of your messages archived out of the way, Gmail will only have to load and display new, incoming email conversations that you haven't read in the inbox. To archive a message in your inbox, hover your cursor over the message, then click the first icon that appears over the right end of it: the box with the down arrow is the Archive button.
The message will be removed from the inbox, but you can access it by clicking All Mail in the left sidebar. Archiving messages cleans up your inbox and helps it load faster while keeping your messages easily accessible. You can also archive multiple emails in your inbox at once: Click on the checkbox to the left of each message you want to archive. Clicking the down arrow to the right of this checkbox opens a menu that lets you easily select all the emails in your inbox, deselect them all, or select only read, unread, starred or unstarred emails.
You can even set up filters in Gmail to automatically archive all messages that meet certain criteria, such as those from a particular sender.
If you do that, those messages will never even appear in your inbox view but instead go straight to the All Mail list. Emails that Google decides are most important to you go in the Primary category; those that contain information tied to your social networks are categorized under Social; promotional emails that aren't spam go under Promotions; bills, statements and the like go under Updates, and mailing list messages go into Forums.
Each category is represented as a tab along the top of your inbox. Clicking that tab shows you the emails sorted under it. Alas, these tabs can slow the loading of the Gmail inbox. Click the gear icon and then choose Configure inbox. In the pane that pops up, uncheck the inbox categories that you don't want to have anymore. Click the Save button. Incoming emails that would have been sorted under those categories will then go to your main inbox. There are a lot of extensions for Chrome, Firefox and other browsers that add features to Gmail that it doesn't already have, such as email tracking or additional formatting tools for composing messages.
The Gmail Sender Icons extension, for example, shows the domain name and favicon associated with the sender's email address next to the subject heading of their email, which I find helpful for quickly identifying senders. Unfortunately, every one of these extensions can slow down how Gmail loads and performs at least a little. So stick with only the one or two Gmail extensions that you find most useful.
Browser extensions can add useful features to Gmail — but using too many at once can slow it down. I tested both uBlock Origin , a traditional ad blocker, and Disconnect , which blocks sites from tracking you. Using both in Chrome sped up the loading and refresh of my Gmail inbox significantly.
This can happen for several reasons such as using a large number of add-ons or accumulating a high volume of messages, folders or filters. There are several ways to counteract this slowdown process.
Here are seven tips to get Gmail feeling fast again:. Disable Labs features. Google offers a feature called Gmail Labs that lets you try out experimental functionality that isn't quite ready for prime time. While many of these features are useful, they're not really necessary -- and may be contributing to Gmail slowdown.
Go to your Gmail Settings the gear icon in the upper right , head to the Labs section and disable any features you don't use. Google also allows you to temporarily shut off Labs , if you prefer. Related: 5 Ways to Tame Your Inbox. Turn off Chat. You may not even realize that Google Talk is running in a left sidebar Chat module whenever you log in to Gmail.
To turn it off permanently, access your Gmail settings, look for the Chat section in the top menu, select the "Chat off" radio button and save your changes. Display 25 messages or less. Use the dropdown menu to adjust the "Show X conversations per page" down to 25 items or even less -- you can go as low as 10 threads per page. Remove connected services. You can give a number of third-party sites and apps access to your Google Account in order to work with your Contacts, Calendars and other data.
You may have a long list of connected services you no longer use. Head to your Authorized Access page and revoke access to any defunct web accounts or unused apps.
Head to the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab in the Settings menu to see if you have any filters set up, and if you do, browse through them to see if there are any you no longer want or need.
Purely an optional component of Gmail, custom themes let you apply a specific, unique design to your inbox. Depending on what you choose, this theme may be easier on your eyes, helping you function better, or it may just be an aesthetic preference. Whatever the case, loading your custom theme is going to add a bit of time to loading and other functions in your Gmail inbox.
If your Gmail seems sluggish, especially when sending or receiving messages, it could be that your messages are pushing up against your upper storage limit.
For help, see our guide on how to delete Gmail emails in bulk. Also, be sure to check out our full step guide on how to clean up your Gmail inbox. Okay, so now you know how to make Gmail faster. Your inbox loads up quickly, and you can send and receive messages in the blink of an eye. You can still increase your Gmail productivity further in a number of ways, speeding up your own use of Gmail:.
For example, you might spend too much time sending emails to one particular recipient, or you might be dealing with too many email threads. There are over Gmail keyboard shortcuts you can use to simplify actions like opening a message to draft and applying formatting. You can even create your own custom shortcuts if you feel like making the effort. Productivity is a rich and complex topic, even as it relates specifically to email, and learning how to make Gmail faster is going to be just one part of the equation.
With the preceding tips, you should be able to get Gmail running faster—and start refining your everyday Gmail habits so you can bang out those emails faster than ever before. EmailAnalytics connects with Gmail to help you learn your busiest times and days, your email thread management habits, your top senders and recipients, and more. In , he founded a marketing agency that appeared on the Inc.
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