Archiving mails

With Archive, the user removes a completed email from the inbox but does not delete it. The email stays in the Archive folder, can be found in search and can be moved back to the inbox when needed.

  • User who can see the email

How to archive mails?

The user removes an email they have finished with from the inbox using Archive but does not delete it. Who can do this: A user who can see the email. An "Archived" notification appears and the email is removed from the inbox. The email stays in the Archive folder, is found in search and can be restored to the inbox when wanted. Open the email and click the Archive button at the top.

Steps

  1. Open the email and click the Archive button at the top 1.

  2. Access archived emails from the Archive folder on the left. To return an email to the inbox, open it and click Remove from archive.

Open email action buttons: Archive, Read, Label, Delete
  1. 1Archive
  2. 2Read / Unread
  3. 4To trash
Open email action buttons, with demo data.
ResultThe "Archived" notification appears and the email is removed from the inbox.
All emails from senderIn an open email, from the ⋯ (More options) menu on the right, you can use Show all emails from sender to list all emails from that address, and Archive all emails from sender to move all of them from the inbox to the archive in one go. Before archiving, you are asked how many emails will be moved; emails are not deleted.
TipTo archive multiple emails at the same time bulk action use. To mark emails as read or unread, use the Read button next to it 2; to move them to trash, use Delete 4.

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