# Archiving mails | SmartMail Documentation

> Step-by-step for users: completed mail is moved from the inbox to archive; it stays in the Archive folder and can be retrieved from the archive when needed.

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# 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

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

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

- 1Archive

- 2Read / Unread

- 4To trash

Open email action buttons, with demo data.

**Result**The "Archived" notification appears and the email is removed from the inbox.

**All emails from sender**In 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.

**Tip**To archive multiple emails at the same time [bulk action](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/toplu-islem) use. To mark emails as read or unread, use the **Read** button next to it 2; to move them to trash, use **Delete** 4.

## Related pages

- [Searching in mails](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/arama)

- [Trash and restore](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/cop-kutusu-ve-geri-yukleme)

- [SmartMail features](/en/smartmail/ozellikler)