

If you have several star types set up in your Gmail settings, repeated taps will cycle through them.
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As with the archive shortcut, tapping S adds a star to any selected or open emails.Once you’ve selected one or more emails, or if you currently have a conversation thread open, tap E to move them (or it) from your inbox to the archive.With a list of messages on screen, you can use the cursor keys to move between them, and then the X key to select one or more of the emails.Gmail comes with its own spell-checker, and this shortcut will bring up replacements for words that look incorrectly spelled.These shortcuts switch focus between the compose box and the main Gmail window, so you can sift through your inbox while you’re writing.Ĭtrl/Cmd+M: Open the spelling suggestions.You can either highlight the text to link from first, or enter the URL in the dialog that pops up. Use this if you need to refer the recipient to a website address.Once you’re happy with the way your message looks in the compose window, you can use this shortcut to immediately send the email.This does almost the same task as the previous shortcut, only blind carbon copy (BCC) recipients can’t see which other email addresses have been BCC’d in.
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Ctrl or Cmd+Shift+C, (depending on if you’re using Windows or macOS, respectively) is the shortcut for adding carbon copy (CC) recipients to your email-contacts who are copied in along with the original recipient.Use the Label as menu (which may be display as a bookmark-like icon) if you want to apply several labels to a message simultaneously.The Move to menu (which may appear as an arrow inside a folder icon) lets you quickly apply one of your Gmail labels to the current message.The More menu (which may show up as three dots, depending on your settings), holds options including the ability to mark emails as read and mute threads.Tap the / key anywhere in Gmail, and the cursor will fly up to the search box at the top, ready for you to type out some search terms and dig into your archive.You don’t necessarily want to obscure your current Gmail view with a new message, and the D key will start a new email in a new browser tab.

Tap the C key anywhere in Gmail and a new compose window will pop up in the corner of the screen, with the cursor in the To: field of the new email.You can use that tab to edit existing shortcuts or create new ones. Click Save Changes, and a new Keyboard Shortcuts tab will be added to the settings page. From the main Gmail settings screen, click Advanced, find the Custom keyboard shortcuts option, and select Enable. If the ones we’ve picked out below aren’t enough, you can create your own. Under the General tab, make sure that you’ve selected Keyboard shortcuts on. Perhaps they’re less well known because you have to enable them first: With Gmail open in a browser tab, click the cog icon (top right), then See all settings.
