Though not as in-depth as the desktop version, these shortcuts could be helpful if you do not have a mouse on hand when using a keyboard. If you hook up a keyboard to your Android device, you'll have access to a much smaller selection of keyboard shortcuts. To see them all at any time, press the ? key and a pop-up window with all the available commands will appear (as below).Īlternatively, the complete list of Gmail keyboard shortcuts for the desktop client can be found here. These are just our favorite keyboards, but there are many more. Should you ever want to open your primary box instantly at any time, pressing g + i will do that for you. Alternatively, pressing Shift + i will mark it as read. To make a selected message show as new again, you can press Shift + u to mark it unread. Mark as read/unread (Shift + u, Shift + i) In a message thread with multiple emails, you can cycle through each one with n to move down and p to move up. Much like replying to the currently selected message, if you want to forward it to another recipient, you can do that by pressing f. Suppose you want to mark your currently selected message as spam, pressing the ! key will get rid of it immediately. If you have multiple parties to reply to at once, you can reply to all recipients by pressing the a key. When you have a message open that you want to reply to quickly, pressing the r key will allow you to respond directly to that thread. With any conversation selected, you can press # to instantly delete it from your inbox and send it to the trash folder. Label (l)Īdding a label to the currently selected email can be done by pressing l, which will bring up the label menu options. Archive (e)Īrchiving an email will save it for later while keeping hiding it from your inbox - hit e on the current message to so. When you want to favorite an email, you can press the s key to mark your message with a star. You can then use u to go back to the email list you were just on. Press the o key to open the currently selected message. Use your arrow keys to move around and select multiple emails. Instead of clicking on the checkbox next to an email in the inbox, you can select the currently highlighted message by pressing the x key. Rather than manually entering the search box, you could easily scour through your entire inbox by pressing the / key. Compose (c)Īlthough it is not difficult to click the button to compose a new message, pressing the c key will do the same without a mouse. We've compiled a list of the standout shortcuts that should prove to be the most useful, so let's dive in and learn more about them. The desktop version of Gmail, in particular, has too many shortcuts to remember, but learning just a few of them can be a great help. The most useful keyboard shortcuts (desktop) Scroll down to the bottom and hit Save to finalize the changes.

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