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In this video, I'm going to show you how to use filters and labels in Gmail
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So first, let's understand what they are. So we all spend a lot of time organizing our inbox
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And to make this process easier, we can categorize all of our emails into labels
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And to automate this process, we can use filters. So that's basically what they are
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So now let's get started. So first, let's understand what labels are and how to create one
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So to explain this simply, labels are used to organize all of your emails into categories
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They're similar to folders in Google Drive. So now I'll show you how to create one
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On the left, you'll find an option called labels. And then you'll find a plus button to create a new one
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So just click on this. And now you can enter the name of the label. So as you can see, I already have two labels for work and extra
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But let's say I want one for all important emails. Then I can just name this important
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And then click on create. So now let's see how to create labels
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On the left, you'll see that labels is written here. And currently, I have two labels called extra and work
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And to create a new one, I can just click on the plus button that's here
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So for now, I'll create a label for all emails which are related to YouTube
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So I can just click on the plus button and name this YouTube
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And then click on create. And as you can see, this label has been created
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And if you click on it, then you can see all of the emails inside this label
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So this is empty for now. But now using a filter, we'll automatically add emails to this
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So now I'll show you how to create a filter and then add that to the label
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So a filter is basically a way to automate the handling of incoming emails
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So every time you get a new mail, the filter can automatically categorize it
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add a label to it and do a lot more. So I'll show you how to create one
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So on top, just click on this button that's here. And now we need to decide on what basis we want to create a filter
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So you have many options. If you want all emails sent from a certain person to get filtered, you can do that
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The same way all emails to someone or all emails with a certain subject line
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So you can go through all of this. What I'm going to use is this option that's here has the words YouTube
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So now every email which has the word YouTube will get selected by this filter
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And then I can decide what I want to do with this. They also have more options, like within how many days, whether it has an attachment or not
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And you can go through all of this. And once you're done, just click on create filter
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That's here. So now we can decide what happens to the mails that meet the search criteria, which is YouTube
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So over here, select this option, which is apply the label. And now just click on choose label called YouTube
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So now every mail that we get, which has YouTube in it, will get added to this label called YouTube
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And now before creating the filter, you can select this option at the bottom
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which will add 76 emails from before, which match this criteria. So filters only work with new emails
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But if you want to add emails from before, then you can select this option
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So all of the previous emails will get added as well. Now I'll just click on create filter and it's done
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So let's go to the label called YouTube. And here, as you can see, all emails, which have the word YouTube in it have come here
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So this is basically how to integrate labels and filters. And let's quickly see how it works
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So I'll compose an email to myself with the word YouTube in it. So now I'm sending this email to myself
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And if I go to the label YouTube, as you can see, it's automatically come here
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Since it has the keyword YouTube in it. So this is how it works
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And if you want to know how to clear spam from your Gmail inbox
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you can check out this video over here. That's it for today. Goodbye
