What's the difference between the Gmail label buttons?

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I am sorting out my Gmail account, and started labeling emails, but I can't seem to figure out what the different icons mean in the labeling dropdown menu. There are 3 icons:



  • empty

  • minus

  • checked

You can see them in the screenshot below:



Screenshot of Gmail's label dropdown






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  • Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!
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I am sorting out my Gmail account, and started labeling emails, but I can't seem to figure out what the different icons mean in the labeling dropdown menu. There are 3 icons:



  • empty

  • minus

  • checked

You can see them in the screenshot below:



Screenshot of Gmail's label dropdown






gmail gmail-labels







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  • Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!
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I am sorting out my Gmail account, and started labeling emails, but I can't seem to figure out what the different icons mean in the labeling dropdown menu. There are 3 icons:



  • empty

  • minus

  • checked

You can see them in the screenshot below:



Screenshot of Gmail's label dropdown






gmail gmail-labels







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I am sorting out my Gmail account, and started labeling emails, but I can't seem to figure out what the different icons mean in the labeling dropdown menu. There are 3 icons:



  • empty

  • minus

  • checked

You can see them in the screenshot below:



Screenshot of Gmail's label dropdown






gmail gmail-labels




gmail gmail-labels






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  • Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!
    – Vidar S. Ramdal
    15 mins ago
















  • Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!
    – Vidar S. Ramdal
    15 mins ago















Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!
– Vidar S. Ramdal
15 mins ago




Great question! I did some minor changes: gmail => Gmail, and added ALT text to your screenshot. Hope that's OK!
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When you have multiple messages/conversations selected and you click the labels button there are three options for the list of labels presented:



  • empty: none of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • minus: some of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • checked: all of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

If you only have one message/conversation selected then only empty and checked will be used.






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  • That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
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  • And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago






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    @Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
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When you have multiple messages/conversations selected and you click the labels button there are three options for the list of labels presented:



  • empty: none of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • minus: some of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • checked: all of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

If you only have one message/conversation selected then only empty and checked will be used.






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  • That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
    – Titulum
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  • And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago






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    @Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
    – mhoran_psprep
    10 mins ago














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When you have multiple messages/conversations selected and you click the labels button there are three options for the list of labels presented:



  • empty: none of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • minus: some of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • checked: all of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

If you only have one message/conversation selected then only empty and checked will be used.






share|improve this answer




















  • That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago










  • And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    @Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
    – mhoran_psprep
    10 mins ago












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When you have multiple messages/conversations selected and you click the labels button there are three options for the list of labels presented:



  • empty: none of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • minus: some of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • checked: all of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

If you only have one message/conversation selected then only empty and checked will be used.






share|improve this answer












When you have multiple messages/conversations selected and you click the labels button there are three options for the list of labels presented:



  • empty: none of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • minus: some of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

  • checked: all of the messages/conversations selected are using that label

If you only have one message/conversation selected then only empty and checked will be used.







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  • That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago










  • And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    @Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
    – mhoran_psprep
    10 mins ago
















  • That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago










  • And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
    – Titulum
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    @Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
    – mhoran_psprep
    10 mins ago















That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
– Titulum
1 hour ago




That's a great explanation. Where did you find more information on this?
– Titulum
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And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
– Titulum
1 hour ago




And how can I add a message to a label so that it will be gone from my inbox?
– Titulum
1 hour ago




1




1




@Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
– mhoran_psprep
10 mins ago




@Titulum Add a label to a message, then click archive. The archive button removes the inbox label. Or use the move button to do it in one step. Remember a message/conversation can have multiple labels.
– mhoran_psprep
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