In this article, you will learn how to unarchive Gmail emails quickly and easily along with some useful tips and tricks.
If you are one of those people who always keep their inbox clean and organized than you must be familiar with the archive feature Gmail offers. By archiving your emails you will essentially remove all of the unimportant emails from your main inbox without the need to permanently delete them. This is great because you can always get back to them if needed.
The problem may occur if you mistakenly archived your email. Where did it go? How to put it back to the main inbox? Don’t worry you will find all of the answers in this article. We will show you how to unarchive Gmail email on your desktop, iOS, and Android device along with some useful tips and tricks. Follow along.
How to unarchive Gmail emails on desktop
As mentioned above all of the archived Gmail emails will disappear from the “Inbox” folder making room for new emails and will transfer to another folder called “All Mail”. If you are accessing Gmail from your desktop browser then this part of the article is for you.
Step 1:
Access your Gmail account through the browser on your PC or laptop. Simply type mail.google.com in the search bar of your search engine and sign in to your Gmail account.
Step 2:
Once on the main page of your Gmail account click the “All Mail” tab on the left side of your Gmail page. If you can not find it, click the “More” button and it should appear.
Step 3:
After the “All Mail” menu is open choose the message you want to unarchive by checking the box in front of the sender’s name. You can check multiple messages and unarchive them all at once.
Step 4:
Unarchive your Gmail emails in one of the following ways:
- Click on the “Move to Inbox” button on top of the Gmail page.
- Right-click on the selected emails and choose “Move to Inbox”.
- Drag and drop selected emails to the “Inbox” tab on the left side of your Gmail page.
How to unarchive Gmail emails on iOS
As on desktop, you can also unarchive Gmail emails on iOS devices as well. Simply follow these instructions and you will be all set up.
Step 1:
Open the Gmail application on your iOS device and make sure that you are signed in to your Gmail account.
Step 2:
After signing in to your Gmail account you need to go to the “All Mail” menu by tapping the “Menu” option in the top left corner of your screen. The menu icon looks like 3 parallel strips.
Step 3:
Scroll down until you find the “All Mail” tab and then click on it.
Step 4:
Choose the email you want to unarchive and open it.
Step 5:
Click on the “three dots” located in the top right corner of your screen and choose the “Move to Inbox” option. Congratulations, your email was successfully unarchived!
How to unarchive Gmail emails on Android
In this third tutorial, we are going to show you how to unarchive Gmail emails on Android devices. The process is somewhat similar to the one on the iOS devices.
Step 1:
Open the Gmail application on your Android device and make sure that you are signed in to your Gmail account.
Step 2:
Clicking to the “Menu” option which is located in the upper left corner of your screen. The menu icon looks like 3 parallel strips.
Step 3:
Scroll down until you find the “All Mail” menu and tap on it.
Step 4:
Choose the email you want to unarchive and open it.
Step 5:
Tap on the “three dots” that can be found in the top right corner of your screen and choose the “Move to Inbox” option. Your email is now unarchived!
Bonus tips
Unfortunately, there is not an archived label in Gmail by which you can find all archived emails, but there is a neat trick you can use to find all of your archived emails at once. Simply type the following in the Gmail search bar “-in:Sent -in:Draft -in:Inbox”. In most cases, this should list your archived emails, and if you also want to remove emails that already have a category label add “has:nouserlabels” at the end of your query. Ultimately your search query should look like this: “-in:Sent -in:Draft -in:Inbox has:nouserlabels”.
Another good thing to know is that archived emails will appear in your inbox again if you happen to get a reply to them so don’t worry about them getting lost.
That’s it! These are the easiest steps you can follow in order to unarchive Gmail emails on your desktop, iOS, or Android device. We hope you enjoyed reading our article and if you want to check other Gmail tips and tricks feel free to visit our blog.
