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Does your inbox hold hundreds or maybe thousands of emails that you saved intentionally or just never deleted? Do you know you can set up filters in Gmail (and most other email programs) to sort, delete, and archive mail? For example, you can set a filter to put all incoming promotional emails into a folder that you can view at your convenience. Alternatively, you can have emails from political parties go directly to trash.
Here’s a terrific article that explains the various uses for filters and how to set them up in Gmail: https://zapier.com/blog/gmail-filters
If you don’t use Gmail, check the Help instructions for the email app you do use to see if it has something similar. Here are some resources to get you started:
Outlook: https://www.wikihow.com/Filter-Email-in-Outlook
Apple Mail: Search the Help instructions for “organizing email”
Mail on iPhones: https://iphone-tricks.com/tutorial/5364-filter-emails-in-the-mail-app
Mail on Android phones: Set up filters in Gmail on a computer
Yahoo (classic version): https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN28071.html
Yahoo (new version): https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-yahoo-mail/filters-organize-yahoo-mail-sln36699.html
It is possible to have automation help you control your inbox rather than its controlling you.
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