As you may know already, Google has added a new feature to its Gmail email service that it states will put you back in control of your inbox. The feature will roll out over the coming weeks with many Gmail users reporting that it has been already activated for their account.
You can check that easily with a click on the settings icon in the top right corner on Gmail. If Configure Inbox is displayed here in the context menu, your account has been updated.
A click on the link opens a small overlay screen that you use to configure the feature. You need to move the mouse cursor over items here to display information about each tab that you can enable on Gmail.
Anyway, up to five tabs are displayed on top of the list of emails afterwards. These tabs act as filters that sort emails based on type.
The five tabs that you can activate here are the following:
While it is possible to move mails around via drag and drop, it is clear that you will have to monitor all tabs regularly because of this.
Turning it off
You can turn off the new tabs easily again.
Click on the settings icon and select Configure Inbox from the options.
Uncheck all options here so that only primary remains checked (you cannot uncheck primary).
Click on save.
When you go back to your inbox, you notice that all tabs have been removed from it again.
Video
Google has created a video that demonstrates the new functionality of the inbox.
You can check that easily with a click on the settings icon in the top right corner on Gmail. If Configure Inbox is displayed here in the context menu, your account has been updated.
A click on the link opens a small overlay screen that you use to configure the feature. You need to move the mouse cursor over items here to display information about each tab that you can enable on Gmail.
Anyway, up to five tabs are displayed on top of the list of emails afterwards. These tabs act as filters that sort emails based on type.
The five tabs that you can activate here are the following:
- Primary - lists person to person communications, as well as starred messages by default.
- Social - messages from social networks, dating services, social media and other social-related sites.
- Promotions - includes deals, offers and most marketing emails.
- Updates - Personal updates including confirmations, receipts. bills and statements.
- Forums - Emails from mailing lists, forums and other discussion-based services.
- The sorting works considerable well where social is concerned, but that is to be expected as Google is probably filtering messages by domain here. The remaining tabs all include messages that should have been sorted into different tabs. The updates and forums tab included press releases for instance which does not really fit either of the groups.
While it is possible to move mails around via drag and drop, it is clear that you will have to monitor all tabs regularly because of this.
Turning it off
You can turn off the new tabs easily again.
Click on the settings icon and select Configure Inbox from the options.
Uncheck all options here so that only primary remains checked (you cannot uncheck primary).
Click on save.
When you go back to your inbox, you notice that all tabs have been removed from it again.
Video
Google has created a video that demonstrates the new functionality of the inbox.
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