There are people who have a habit of checking unread emails in Gmail. It becomes a little uneasy to read emails that get mixed with the read and unread emails in Gmail.

Keeping the fact in mind that you also get receive a large number of promotions and other unwanted emails, that creates a strong resistance that could affect keeping up with important emails.

The only solution here is to sort the read and unread emails so that you can easily check important emails. We have mentioned some effective tricks that will display only unread emails in Gmail.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to display only unread emails in Gmail on different platforms. Without further delay, let’s get started.

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Find Unread Emails in Gmail on browser

If you prefer to access Gmail on a browser, then it is way easier to find those important unread emails. Here’s how to do that:

Step 1: Open your Gmail account.

Step 2: Click on the Settings, indicated in the gear icon located at the top right corner where your Gmail’s profile picture is located.

Step 3: Select See all settings.

Step 4: From the horizontal menu list, select Inbox.

Step 5: Under the Inbox section, select Inbox Type a drop-down list will appear. Now select Unread First.

Step 6: Once done, click on Save Change located at the bottom of the page.

That’s all. Now, you will be able to see unread emails in Gmail on the browser.

Find Unread Emails in Gmail App

To find unread emails in Gmail App, users need to do the following:

Step 1: Open the Gmail app.

Step 2: Tap on the menu represented by the three horizontal lines at the top left corner of the screen.

Step 3: Click on the Settings, represented by a gear icon.

Step 4: Under Settings, you need to select the account which you want to read the unread emails.

Step 4: Now, under the Index section, click on Index Type.

Step 5: Here, select Unread first.

Now, all the unread emails will appear on the screen of the Gmail app. Likewise, you can choose to select Index type accordingly.

Search Unread Emails in the Gmail Inbox

This is the simple and quick method to find unread emails in your Gmail Inbox. Here you don’t have to change any settings, just type a few commands and you are good to go.

Step 1: Open your Gmail account.

Step 2: In the search bar type the following command:

is:unread

Step 3: And press Return or Enter on your keyboard

Now, all the unread messages will appear on the screen, you can read one by one email at a time.

Additionally, you can use the following commands:

label: inbox, label: unread

Good thing is that you can read email in Gmail on any web browser including Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera, etc using this method.

This is also appliable on Gmail apps that support Android, iPhone, and iPad.

Find Unread Emails in Gmail App on Android

This is another method where you can find unread emails in the Gmail app on Android.

Step 1: Open your Gmail app.

Step 2: Tap on the Search in emails section, which is the search bar located at the very top of the Gmail app.

Step 3: Now, type is:unread and press Search icon (located on the Android keyboard).

Now, all the unread emails present on your Gmail app of Android will be displayed.

Find Unread Emails in Gmail on iPhone / iPad

Finding unread emails in Gmail on iPhone totally different on Android (unless you use the Gmail app).

Step 1: Open the Mail app present on your iPhone / iPad.

Step 2: Now, press the Mailboxes button.

Step 3: Click on Edit located at the top right corner.

Step 4: Now, find and tick the Unread option, you can also replace the position of the option to the top just by dragging it.

Step 5: Now, press the Done button located at the top right corner.

Now, you will be able to see all the unread emails on your iPhone and iPad.

Find Unread Emails in Gmail via Primary Tab

In this method we’ll see how you can Find Unread Emails using Primary Tab:

Step 1: Sign in to your Gmail account, and click on the Search bar.

Step 2: Type the following command or line in the search bar.

label:unread category:primary

Step 3: Press Enter.

Now all the unread emails present in your Gmail will display in your Primary tab.

Find Unread Email in Gmail in a Folder

In Gmail, the folder is often known as labels. So we need to create a label, follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Sign in to your Gmail account.

Step 2: Now in the search bar type is:unread and press Enter. By doing this, all the unread emails will be displayed.

Step 3: Click on the Advanced search option located right bottom of the search bar clicks on Create Filter.

Step 4: Now, click on the Apply the Label function and select to choose New label.

Step 5: Give a name to the label, let’s say Unread, and press Create button.

Step 6: Now, click on Create Filter button to save the changes

Step 7: Finally just tick the box of email that you want to send the email to the Unread label.

Filter your Email Search on Gmail

You can also filter the email search on Gmail. You can search the email according to the people, dates, or year.

• Let’s say you want to search the emails from January 1, 2021, and February 1, 2021. In the email search bar, type the following command:

is:unread before:2021/1/1 after:2021/1/2

• Let’s say you want to search the email received from an individual email address. In the search bar, type the following command:

is:unread from:theemailaddress@gmail.com

• Let’s say you want to search the email according to the name. In the search bar, type the following command:

is:unread from:Harry Styles

That’s it for now, hope this helps! Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Till then stay tuned for more info.

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