{"id":2000003051,"date":"2022-02-15T17:58:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T00:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/oit\/?p=2000003051"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:53:48","slug":"how-to-mute-a-conversation-in-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/oit\/2022\/02\/15\/how-to-mute-a-conversation-in-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to mute a conversation in Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/oit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/OIT-News-1300-\u00d7-687-px.png\" alt=\"muted email on desktop\" class=\"wp-image-2000003058\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gmail provides features that allow you to mute email conversations that are no longer relevant to you. This keeps certain threads out of your inbox so you can focus on other important messages. Emails added to muted conversations are automatically archived but still searchable within your Gmail account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mute-a-conversation\">Mute a conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From your <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/\">Gmail<\/a> account, select the conversation you want to mute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the top toolbar, click <strong>: More<\/strong> and select <strong>Mute<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The thread will be removed from your inbox and archived. It will only reappear if a new message in the conversation is sent solely to you or if your email address moves to the &#8220;To&#8221; or &#8220;Cc&#8221; fields.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-view-muted-conversations\">View muted conversations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/\">Gmail<\/a>, choose one of these options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the search box, type &#8220;is:muted&#8221;. Your muted conversations will appear with a \u201cMuted\u201d label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>All Mail<\/strong>. Your muted conversations will appear with a \u201cMuted\u201d label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any unread message in the conversation thread will be displayed in bold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unmute-a-conversation\">Unmute a conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/\">Gmail<\/a>, open the muted email and choose one of these options:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Remove label X<\/strong> next to the \u201cMuted\u201d label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the email, select <strong>: More<\/strong> from the action buttons, and click <strong>Unmute<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact the Help Desk at (208) 426-4357 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@boisestate.edu\">helpdesk@boisestate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gmail provides features that allow you to mute email conversations that are no longer relevant&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":2000003076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000003051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google-workspace"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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