“Snooze an email is a great alternative to marking an email unread, also keeping your inbox a bit tidier,” says Natalie Zfat, a social media entrepreneur. You’ll never have to sift through hundreds of emails or a long thread when this is linked.” Can’t deal with that email right now? Snooze it. It creates the task for you and you can add a due date for each item in this list, where Google gives you a link back to the specific email immediately. “If you don’t think you’ll do something right away, you can still click the “More” button and click on the tab called ‘Add to Tasks.’ Voila. “You get an email, know you have to get back to it at some point, but don’t want to have to create some task in Asana or other software,” says Michal Abram, senior director of engineering for ResumeLab. Tech 10 Gmail extensions that can boost your productivity Sync Tasks with specific emails Gmail shares how to create, edit and delete labels here, and how to use filters here. Gmail allows you to organize your email under an unlimited number of labels and have them color-coded too.” You will then have them conveniently organized under one label. So for instance, you can have Gmail filter out and label all emails coming from a specific email address. “This way, you can not only filter out spam and emails of less priority, but also save emails that you wouldn't want to miss. “If you're having trouble cutting through large amounts of emails, automated filtering could be a real timesaver,” says Nina Krol, an outreach specialist at the career toolbox provider Zety. For your inbox Create your own labels and filters In what ways can I tidy up my Gmail and make it the lean, mean email machine it’s made to be? What shortcuts and hacks might help save me time and fuss? In consulting numerous Gmail users and tech wizzes, we’ve compiled a list of tips and broken them into two sections: For your Gmail inbox and your Gmail outbox, respectively.

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