Google Mail

Google Mail Notification Types

Universal Inbox collects email threads from Google Mail that are marked with the label you've configured for synchronization.

Available Actions

Actions on notifications

The following actions apply to all Google Mail notifications from the Inbox screen:

View in Google Mail

  • Keyboard Shortcut: Enter
  • Effect: Opens the email thread in Google Mail

This action lets you view the full email thread directly in Google Mail, where you can respond, forward, or perform other email actions.

Delete

  • Keyboard Shortcut: d
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Removes the notification from your inbox until the next reply in the thread
  • Effect in Google Mail: Mark the thread as read and archived

Use this action when you want to clear a notification from your Universal Inbox and mark the thread as read and archived in Google Mail. The notification will reappear if the thread receives a new reply.

Unsubscribe

  • Keyboard Shortcut: u
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Removes the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in Google Mail: Mark the thread as read and archived. Future replies will be automatically marked as read and archived.

This action helps reduce notification noise by preventing future replies from this email thread from appearing in Universal Inbox.

Snooze

  • Keyboard Shortcut: s
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Temporarily hides the notification for a few hours
  • Effect in Google Mail: No change in Google Mail

Use this when you need to defer handling an email until later.

Create Task

  • Keyboard Shortcut: p
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Links notification to a newly created task and remove the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in Google Mail: Mark the thread as read and archived
  • Effect in Task Manager: Creates a new task with a link to the Google Mail thread

Ideal for converting an email into an actionable task in your task management tool.

  • Keyboard Shortcut: l
  • Effect in Universal Inbox: Links notification to an existing task and remove the notification from your inbox
  • Effect in Google Mail: Mark the thread as read and archived
  • Effect in Task Manager: Add a link to the Google Mail thread in the task description

Use this when you already have a task related to this email thread.