Managing your inbox efficiently can save you hours each week. With a few tweaks to your Gmail settings, you can transform your email experience into a streamlined process. In this blog post, we’ll explore how to enhance your Gmail setup by implementing labels and enabling the Multiple Inboxes. Let’s get started!

1. Creating and Applying Labels

Add three new labels in the picture below: Follow Up, To Read and Waiting Response.

2. Update the Color of each Label

Update Follow Up to red.

Update To Read to green.

Update Waiting Response to yellow.

3. Enabling the Multiple Inboxes

The Reading Pane allows you to view emails and your inbox at the same time, eliminating the need to constantly switch back and forth. Here’s how to enable it:

Step 1: Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner to open Settings.

Step 2: Select “See all settings”, then go to the “Inbox” tab.

Step 3: Select “Inbox type” to “Multiple Inboxes”.

Step 4: Setup “Multiple inbox sections”, and set as the following:

Step 5: In the “Multiple inbox position” section, choose “Right of the inbox”. You can have the pane to the right of your inbox your email list.