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How to find archived emails in Gmail

Learn how to easily archive emails and quickly retrieve them using Gmail's 'All Mail' folder or search filters.

Operations
7 steps 3 min Community template
1

Navigate to your Gmail Inbox

Open your Gmail Inbox to begin the process of locating your archived emails.

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Navigate to your Gmail Inbox
2

Click the Select checkbox

Click the checkbox next to the email from "The Google Workspac." in the inbox list to select it.

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Click the Select checkbox
3

Click the Archive button

Click the Archive button in the top toolbar to archive the selected emails.

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Click the Archive button
4

Click the More option

Click "More" in the left sidebar to expand the list of folders and labels.

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Click the More option
5

Click the All Mail option

Click the "All Mail" option in the left sidebar to view all your emails, including archived ones.

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Click the All Mail option
6

Click the All Mail tab

Click the All Mail tab in the left sidebar to view all your emails, including archived ones.

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Click the All Mail tab
7

Click "All search results for '-in:inbox

Click the "All search results for '-in:inbox'" option at the bottom of the search suggestions dropdown to execute your query.

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Click "All search results for '-in:inbox

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