Deleting emails from your Gmail account is final—they're lost forever once you empty your trash folder. If you want to hide emails, rather than delete them, you can archive the messages instead. This allows you to find and retrieve the emails at a later date.
How to Archive Emails in Gmail
To archive an email in Gmail, you simply need to select an email (or multiple emails) and then click the Archive button.
When you select emails on the Gmail website, the "Archive" button appears in the menu directly above your list of emails.
In the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad, or Android, tap the Archive button in the top menu that appears. The Archive button has the same design as the button shown on the Gmail website.
Any email you archive will disappear from your main Gmail inbox, including from any of the focused categories you might have.
You'll still be able to view them under any separate folder you create using Gmail labels, however.
Using the All Mail Label to Find Archived Emails in Gmail
As we've mentioned, archived emails disappear from the typical Gmail view. One option to find archived emails in Gmail is to switch to the "All Mail" folder view.
This will list all of your Gmail emails in one, long list, including priority emails, as well as any emails that have been categorized automatically. First, click the "More" button in the left-hand side bar, then click the "All Mail" view label to view everything.
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To do this in the Gmail app, tap the hamburger menu icon in the top-left corner. From here, scroll down and tap the "All Mail" label.
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There's an obvious downside to this, especially if you have a large number of emails—the sheer number of emails you'll have to go through. This option is fine if you've only recently archived an email, but you might need to use the Gmail search bar to specifically locate archived emails instead.
Finding Archived Emails in Gmail Using the Search Bar
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