Gmail marks what messages it thinks are important using yellow arrows – a double arrow means the message was sent directly to you, a single skinny arrow means you were Cc’d on it, and a fat single arrow means you got the message as part of a group.

Gmail’s star system allows you to mark your most important emails so you can easily find them later. By default, starred messages are labeled with a yellow star, but you can add other color and types of stars. Stars display to the left of the sender’s name in your inbox.

When you star emails in Gmail, you mark them as important. This helps you remember to look at them later.

The star indicates that person who sent the email is in your contacts – it’s been a feature in TB for quite a long time!

Then click “Group” filter above the email groups and choose “Sender”. Then choose the way you want your emails to be organized by clicking “Sort:” filter (e.g. sort by Sender Email or Sender Name in ascending order). Now your Gmail account is sorted by Sender in your preferred order, and it is that simple.

Scroll down to the section labeled Inbox Type. Choose Starred first. Close the Settings menu. Then, in your inbox, simply click the star next to any emails you want to appear at the top of the list, in a separate section.

The “Important” label is assigned by Google, based on Google’s adaptive understanding of your interests and priorities. If you no longer wish to view messages with the Important label, you can either re-train Google or hide the folder.

Disable Inbox Importance Markers in Gmail

1. Sign-in to your Gmail Account.
2. Click on Settings, the small cog icon located in the upper right corner.
3. Go to the Inbox section.
4. Next to “Importance markers” select “No markers”:

Disable “Important” as IMAP folder in Gmail

1. Logon to Gmail.
2. Press the Gear icon in the top right corner (below your picture) and choose Settings.
3. Select the Labels tab.
4. For the Important label, untick the option: Show in IMAP.
5. Return to your Inbox in Gmail; The setting is saved automatically.

This feature is only available if you use Gmail for work or school set up by an administrator. To find out when an email you sent was opened, you can request a read receipt. A read receipt is sent to you as an email with the time and date of when your message was opened.

No, you can track Gmail read receipt without the recipient knowing it with SalesHandy. Unlike other email tracking tools, we don’t even include “Powered by SalesHandy” or any other “Branding” in your emails.