Gmail – Archive all messages in Gmail bearing the same label

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I started using Gmail to read a high-traffic mailing list, and my inbox is swamped with these messages. I've successfully tagged all the messages with the same label ("Busy") and have a filter that will send future "Busy" messages straight to archive.

My inbox is still cluttered with hundreds of these things.

How can I select all the messages tagged "Busy" and archive them at one go?

Best Answer

On the left hand side, click the Busy tag (or any other if you wish; it may be in a drop down) to bring up all of the messages with the selected label. Then on the top left of the messages pane, there will be a checkbox with a dropdown. Click the dropdown and select the All option. Now, under the More or More Options dropdown (upper right), select Archive. And you're done.