I get a lot of email alerts that I need but don't want cluttering up my inbox. If I right click on them, there is an option to move them to a folder. I want to set up a filter to do that automatically, but when I create the filter, there is not an option to do that. There is only an option to apply a label, which makes it show up in both the folder and in the inbox. How do I create a filter to actually move the emails?
Gmail – How to Create a Filter to Move Emails
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I actually just figured out a workaround using a different filter. With credit to this post, the way to do it is to filter the text in the email header, which includes the me@business.com address it was originally addressed to.
So I created this filter in the "has the words" field:
deliveredto:me@business.com
And had that filter apply the Business label.
All sent items from within Google Apps are signed like this:
example@example.com (Google Drive)
If you search for those items in the search field like this:
you can either:
- Select them manually, to do what ever you want;
- Prior to searching, you can create a filter.
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Best Answer
The problem is that Gmail is not consistent in how things are worded. What the move command does when you right-click on an email is to add the label of the "folder" you are moving it to AND remove the "Inbox" label (aka Archive it).
So, to create a filter that does the same thing as the right-click "move" function, you need to check both the option to "Apply the label" of the folder you want it to go to and check the option for "Skip the Inbox (Archive it)"