Gmail – How to Organize Labels

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I have more than 100 labels in my Gmail account. They are currently displayed as a long list on the left side of the screen, and it's becoming quite difficult to use. Is there a way I can group certain labels? For example, I'm subscribed to a number programming mailing lists and want to group those labels as "Mailing lists" and collapse them, like folders in a file-system.

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I use the Nested Label ability in Gmail Labs. It works very well for maintaining a hierarchical system of labels.

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Gmail – How to remove multiple Gmail labels

I wrote a script to add to Google Scripts.

function removeLabel() {

    var labels = [];
    labels = GmailApp.getUserLabels();

    //Loop through all Labels
    for (var i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) {
        if (labels[i].getName().indexOf("WORD TO FIND IN LABEL NAME") > -1) {
            //If the WORD is found in label name - delete the label
            labels[i].deleteLabel();
        }
    }
}

Gmail – How to hide hierarchy display in nested Gmail labels

There is not a native Gmail setting to shorten nested label names, although Gmail will automatically shorten label names if needed:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/long-label-names-in-gmail.html

However, there is a Greasemonkey script that will do exactly what you want:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/149052

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