Gmail – Is it possible to “hide” a sub-label in Gmail

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I have nested labels in Gmail, but often run into a situation where I no longer want certain label showing up in the labels list on the left side.

For example, let's assume I have "Year 2014" as a top-level label and have "Project 1" and "Project 2" as sub-labels under "Year 2014". Once "Project 1" is completed, I want that label to be hidden in the labels list, to reclaim real estate in the left-side panel.

Is this possible?

Best Answer

You can hide only first level labels from the label list, which will include all of it’s children, but you can’t hide the children on their own.

The only hack I can think of is to make your sub-labels as first level labels and name them something like FirstLevelLabel_SecondLevelLabel instead of nesting SecondLevelLabel under FirstLevelLabel.

The rest of the answer refers to first level labels.

1. Hover over the respective label
2. Click on the arrow that appears at the right of the label
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3. In the drop-down menu, click on Hide under In label list:
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