If I delete an email thread, it also removes all of the emails from my sent folder. Maybe it makes sense for that to happen but I wanted to see if there was a way to remove an email thread from my inbox but still keep my sent emails in the sent folder.
Any suggestions?
Best Answer
The best way to do this is to use the strength of the gmail labels and archiving system.
Use labels to attach key phrases to the conversation. Each message/conversation can have multiple labels. The conversations in your inbox have the "Inbox" label. Clicking the archive button, removes the "Inbox" label. The conversation still has the "All Mail label, plus what ever other labels you have attached to the conversation. The conversations that include a message you sent can be found under the "Sent Mail" label.
The list of labels on the left side of the window allows you to quickly show only those conversations with that label. You can also use In:labelx or label:labelx in a search string to find a conversation with that label.