Gmail – Prevent Category Assignment with User-Defined Labels

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I appreciate the organization that comes with Gmail automatically assigning my messages to categories. However, I have one source of email that is a veritable firehose, and Gmail seems to think they should be placed in the "Updates" category. I already have a filter set up to skip the Inbox and apply a label, but the Updates category is rendered useless.

I tried editing the filter, but the only option I could see relating to categories was choosing a category to assign, and "None" wasn't an option.

I also manually removed them by selecting them and choosing Not "Updates", but it seems Gmail does not learn from actions like this.

Is there any way to remove these from the Updates category? I am using Multiple Inboxes so dragging messages out of the category doesn't offer the option to always do so.

Best Answer

Directly from GMail's help:

Move messages between tabs

move message between tabs

If you see a message in your inbox that you want in a different tab, all you have to do is drag and drop it into the other tab. Another way to do this is to right-click a message while viewing your inbox.

After you move a message to a different tab, a message above your inbox will ask if you want to undo that action or choose to always put messages from that sender in the tab you chose.

If you drag and drop the message to the tab you want the message in, it should prompt you and confirm if Gmail should always move messages from that sender to the inbox category of your choice.

When I do this with a message, I receive the following prompt at the top of the screen:

confirm future moves

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