Gmail tip - the power of “Y” [Hack Your Day]

gmail logo with yI don’t know how many people use keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, but I think it’s definitely worth the effort to learn a few. One of my favorite shortcuts is the letter “y”. The reason I love it so, is that it’s actually four shortcuts in one and will allow you to productively manage your emails.

Officially it is the shortcut for “remove from current view”, but since there are many available views, it does different things. If you are in your inbox, pressing “y” will archive your message. If you are in the trash, “y” will move your message to the inbox. If you are browsing your starred items, you can unstar them with “y”, and best of all, if you are in a label view, the shortcut will remove that specific label.

I would find it marginally more useful if this shortcut unarchived email, but alas, it does not aid me in this. Nevertheless it is a useful one to know, since you can do so many things with it. Enjoy!

Original post here: Daniel

5 March 2008 | Email, Gmail, Productivity, Short Cut, keyboard, online apps, shorcut | Comments

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