Gmail uses a few terminologies that carry a specific meaning when referred to on the emailing platform. Some of which can be confusing to new users
Here are the 10 most commonly asked about Gmail terms and their meanings
1 – What Does Star Mean In Gmail
Star in Gmail means to manually mark an email as important. It is different from the built-in Gmail importance marker because it is determined by the user and not by Google’s AI system.
2 – What Does Flag In Gmail Mean
In other email services such as outlook, the term flag means to manually mark an email as important. However, in Gmail “flag” is replaced with “star” which means the same thing.
3 – What Does Archive Mean In Gmail
Archive in Gmail means to temporarily remove an email from your inbox until someone has replied to the email thread. When an email is archived it is placed within the all mail folder.
4 – What Does Mute Mean In Gmail
Mute in Gmail means to remove an email from your inbox and turn off all notifications related to that particular email thread. It is different from archiving an email because you will not be notified of any activities related to that email and it will not return to your inbox when the participating members have replied.
In Gmail when an email is muted it is placed within the all mail folder.
5 – What Does Composed Mean In Gmail
The term composed in Gmail means to have written an email. Composed is the past participle of composing which is the process of writing an email.
6 – Queued Meaning In Gmail
In Gmail queued is a term given to emails that are not able to be sent immediately. It simply means that the particular email or emails are waiting to be sent.
7 – What Does Outbox Mean In Gmail
In Gmail, the outbox is a particular folder that queued emails are temporarily placed in until they can be sent.
8 – What Does Snooze Mean In Gmail
Snooze in Gmail means to temporarily turn off all notifications related to an email and remove it from your inbox until the set snooze period is over.
Emails that are snoozed are placed in the snoozed folder.
9 – What Does Respond Inline Mean In Gmail
Respond inline in Gmail means to respond to a particular part of an email conversation rather than replying to the entire email.
This can be done by writing your response within the body of the original email.
Or you can copy the part of the email that you would like to reply to, paste it into the reply field and type your response below it.
When replying inline it is important to format your response differently from the original email so that the reader isn’t confused as to where your reply starts or ends.
10 – What Does Auto Sync In Gmail Mean
Auto-sync is a feature in Gmail that automatically updates the changes you’ve made in Gmail on one device across all the devices that you use Gmail on.
For example, if you delete an email on the Gmail app on your phone auto-sync will update the Gmail web app to show that the email was deleted.
