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Message tags let you organize your email messages by categories. You can tag your work messages with one color and personal with another, so they are easy to distinguish. Even better, you can then use the Quick Filter bar to pick out the messages with a specific tag from the list.
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Tag a message
- Select the message.
- Click the Tag ▾ Tag ▾ button on the toolbar.
- Click the tag you want to add.
To remove a tag, follow the same steps.
Manage tags
If you want to add your own tags, rename the existing ones or simply change the colors, you can use the Settings window:
- Click the Tag ▾ button on the toolbar and select in the menu.
- Use the buttons to the right to manage your tags.
- Add a new tag: Click the button. In the dialog box, type a name for your new tag and select the color the messages will be highlighted with.
- Change the name or color for a tag: Select the tag, then click the button. In the dialog box, type a new name for your tag or choose the color you want.
- Remove a tag from the list: Select the tag, then click the button.
If you want to add your own tags, rename the existing ones or simply change the colors, you can use the Settings window:
- Click the Tag ▾ button on the toolbar and select in the menu.
- Use the buttons to the right to manage your tags.
- Add a new tag: Click the button. In the dialog box, type a name for your new tag and select the color the messages will be highlighted with.
- Change the name or color for a tag: Select the tag, then click the button. In the dialog box, type a new name for your tag or choose the color you want.
- Remove a tag from the list: Select the tag, then click the button.
Filter messages by tags
Using the Quick Filter Toolbar, you can limit the display to the messages tagged with a specific tag.
- If the Quick Filter bar is hidden, click the Quick Filter button in your toolbar to show it.
- In the Quick Filter bar, click the Tags button. The message list will be narrowed down to all messages that contain at least one tag.
- To limit the list to the messages with a specific tag, click that tag name in the toolbar.
Using the Quick Filter Toolbar, you can limit the display to the messages tagged with a specific tag.
- If the Quick Filter bar is hidden, click the Quick Filter button in your toolbar to show it.
- In the Quick Filter bar, click the Tags button. The message list will be narrowed down to all messages that contain at least one tag.
- To limit the list to the messages with a specific tag, click that tag name in the toolbar.
