We often receive emails that are not significant enough to us, so we have to unsubscribe in order to stop receiving them. However, subscribing one by one from each email is a herculean task. Therefore, we often forget about them, which in effect overpopulates our inboxes, often even causing oversight of more relevant emails. This article takes you through a step-by-step guide on how you can create a filter to delete everything with the word ‘unsubscribe’ in it in your Gmail.
Step 1: Log in to your Gmail account. In the upper right corner of the page, click on the gear icon.
Step 2: From the drop-down menu, select ‘See all settings’
Step 3: Click on the ‘Filters and locked addresses’ tab
Step 4: Click on the ‘Create a new filter’ button.
Step 5: Enter the filter criteria, and in the ‘Has the words’ field, type ‘unsubscribe’ or ‘opt out’ or ‘remove me’. This will filter emails containing the words ‘unsubscribe’ or ‘opt out’ or ‘remove me’.
Step 6: Select the ‘Delete it’ option.
Step 7: Click on ‘Also apply to matching conversations. Check the box next to this option to apply he filter the filter to existing emails.
Step 8: Click on ‘Create filter’.
Go through these steps to filter your email, so you can easily access the most relevant ones.
