A little Gmail trick that’s saving me time and effort

So Gmail has all sorts of optional cool stuff (labs etc). This one is so simple it seems hardly worth mentioning, but it’s made such a difference to me that I figured it warranted a dedicated post.

If you aren’t using the Send+Archive feature, you should be. It will save you literally one extra click (i.e. archiving an email once you have dealt with it), but think about it — it’s something you do ALL THE TIME.

You can find Send+Archive under general settings:

Your reply box now has an extra send button, and you have two options when replying to email — if it’s something you are done with you hit the Send+Archive button. If you want to leave it in your Inbox just hit Send. That’s it!

Many people may be using this feature already (and if you are — why are you still reading this??) but I was surprised to learn that most of the people I know using Gmail didn’t know about it. Gmail is great, but it can feel a little bit clunky at times — this is one of the things that makes it feel a little bit more like it understands you.

There are plenty of labs and third party add-ons for Gmail that take email management to a new level (and full disclosure: I am a co-founder of Sortd.com, which is one of them), but I have found that using this simple built-in Gmail feature has made all the difference in helping me keep my Inbox under control.

Kudos to Gmail for a simple, yet incredibly useful feature.

About the author

Wayne Silbermann is an obsessive list-making productivity junkie, and co-founder of Sortd.com (a Smart Skin for Gmail that helps you manage your email and tasks in a visually intuitive way). Wayne and his team believe that it’s time somebody reinvented email, and they are on it! Follow Wayne: @waynesilby (hit me up on Twitter if you want an invite code to join the Beta). Follow Sortd: @GetSortd.