Mark as Read (Shift + I) clears the unread bold on the selected messages without opening them. It is the fast way to knock down an unread count full of mail you have already dealt with elsewhere.
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Mark as read Gmail Shortcut Tutorial
How to Use the Gmail Shortcut “Mark as Read”:
1. First, make sure keyboard shortcuts are enabled in Gmail. To do this, open Gmail in your web browser and click on the gear icon in the top right corner of the screen.
2. In the dropdown menu, select “See all settings.”
3. In the settings menu, click on the “General” tab.
4. Scroll down until you see the “Keyboard shortcuts” section.
5. Make sure that the radio button next to “Keyboard shortcuts on” is selected.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Save Changes.”
7. Now that keyboard shortcuts are enabled, you can use the “Mark as Read” shortcut. To do this, open an email in your inbox that you want to mark as read.
8. Press the “Shift” key followed by the “I” key on your keyboard.
9. The email will be marked as read and will no longer appear as bold in your inbox.
Prefer to skip the settings menu? The CMDK extension enables Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts automatically, so the Mark as Read shortcut is ready as soon as you add it to Chrome.
Turn Gmail into a faster inbox
Mark as Read is one piece of a much quicker way to work. CMDK brings more than 80 keyboard shortcuts to Gmail, a command bar that runs any action by name, snooze you type in your own words, a tabbed split inbox, one-click nuke, and instant account switching. Install it from the Chrome Web Store and get through email in a fraction of the time.
Related Gmail keyboard shortcuts
- Gmail Mark as Unread Shortcut
- Gmail Mark Unread from Selected Shortcut
- Gmail Mute Conversation Shortcut
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