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Don’t like the default swipe actions in the Gmail app? Here are the steps to change Gmail app swipe action on Android phone or tablet.

To make the app user experience easy and intuitive, Gmail has a couple of swipe actions. The default two options are swipe to delete in Gmail or swipe to archive. By default, the actions are assigned to the left and right swipes. For the most part, both the right and left swipes are set to archive emails. On some occasions, the left swipe to assigned to delete emails. If you like to manage your emails on your phone, these swipe actions are really helpful to quickly archive, delete, mark as read, mark as unread, move to, and snooze.

No matter the default swipe action, you can easily change it from the Gmail app’s settings page. Not only can you change the default actions but you can also disable Gmail swipe actions.

Without any delay, let me show you the steps to change Gmail app swipe action in Android.

How to change Gmail swipe actions

The Gmail app gives you six different swipe actions. They are archive, delete, mark as read or unread, move to, snooze, and none. Here’s how you can open the Settings app to change the swiping behavior in the Gmail app.

1. Open the Gmail app on your Android phone. You can do that by tapping on the Gmail app icon in the app drawer or on the home screen.

2. Tap on the top-left menu icon (three horizontal lines) to open the sliding menu. You will see all the email folders along with the Settings option in the sliding menu.

3. Scroll down and tap on the “Settings” option to open the Gmail settings page.

4. Select the “General settings” option. This is where you will find all the options to manage your Gmail app.

5. Tap on the “Swipe actions” option in the Settings page. This is the option that lets you change swipe actions in Gmail app on Android.

6. To change right swipe action, tap on the “Change” option under “Right swipe.”

7. Select a swipe action from the flyout menu. In my case, I chose the “Mark as read/unread” option.

8. To change left swipe action, tap on the “Change” option under “Left swipe.”

9. Select a swipe action from the flyout menu. In my case, I chose the “Move to” option.

10. To disable Gmail swipe action, select the “None” option in the flyout menu. You can disable both left and right swipe actions by selecting the None option.

Wrapping up – Change Gmail swipe action

That is all. With the above steps, you are all done with changing Gmail swipe actions in Android. You can go back to the main screen to start using the swipe action in the Gmail app. In case you are wondering, as of writing this, Gmail doesn’t give you any way to set your own swipe actions. All you can do is select from the default actions only.

I hope that helps. If you need any help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible.

Check out how to turn on dark mode in Gmail app on Android.

Gmail has built-in dark theme to ease eye strain and improve battery life. Here’s how you can turn on the Gmail dark mode on an Android phone and tablet.

As with most apps nowadays, Google recently introduced a brand new dark theme in the Gmail app. You can enable the dark mode in Gmail from the app settings. Once enabled, Gmail uses a sort of a dark gray color instead of the true black color as part of the dark theme. If you are using the app frequently or for prolonged periods of time, it is better to enable the dark theme in the Gmail app. This reduces eye strain, especially at night times or in places with low ambient light. If you are using a phone Amoled screen, you will even see improved battery life. Other than that, compared to the light theme, the dark theme in Gmail looks really good.

Though the Gmail theme change setting is hidden pretty deep in the Settings, it is pretty easy to enable.

In this simple and straightforward guide, let me show you the steps to turn on Gmail dark mode in Android phone or tablet.

Turn on Gmail dark mode theme

The dark theme option for Gmail is in its Settings page. Follow the steps below to open the Gmail settings page and turn on the dark mode.

1. Open the Gmail app from the app drawer. If you placed the Gmail app on your home screen, you can open it from there.

2. Tap on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) on the top left corner. This action will open the sliding menu.

3. Scroll down and select the “Settings” option in the sliding menu. As soon as you tap on it, the Gmail settings page will open.

4. Select the “General settings” option.

5. Tap on the “Theme” option at the top of the Gmail settings page. This is the option that allow you to change the Gmail theme as needed.

6. Select “Dark” from the flyout menu.

That is it. As soon as you do that, the dark mode is enable in the Gmail app.

Wrapping up: Gmail dark mode

As you can see, though the option can be hard to find at times. It is very easy to turn on Gmail dark mode.

While selecting the dark theme, you can also select the “System Default” option. Doing so will make the Gmail app use the current system theme. i.e, if you set your system theme to dark mode, Gmail will also use dark and vice-versa. This is particularly helpful if you set a schedule to auto-switch between light and dark modes. That way, you don’t have to manually switch between light mode and dark mode depending on the time of the day.

Sometimes, the notification row icons might not switch to the light theme when you select dark mode in Gmail. In those cases, simply close the Gmail app and reopen it.

I hope the steps to turn on dark theme in Gmail helped you. If you need any help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible.

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