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- "Reply all" messages can become a nuisance, especially if you’re trying to get work done and the messages have nothing to do with you.
- To hide notifications from ever-growing email threads, Gmail users can go to a drop-down menu above the thread and click "Mute."
- Whatever you do, don’t ask to be removed from the thread via "reply all." Otherwise, you’ll be trapped in an email hellscape like employees at Microsoft or NHS.
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If you’ve ever been roped into a massive email thread, you know how exasperating "reply all" messages can be, especially when they have nothing to do with you. As soon as you click on a new message in the thread, three more come in.
Thankfully, Gmail has a quick fix for that: the "Mute" button.
Here’s how you find it.
To find the "Mute" button, go to the email thread you want hidden.
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Find the dropdown menu above the thread and all the way to the right.
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Once you click "Mute," the thread will be archived, but no longer visible in your inbox.
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Source: Business Insider – ideluce@businessinsider.com (Ivan De Luce)