Reading Your Messages

From your Gmail Inbox, tap a conversation that contains the message you want to read.

The conversation opens to the first new (unread) message, or to the first starred message, if you’ve previously starred a message in the conversation.

  1. Tap to set labels for the message to help organize your messages.

  2. Tap the Contact's picture to open Quick Contact.

  3. Gmail Message Header

  4. Gmail Inbox Header

While viewing a message, you can tap the message action icons on the Gmail Inbox header or in the message to access the following options:

Gmail Inbox header icons

The Gmail Inbox header icons include the Gmail Inbox icon , the Archive icon , the Delete icon , the Mark unread icon , and the Options icon .

Gmail message icons

  • Tap the Contact’s picture to open the Quick Contact options.

  • Tap the Favorite icon to mark it as a favorite.

  • Tap the Reply icon to reply to the sender.

  • Tap the Options icon to reply to all, forward the message, star (or remove star from) the message, print the message, or block the sender.

Message action icons

Tap an action icon (at the bottom of the message) to reply, reply to all, or forward the message.