Press [ to archive the current email and jump to the previous conversation in one move. It is the natural partner to the next-conversation version when you are clearing threads in either direction.
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Archive and previous conversation Gmail Shortcut Tutorial
To use the Gmail shortcut for Archive and previous conversation, follow these steps:
1. First, open your Gmail account on your computer.
2. Click on the gear icon in the top right corner of the screen and select “See all settings” from the dropdown menu.
3. In the settings menu, click on the “General” tab.
4. Scroll down until you find the “Keyboard shortcuts” section.
5. Select the option to turn on keyboard shortcuts.
6. Save your changes by clicking on the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page.
Now that you have enabled keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, you can use the following steps to archive a conversation and go to the previous conversation:
1. Open the conversation you want to archive in your Gmail inbox.
2. Press the letter “E” on your keyboard to archive the conversation.
3. To go to the previous conversation, press the letter “P” on your keyboard.
By using these simple keyboard shortcuts, you can easily archive conversations and navigate through your email more efficiently.
If turning Gmail’s shortcuts on by hand feels fiddly, the CMDK extension switches them on for you the moment you install it, so Archive and Previous Conversation works right away with no setup.
Turn Gmail into a faster inbox
Archive and Previous Conversation 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.
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