How to Sort Gmail by Sender

View all emails from a sender

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 1

Open Gmail by visiting https://www.gmail.com/ on your computer's browser. This will open your Gmail inbox if you're signed in.

If you're not signed in to your Gmail account, enter your email address and password before continuing.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 2

Find the sender's email address. Open an email from a certain sender, place your mouse pointer over their name in the upper-left corner of the email, and then view the email address below the displayed window.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 3

Copy email address. Click and drag your mouse over the email address, and then press Ctrl+C (on Windows) or ⌘ Command+C (on Mac).

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 4

Click on Gmail's search engine. It's the box that says "Search mail" at the top of the inbox.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 5

Enter the copied email address. Press Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Command+V (Mac) to paste the copied address, and then press ↵ Enter to search your inbox for emails sent from that email address.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 6

View email list. You will see a list of emails from the selected sender.

Create a label rule for the sender

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 7

Open Gmail. Go to https://www.gmail.com/ on your computer's web browser. This will open your Gmail inbox if you're signed in.

If you're not signed in to your Gmail account, enter your email address and password before continuing.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 8

Open the search engine's menu. Click the icon to the right of the search engine above the inbox. You will see a selection box displayed on the screen.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 9

Enter your email address. In the "From" field at the top of the selection box, enter the email address of the person you want to filter emails from.

As you type, you'll see a list with matching email addresses show up in the menu below the "From" field. You can click on the name you're looking for to add it to the "From" field.

You can also type in this person's name to have their email address appear in the drop-down list.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 10

Click Create filter in the lower right corner of the selection pane to open a new window.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 11

Check the "Apply the label" box in the center of the window.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 12

Click the gray Choose label… box to the right of the "Apply the label" heading to open a drop-down menu.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 13

Click New label… near the top of the drop-down list to open another window.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 14

Enter the contact's name. Type the name of the person you want to filter emails into in the "Please enter a new label name" field at the top of the window.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 15

Click Create at the bottom of the window to create a new folder with the sender's name.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 16

Check the box "Also apply filter to matching conversations" in the bottom right corner of the window. This will ensure that old emails from this sender are placed in the newly created folder.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 17

Check the "Skip the inbox (Archive it)" box if you like. With this selection, the email will not show up in the inbox, you can view the email separately by clicking on your label name.

You can still see email in the All Mail section.

How to Sort Gmail by Sender Picture 18

Click Create filter . This will add old emails from the selected person along with future emails to a folder (or "label") with their name on it.

You can find the label in the left column of the inbox selection, but you may have to click in this area and/or click More below the column to see the label.

Kareem Winters

Update 08 March 2022