{"id":469770,"date":"2026-02-12T08:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469770\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:05:15","slug":"gmail-for-android-finally-lets-you-create-new-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469770\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail for Android finally lets you create new labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gmail-generic-logo-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Gmail mobile apps lack a handful of features found on the website, but Google is now adding the ability to create new labels on Android.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once available, open the navigation drawer for \u201cCreate label\u201d between \u201cManage subscriptions\u201d and any existing labels. Besides the pill-shaped \u201cNew\u201d tag, you might also notice a circular badge on the hamburger button indicating this is live. Tapping simply opens \u201cNew label\u201d to enter a new name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"861\" data-id=\"704119\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=704119\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1115\" data-id=\"704118\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=704118\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=992\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, going to Settings &gt; Gmail address &gt; Notifications &gt; Manage labels and making a selection now lets you \u201cDelete\u201d while on the go. <\/p>\n<p>There are no color customization options on Android, but this is much better than before. Personally, this was my biggest pet peeve with Gmail\u2019s mobile experience and the reason I still need to use the web app. Another is not being able to delete individual messages in a thread\/conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>Mobile label creation is rolling out on an account-by-account basis. It may be available for one address on your device, but not another. We\u2019re seeing this with version 2026.01.26.x of Gmail for Android. (It\u2019s already available on iOS.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"704120\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=704120\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-3.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-3.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"704121\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=704121\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-4.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gmail-new-label-4.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More on Gmail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/26\/gmail-google-photos-picker-ios\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"702498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gmail for iPhone getting \u2018new Google Photos picker\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/23\/gmail-gmailify-pop-shutting-down\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"702294\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google shutting down Gmailify after nearly 10 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/14\/gmail-widget-material-3-expressive\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"701453\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gmail widget updated with Material 3 Expressive tweaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_669_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_276_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benqurl.biz\/3WZyqpL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-704145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770883515_182_native-banner_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>You\u2019re reading 9to5Google \u2014 experts who break news about Google and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. 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