You can manage your incoming mail using Gmail’s filters to send email to a label, or archive, delete, star, or automatically forward your mail. 

  1. Open Gmail.
  2. In the search box at the top, click the Down arrow Down arrow.
  3. Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search. 
  4. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter. 
  5. Choose what you’d like the filter to do.
  6. Click Create filter.

Note: When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. Additionally, when someone replies to a message you've filtered, the reply will only be filtered if it meets the same search criteria. 

Use a particular message to create a filter

  1. Open Gmail.
  2. Check the checkbox next to the email you want. 
  3. Click More More.
  4. Click Filter messages like these.
  5. Enter your filter criteria.
  6. Click Create filter.
  1. Open Gmail.
  2. At the top right, click Settings Settings.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Click Filters and Blocked Addresses.
  5. Find the filter you'd like to change.
  6. Click Edit or Delete to remove the filter. If you’re editing the filter, click Continue when you’re done editing.
  7. Click Update filter or OK.