Gmail app says I have unread email

[Scott Greenstone]

But I don't.any thoughts? It's causing nova unread corns to show value when it shouldn't

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[MJKearney]

Are you saying that the Gmail app is showing phantom unread mail counts next to the inbox, or just the Nova (Tesla) Unread indicator next to the Gmail icon?

 

[shoefreak03]

check your all mail label in Gmail. sometimes it shows up there.

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[Scott Greenstone]

It's showing a count of one in the Gmail app. Doesn't always happen just every once in a while

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[Lanhoj]

Nova sometimes detects it before it shows up but it's there waiting if you check on another device or PC.

 

[Lawrence Peddie]

I find this happens to me too. Generally when I get messages from addresses I've muted.
Try this:
In the Gmail app, do a search for IS:UNREAD

This filters out all messages, leaving only that one message the app is telling you is unread.

 

[shrubers]

@Lawrence

Thank you very much! This has been bugging me for at least a year!!

 

[Greekian123]

OMG thank you so much my good man. This message has been there for years. I have been always tried to do it myself but i never could so i finally snapped and i am happy to get rid of that notification on my gmail app.
-Live Long and Prosper

 

[nachokingp]

An even better way is to search in:anywhere is:unread

Taht pulls up unread email anywhere in your gmail, including spam and trash.

 

[Barbara Cooley1]

I have a number next to my e-mail app! and I do not know how to do a search for IS UNREAD! I just have folders that say inbox, drafts, outbox, sent , trash, junk, drafts, notebook, notes, saved and spam so I do not know how to do a search or IS READ

Pleas explain. This a a Samsung galaxy s 3

 

[Groid]

Open the Gmail app on your S3 and to to the Inbox screen (if not there already). Touch the search icon (magnifying glass at the top). In the search mail field, type 'in:anywhere is:unread'. Just the underlined text, no apostrophies. Perform the search.

 

[GedBlake]

Open the Gmail app on your S3 and to to the Inbox screen (if not there already). Touch the search icon (magnifying glass at the top). In the search mail field, type 'in:anywhere is:unread'. Just the underlined text, no apostrophies. Perform the search.

I've been using Gmail for as long as I've been using Android... 4 years and counting... and I didn't know you could do this; I guess you learn something new everyday.

Hi, Groid...

Excellent tip... it prompted me to do a bit of Googling around, and it seems there's a whole bunch of similarly useful Gmail search strings... as I discovered here...

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en

It's all very 'old-school' quasi-command line sort of stuff, but tremendously useful nonetheless.

Thanks once again, Groid.

Rgrds,
Ged.

 

[Alex Bandle]

I find this happens to me too. Generally when I get messages from addresses I've muted.
Try this:
In the Gmail app, do a search for IS:UNREAD

This filters out all messages, leaving only that one message the app is telling you is unread.

 

[Alex Bandle]

Brilliant, this worked for me, thanks!

 

[nviva1]

Gmail is soooooo annoying! I finally fixed it. I know this thread is old I'm just trying to help people searching now. I had to log in on an actual computer and select show all unread emails first then I found the ghost ones and marked them as read. That fixed the problem I hope this helps!