> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.slashy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Restoring an archived or relabeled email

> Move an email back to your inbox or to a different label.

Archived emails aren't deleted. They live in All Mail and keep every label except Inbox, which is what archiving removes. To bring one back, find it and apply Inbox (or any other label) to it.

## Find the email

Three reliable ways:

* **Search.** Press `/` and type any part of the subject, sender, or body. Search covers archived mail by default.
* **All Mail view.** Click All Mail in the left sidebar (or press `g a`). This shows every thread in the account, archived or not.
* **A label view.** If you remember the label (Newsletter, Billing, a custom one), open that label from the sidebar; archived mail with that label still appears there.

## Restore to Inbox

Open the thread (or select it from the list) and:

* Press `e` to toggle Inbox back on.
* Or right-click the thread and choose Move to Inbox.
* Or open the thread and click Move to Inbox in the header.

The thread returns to the Inbox view immediately and the importance label sorting still applies.

## Restore multiple emails at once

Select multiple threads from any list view (`x` to toggle selection on each, or click the checkboxes), then press `e`. Every selected thread comes back to Inbox in one action. The same selection works from search results, so you can search by sender and restore everything from one person in two keystrokes.

<Tip>
  For very large restores (say, "everything from this sender in the last 90 days"), ask the agent. Open the AI Agent with `Cmd+Shift+L` and say "restore every email from [alex@example.com](mailto:alex@example.com) to my inbox."
</Tip>

## Apply a different label

If you don't want the email back in Inbox but want it filed under a different label:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the thread">
    Or select multiple threads.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Press l">
    The label picker opens. Type to filter.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a label">
    Press Enter. The label is applied immediately. You can apply more than one.
  </Step>
</Steps>

To remove the current label without adding a new one, press `e` from any label view to take the thread out of that label.

## Drag and drop

On desktop, you can drag a thread from any list view onto a label or Inbox in the left sidebar. The thread moves to that destination (or, if you hold `Option`, gets the label added without removing the current one).

Drag and drop is desktop-only. On mobile, use the swipe-left action menu and pick Move to → Inbox or the label you want.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Search overview" href="/features/search/overview">Find archived mail quickly.</Card>
  <Card title="Inbox views" href="/features/email/inbox-views">All Mail, label views, and filters.</Card>
  <Card title="Batch processing" href="/how-to-guides/batch-processing">Operate on many threads at once.</Card>
  <Card title="Keyboard shortcuts" href="/how-to-guides/keyboard-shortcuts">Every shortcut Slashy supports.</Card>
  <Card title="Importance labels" href="/getting-started/importance-labels">How threads get sorted into tabs.</Card>
</CardGroup>