
Use Highlight to make the item stand out from other items using different colors. One for marking the task complete and the other one that has options like “Archive”, “Edit title”, “Delete”, “Highlight”. To mark a task in the list complete, hover over a list item that will have two new icons. To alter this name, double click on the title and it will let you change it. By default, the list item is named after the email’s subject line. The task with the highest priority usually goes at the top. To reorder the list items, you just need to hold the particular entry and move to the desired location. But this platform offers way more control over your account than just that. You already saw how to move a email to a list and customize a list.

Now let’s understand the different elements of Sortd. For other mails, you can directly act from left pane. For effectively organizing your inbox, add only those emails that you want to deal at later point. It is not necessary to add every mail to the list. Once, you have setup your lists, you can drag-and-drop emails from the left pane to the list. I usually keep three lists including “To-Do”, “Follow up” and “Important”. You can do so by clicking that small arrow icon on the right of a list which will reveal options like “rename list”, “delete the list”, “add a new list” and “add a task”. Before getting into this, I would advise you to edit the title of your default lists according to your needs.

You can switch back to the original Gmail layout anytime you want by clicking the red tab on the right edge. How To Get Started?Īs soon as you move to the Sortd interface, there will be one left panel that will hold all your emails and right panel which will have your lists. Then, head to your Gmail inbox and on the right edge, you will now be greeted with a small label that says “Sortd”, click that and within a couple of minutes depending on your inbox size, you will be auto transformed into lists. Now go to the Chrome web store and install Sortd extension. If you don’t, ask me and I’ll send you one as registered users can invite 10 people.

It will take maximum an hour for you to receive a mail that will contain the invitation code. How To Setup?įirst, go to and register yourself to get an invitation code as this service is currently a Private Beta.

It also combines best of Inbox by Gmail with features like reminders. As such, Sortd lists are actionable and gives you more control on each list and on individual mails.
