
Now you can make all your own Labels a nested Label of the Labels folder.Īs an alternative, you can also prefix your Labels with /Labels/ since the / character is being used as a separator to indicate a subfolder. To solve this, create another Label under the Label in the web interface and call it for instance “Labels”. This might end up being a long list and make the Gmail “system folders” harder to recognize (now you know why they grouped them under a folder ). Grouping your Labels togetherĪs you are now working of the root folder in Outlook, you’ll see all your Labels directly under your main mailbox. Prefix your labels with /, or make them a nested label of the label in the web interface, will make them available in Outlook again.Īny changes you make to the names and the structure of your folders via the Gmail web interface may not be visible in Outlook until you restart Outlook. Instead of prefixing your Labels, you can also create a Label called and configure My Label 1 as a nested Label of the Label. So a label called My Label 1 should be renamed to /My Label 1 via the Gmail web interface. Since you are now using as the mailbox root folder and Labels are created on a higher level, you won’t be able to see your Gmail Label folders in Outlook.Ī way around this is to prefix each of your Labels with /. Setting a root path for your Gmail account will free you from the folder structure. When using Outlook 2010, in some cases, you’ll need to set the Sent Items and Deleted Items folder for the Gmail IMAP account again.In either case, it is recommended to restart Outlook at this point. After setting the option and confirming your way out of all of the opened dialogs, you may get a notification that your IMAP cache needs to be rebuild.Setting the Root folder path in Outlook 2010, 2013 or Outlook 2016 (MSI). Setting the Root folder path in Outlook 2016, 2019 or Microsoft 365. At the bottom, set the “Root folder path” option to.


When you are using a Gmail account over IMAP in Outlook, you’ll also automatically get an or folder containing all the “system folders” of Gmail itself.
