Move email action in Gmail package
- Updated: 2026/04/30
Move email action in Gmail package
Use the Move email action to move a single email within a Gmail mailbox by removing it from one or more source labels and adding it to one or more destination labels. This action supports both system-defined and user-defined Gmail labels and can be used inside a loop to move emails individually.
Considerations
An error is displayed if any of the following conditions are encountered when you
deploy your automation to move an email:
- The specified Gmail session does not exist.
- Any label specified in Source labels to remove or Destination labels to add is invalid.
Settings
- Select the Gmail session using one of the following
options:
- Session name: To select an existing Gmail session by name.
- Variable: Select a variable of type Session with sub-type Gmail
- In the Source labels to remove field, enter the label(s)
to be removed from the email.
You can also click the Insert a value icon to select an existing variable.
Note: Labels can be system-defined (for example,INBOX,TRASH) or user-defined (for example,WORK,PERSONAL). - In the Destination labels to add field, enter the label
or labels to be added to the email.
You can also click the Insert a value icon to select an existing variable.
- The Keep other labels check box is selected by
default.This option is used to specify whether the labels that are not listed in Source labels to remove must be retained.Note: By default, all other labels already applied to the email are retained. However, if you clear the check box, all existing labels except the destination labels are removed.