1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,642 Your Gmail label has disappeared from the sidebar, but it may still exist. 2 00:00:04,642 --> 00:00:08,503 Our fictional SOW Practice label is hidden from the list while 3 00:00:08,503 --> 00:00:10,608 a harmless test message keeps it. 4 00:00:10,608 --> 00:00:14,469 To reproduce the example, you can label an existing disposable test 5 00:00:14,469 --> 00:00:17,276 message and then hide that label in Settings. 6 00:00:17,276 --> 00:00:22,190 The repair is to show that same label again and check the message association. 7 00:00:22,190 --> 00:00:24,997 Do not delete and recreate a real label. 8 00:00:25,597 --> 00:00:27,543 Start with the simplest screen check. 9 00:00:27,543 --> 00:00:31,434 Expand Gmail's left menu if it is collapsed and open More 10 00:00:31,434 --> 00:00:34,028 to inspect the rest of the label list. 11 00:00:34,028 --> 00:00:36,622 A collapsed menu is not a deleted label. 12 00:00:36,622 --> 00:00:40,189 If you find the label there, record its exact name and 13 00:00:40,189 --> 00:00:43,108 decide whether you need it in the regular sidebar. 14 00:00:43,108 --> 00:00:46,675 Do not change settings until you know what is actually missing. 15 00:00:47,275 --> 00:00:51,786 Open Gmail Settings, choose See all settings, and inspect the Labels section. 16 00:00:51,786 --> 00:00:56,297 Find the same existing test label, SOW Practice in our paper exercise. 17 00:00:56,297 --> 00:01:00,433 If it is not listed there, label visibility is not the 18 00:01:00,433 --> 00:01:04,192 diagnosis; check the account and whether the label was created. 19 00:01:04,192 --> 00:01:09,455 Do not make a second label with the same intended name as a shortcut. 20 00:01:10,055 --> 00:01:13,667 For that existing label, choose Show in the label list. 21 00:01:13,667 --> 00:01:17,640 This affects whether the label appears in the navigation, not whether 22 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,168 a particular message has the label applied. 23 00:01:20,168 --> 00:01:24,140 Read the exact row carefully before changing it, especially if your 24 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:25,946 account has similarly named labels. 25 00:01:25,946 --> 00:01:29,919 The position and wording of this setting may vary with the 26 00:01:29,919 --> 00:01:33,169 current Gmail layout, so verify what your screen shows. 27 00:01:33,769 --> 00:01:37,897 Return to the inbox and look at the regular left label list. 28 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:40,305 The same label should appear there now. 29 00:01:40,305 --> 00:01:44,090 If it only shows under More or still seems absent, inspect 30 00:01:44,090 --> 00:01:48,218 the selected visibility option again and confirm you changed the correct label. 31 00:01:48,218 --> 00:01:52,002 The settings toggle is only part of the check; the actual 32 00:01:52,002 --> 00:01:54,410 sidebar is the result the viewer wanted. 33 00:01:55,010 --> 00:01:58,874 Open a harmless test message that already carried the label. 34 00:01:58,874 --> 00:02:02,352 In the fictional worksheet it is Workshop receipt, practice. 35 00:02:02,352 --> 00:02:06,217 Confirm SOW Practice is still attached to that same message. 36 00:02:06,217 --> 00:02:10,468 If the label is visible in the sidebar but absent from 37 00:02:10,468 --> 00:02:14,719 the message, that is a different problem: the message was not 38 00:02:14,719 --> 00:02:16,651 labeled, or its association changed. 39 00:02:16,651 --> 00:02:18,583 Visibility alone cannot label mail. 40 00:02:19,183 --> 00:02:23,163 If the label is absent from Settings, inspect the account or 41 00:02:23,163 --> 00:02:24,971 whether the label ever existed. 42 00:02:24,971 --> 00:02:29,312 If it exists but stays hidden, recheck Show and the More section. 43 00:02:29,312 --> 00:02:33,292 If the label appears yet a message lacks it, apply the 44 00:02:33,292 --> 00:02:35,462 existing label to that message separately. 45 00:02:35,462 --> 00:02:38,356 The downloadable paper check keeps these states distinct. 46 00:02:38,356 --> 00:02:42,697 No real mail or private account chrome is shown in these diagrams.