THE SHORT ANSWER

Only get important Gmail notifications on iPhone

Use Gmail’s High priority only level instead of alerting for every message.

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Here’s how to do it.

4 steps
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  1. 01Open Gmail → Menu → Settings.
  2. 02Under Notifications, tap Email notifications.
  3. 03Select High priority only.
  4. 04Repeat for another account if needed.

Before you go

Gmail’s priority model may miss a message you consider important.

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