Archive Old Gmail Messages Automatically

This Google Script will scan the inbox of your Gmail and archive any message that you’ve read (seen) and is older than a month. It skips messages that are either starred or marked with a particular label like toReply.

function archiveInbox() {
  var query = 'label:inbox is:read older_than:30d -in:starred -label:toreply';
  var batchSize = 100;

  while(GmailApp.search(query, 0, 1).length == 1) {
    GmailApp.moveThreadsToArchive(GmailApp.search(query, 0, batchSize));
  }
}

Here's an alternate way to deal with the same issue. It checks for individual messages in a Gmail thread before moving them to the Archive.

function cleanInbox() {
  var threads = GmailApp.getInboxThreads();
  for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
    var thread=threads[i];
    if (!thread.hasStarredMessages() && !thread.isUnread()) {
       GmailApp.moveThreadToArchive(threads[i]);
    }
  }
}

Amit Agarwal is a web geek, solo entrepreneur and loves making things on the Internet. Google recently awarded him the Google Developer Expert and Google Cloud Champion title for his work on Google Workspace and Google Apps Script.

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