When importing starred Gmail messages, don't import archived starred messages
When I tried importing only starred messages, of which I had maybe 10 or 20 in my inbox, Akiflow also imported every single starred email in my archive. I had to sift through and delete over 2,000 imported tasks going back over a decade.
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Dec 7, 2023
[Deleted User]
Nov 30, 2023
Hi Molly, did you see a notice in the Inbox to help you delete all emails imported? We have a button for that in the Gmail settings "Delete all imported tasks". It works in a click!
[Deleted User]
Dec 4, 2023
Stefania: If I had deleted all the imported tasks, I wouldn't have imported the ones I was trying to sync in the first place. Either way, importing over 2,000 tasks took a very long time and slowed my computer to a crawl. It seems obvious to me that nobody wants to import thousands of archived emails, so why not at least show a warning that says, "You're importing X emails," or let people filter by inbox vs. archive?
[Deleted User]
Dec 7, 2023
Molly: Hi Molly, actually some people do like to import archived emails, usually these people do Inbox Zero.
To explain: if you need to save an email you can star it and archive it, knowing it will pop-up in Akiflow and you won't miss it, but you can still clear your Inbox.
I'll close this request cause I know we won't proceed with it, I think we need to make it more clear on how to quickly delete all your imported emails in a click (we have it on your Gmail settings already) so thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us.