Archive Lens for Gmail

Adds an 'Archived' folder to Gmail's sidebar so you can see every archived conversation in one click.

Gmail has no built-in view of everything you've archived — Archive Lens adds one. It puts an "Archived" item (and an optional "Archived · unread" item) directly in Gmail's left sidebar, right under Inbox. Clicking it runs the search that's exactly equivalent to "everything Gmail hides when you press Archive" (-in:inbox -in:sent -in:drafts -in:spam -in:trash). A keyboard shortcut — press g then r — jumps there from anywhere. Settings let you exclude starred messages or specific labels from the Archived view, if you use those as a personal filing system on top of archiving.