Another filter may be set up to automatically move those emails to a different folder, in which case you can edit or delete that filter to make sure those messages go to your Inbox folder.

MLStrand56 had a Gmail question for the Answer Line forum: How does one archive or delete every email from a particular sender--or that matches some other criteria?

Yet there were two pet-peeves I continued to have with Gmail. Labels are great and all, but there are times I just want to move a message out of my inbox into a folder.

There are several reasons why an email may get stuck in Gmail's outbox, and this guide will walk you through fixes for the most common scenarios.