::Web Solution::

Are you among those who find Gmail's spam mail count an eyesore? It's really helpful that Gmail filters spam and keeps them in a separate folder, but you don't even want to see the number of spams recieved?

Using Gmail's filter feature, you can either choose to hide the count of spam mails by marking them as read or delete them as soon as the are recieved.

Go to Settings -> Filters -> Create a new filter. Alternatively, you can click on the "Create a filter" option near the search button on the top of your inbox.

Create a filter with following parameters:

• Has the words: in:spam
• Do this: Mark as read

This will hide the number of spams in your Gmail inbox. This is very effective if you keep deleteting all spams without even glancing at them [except for when you want to amuse yourself with those horrendous Viagra and Nigeria scam mails]. But then it will make you skip even those mails that have been marked spam in error. The following filter will let you scan through those spam which might have been marked spam in error.

• Has the words: in:spam
• Doesn’t have: my name, school, work, other words, etc.
• Do this: Mark as read

This will show the spams with your name and other defined words as unread, notifying you to look at them. One can also choose to delete all mails while creating the filter.
                       

Are you among those who find Gmail's spam mail count an eyesore? It's really helpful that Gmail filters spam and keeps them in a separate folder, but you don't even want to see the number of spams recieved?

Using Gmail's filter feature, you can either choose to hide the count of spam mails by marking them as read or delete them as soon as the are recieved.

Go to Settings -> Filters -> Create a new filter. Alternatively, you can click on the "Create a filter" option near the search button on the top of your inbox.