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function gmailAutoarchive() {
var delayDays = 2; // will only impact emails more than 48h old
var maxDate = new Date();
maxDate.setDate(maxDate.getDate()-delayDays); // what was the date at that time?
// Get all the threads labelled 'autoarchive'
var label = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName("autoarchive");
var threads = label.getThreads(0, 400);
// we archive all the threads if they're unread AND older than the limit we set in delayDays
for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
if (threads[i].getLastMessageDate()<maxDate)
{
threads[i].moveToArchive();
}
}
}
@101legend101
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Hey, i am looking to archive all my "read" mails which have "user labels" after 2 days, can anyone help with that?. i want to do it for all mails user labels instead of doing individually for all the labels i have. i also do not want to create a separate label to use as an archived inbox if possible. if not i will go this way

@bo33b
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bo33b commented Feb 21, 2024

@101legend101 this is my approach, quite simple really. Cheers.

function gmailAutoarchive() {

  // Build the query
  var query = "in:inbox is:read has:userlabels older_than:2d";
  
  // Get the threads
  var threads = GmailApp.search(query);
  
  // Archive the threads
  for (var thread of threads) thread.moveToArchive();

}

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cdunn95 commented Jan 21, 2025

Thanks for this, I tweaked it for my needs and it is available here Archives any read message that is older than 24 hours.

Hi, I further tweaked your script and feel I made some worthwhile changes. A bit more verbose in the logging, but mainly it is more efficient in memory management and loops if the files to archive are >500. You can find the my updated version here.

Thanks for the starting point. :)

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