Archive Gmail Regularly

googleScript.js

// Code modified from: http://www.johneday.com/422/time-based-gmail-filters-with-google-apps-script

// This is code for a Google Apps Script. You can add the code and give it permissions at script.google.com

// Archive every thread in your Inbox that is older than two days, and not starred.
function archiveInbox() {
  var threads = GmailApp.search('label:inbox older_than:2d -in:starred');
    for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
      threads[i].moveToArchive();
  }
}

// Archive every thread in your tabs that is older than one day, and not starred.
// valid categories include ["primary", "promotions", "social", "updates", "forums"];  
function batchArchiveCategories() {
  var categories = ["social", "promotions", "updates"];
   
  var batchSize = 100 // Process up to 100 threads at once
  for (i = 0; i < categories.length; i++) {
    var threads = GmailApp.search('label:inbox category:'+categories[i]+' older_than:1d -in:starred');
    for (j = 0; j < threads.length; j+=batchSize) {
      GmailApp.moveThreadsToArchive(threads.slice(j, j+batchSize));
    }
  }
}

// To run regularly, click Resources >> Current Project's Triggers.
// Choose runAll() and set how often you want the script to execute.
function runAll() {
  batchArchiveCategories();
  archiveInbox();
}