# GMail - delete and move to next message **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 9, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-delete-and-move-to-next-message/436959 "2008-02-09T21:22:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-delete-and-move-to-next-message/436959/1 "2008-02-09T21:22:41Z")
I’m new to GMail and think it’s unbelievably good! However, there’s a simple concept I’m missing: when I’m reading through my messages, I can navigate Newer and Older, however if I delete a message I’m back at the Inbox. This is different than any other Email client. Maybe I’m missing a concept in the GMail philosophy? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-delete-and-move-to-next-message/436959/2 "2008-02-09T22:21:24Z")
Delete? You mean Archive 😉 (deleting is not the Gmail Way). Anyway, I don’t think you can do it one step, but if you have keyboard shortcuts enabled you can press **y** to archive then **o** to open the next message (because the next message will already be selected in the inbox). ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-delete-and-move-to-next-message/436959/3 "2008-02-10T03:41:49Z")
I do all my deleting and saving at the start and end, gives me time to reconsider… YMMV