Achieve Inbox Zero

Now that your inbox is organized, you’re all set to get to Inbox Zero. Inbox Zero is the most efficient way to bring clarity to a chaotic inbox and focus on the messages that matter most. That’s why we designed Superhuman Mail to help you reach inbox zero every single day, no matter how many emails you currently have in your inbox.

To reach Inbox Zero, we recommend a simple but powerful workflow. Check out this short video or keep reading!

Instead of repeatedly marking emails unread when they need further attention, ask yourself: do I need to action this email soon, later, or is it done?

• For messages that need action soon, hit J to leave them in the inbox and move to the next message.
  • You can remember the shortcut as J for “today.”
• For messages that need action later, hit H to set a reminder.
  • You can remember the shortcut as H for the “hour the message will return.”
• For messages that are done, hit E to Mark Done (Archive) or V to folder them. They’ll never be deleted and will return if someone replies.
  • You can remember the shortcut as E for “empty inbox.”

💡 Tip: Hit Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → go to Done to see your Done emails and Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → go to Reminders to see your pending reminders.

⚡ Try It Now

1. Open the top conversations in your inbox.
2. Read it and decide if it is for soon, later, or done (hit J, H, E).
3. As soon as you action an email, you’ll immediately move to the next conversation. This keeps you in flow, minimizing distractions.
4. Continue until you complete the final conversation and you’ll return to your inbox!

Your Split Inbox is now a task list, containing only new emails and those that require your attention soon. When you finish that task list you’ll be rewarded with our daily Inbox Zero image and a weekly streak 🏆

💡 Tip: Want to get to Inbox Zero even faster? Hit Cmd+A or Ctrl+A to highlight all the conversations below your focus. Then hit E archive all of the selected emails at once!

Get Me To Zero

Getting to Inbox Zero the first time is the hardest because most of us have thousands of old email sitting in our inbox. But we’ve built just the tool for that!

Hit Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → Get Me To Zero to archive old emails so you don’t have to wear out your E key getting to Inbox Zero for the first time. Click More options... to save Unread or Starred/Flagged conversations if that’s how you previously marked important messages.

💡 Tip: Don’t leave a backlog of thousands of Unread conversations. Run Get Me To Zero a second time to clean up all of your Unread messages older than a month!

Congratulations! You’ve completed Organize Your Inbox with Superhuman Mai! With your pristine, new inbox complete our next guide to learn even more.

If you have any feedback, please hit Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → Hello to let us know 🙏