[Feature Request] Options to Disable Unified Inbox about mailspring HOT 23 CLOSED

Unified Inbox is useful sometimes, but other times it's not.
For example when you have many emails and many folders the list of emails and folders becomes very long and hard to manage
It would be great to add this feature!
A sample layout might be like this one (where all folders are under the same account)

With this layout it would be possible also to have a "All Accounts" on top of all the single accounts, and inside it put the Unified Inbox, Unified Sent etc. getting the best of both solutions

Of course if someone prefers only the current Unified Inbox layout this could be handled in the preferences, choosing which layout to use

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I can't believe that its been 2 years and a future as simple as this one with quite a few requests hasn't been implemented.

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For everyone who doesn't like the unnified inbox: Please use a different mail client. Mailspring is one of the last clients to support a unified inbox. If you don't like it, you can switch to e.g. Outlook.

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Nope. I want to make it that Ctrl+1 sends me to [email protected], not All Accounts.

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Hi, similarly to @cassvail I'd like to be able to just not unify the folders. I think this makes sense when you have work and personal accounts, as many people do.

Switching between accounts with Cmd+2/3/etc is a step in the right direction, but introduces unnecessary friction. What about just showing all accounts separately, but at the same time? (Using the shortcuts hides all but one account.)

Edit: Don't wanna come across as too grumpy; so far I like everything else about Mailspring! ;)

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I'd also like to see all folders at once, but not merged. I have 4 accounts setup, and each has between 3 and 10 custom folders. With the unified view, some of the folders are merged, while other's aren't (because they don't have the same name/purpose). I dislike the unified mailboxes, because each account has separate purposes, and merging them creates a lot of disorganization and clutter. If I wanted all my email in one place, I'd just use a single account instead.

Manually switching between accounts becomes annoying, and it hides the status of all the other accounts. I can't tell if any of the folders have new messages, unless I manually cycle though each account. I disable all notifications, because they're distracting and unnecessary (not just Mailspring's but all apps notifications). Even if notifications were enabled, though, they could have appeared and automatically disappeared while I was away from my desk, etc.

I just want to see everything all that once, the way that Thunderbird and other mail clients do it. That might make the folder bar scroll, but that could probably be fixed by letting me hide IMAP folders I don't use, and features I don't use, like "Reminders", "Snoozed", "Activity", etc.

I like some things about Mailspring, but this is a dealbreaker for me.

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As I said: Feel free to use the other clients. And even more: Instead of sitting there and to complain you can just implement the feature yourself. THat's the concept of open source. Open Source doesn't mean we devs write software the way you like but how we (the devs) like it. If you don't agree, you can fork it and implement the things you miss.

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Hey @modelmat — you can toggle between unified inbox and single inbox views with Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2, Ctrl-3, etc, or via this dropdown - does that do what you want? Might just need to update the knowledge base. If you switch out of Unified Inbox, it shouldn't ever switch you back automatically.

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Thanks for the detail—I think this is definitely possible, but we try to avoid adding features / options in the preferences until they've been requested by a bunch of folks. I'll leave this open and if folks seem interested we can pick it up!

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Thumbs up for this! This feature is handy.

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Hi,

I just got to Mailspring and I love it ! This is an awesome job !

Like many above, I'd like to switch off the Unified mode.
For me, this would help getting each mailbox fully separated, but still visible and accessible in a single click !

Thanks !

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One more vote for switching off Unified inbox. I go to a lot of trouble to have multiple inboxes. I don't want to mix all of that. Cmd + 1 should be what ever I want it to be, but at minimum unified inbox should be disable-able.

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I agree that there should be a preference to disable Unified Inbox, and possibly an option to exclude certain accounts from a Unified Inbox if enabled.

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+1 for being able to disable the Unified Inbox.

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If I wanted all my e-mails merged, then I wouldn't HAVE multiple accounts in the first place. Some accounts are more important than others and require my attention quicker.

+1. I'd like to see something more along the lines of how many other email clients (Airmail, Apple Mail) work. Even just being able to move All Accounts to the bottom of the left-side pane would help, though ideally I'd like some visual distinction. (Airmail does this well, but I hate the composer and search functionality.)

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I'd also like to see all folders at once, but not merged. I have 4 accounts setup, and each has between 3 and 10 custom folders. With the unified view, some of the folders are merged, while other's aren't (because they don't have the same name/purpose). I dislike the unified mailboxes, because each account has separate purposes, and merging them creates a lot of disorganization and clutter. If I wanted all my email in one place, I'd just use a single account instead.

Manually switching between accounts becomes annoying, and it hides the status of all the other accounts. I can't tell if any of the folders have new messages, unless I manually cycle though each account. I disable all notifications, because they're distracting and unnecessary (not just Mailspring's but all apps notifications). Even if notifications were enabled, though, they could have appeared and automatically disappeared while I was away from my desk, etc.

I just want to see everything all that once, the way that Thunderbird and other mail clients do it. That might make the folder bar scroll, but that could probably be fixed by letting me hide IMAP folders I don't use, and features I don't use, like "Reminders", "Snoozed", "Activity", etc.

I like some things about Mailspring, but this is a dealbreaker for me.

totally agree!!!
we should be able to disable it!
you can make it default, but, at least, give others the option to disable it.

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Just jumping in to say that i'd really like this feature as well

I am not a fan of unified inbox (in general, not Mailspring's implementation), and like to keep everything separated

EDIT: Moved to MS outlook for Mac. This has this option to satisfy my OCD

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Yes please, make this possible!

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Hi,
Please remove unified inbox. It creates a lot of fuss seeing work and private inboxes at the same time.
Thanks.

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Except for all the other clients that support it (but don't force you to use it), like Spark, Airmail, etc.

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This issue has been mentioned on Mailspring Community. There might be relevant details there:

https://community.getmailspring.com/t/disable-selective-unified-inbox/136/1

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