- Open Gmail.
- In the search box at the top, click the Down arrow .
- Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search .
- At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter with this search.
- Choose what you’d like the filter to do.
- Click Create filter.
- Click Apply the Label and select the label you want the email to be moved to.
Note: When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. Additionally, when someone replies to a message you've filtered, the reply will only be filtered if it meets the same search criteria.