How do I stop a configured behavior?

Say "stop doing this," or turn the behavior off under Account → Automation. It's disabled immediately, and what can be reversed is reversed — which, for the behaviors you can switch on, is all of them: a silenced sender, a filed message, a message reported as spam. You can also edit your always-silence, always-surface, and sender lists there.

Configured autonomy is something you grant and can withdraw at any time. Disabling one behavior doesn't affect the rest — each is its own on/off switch.

To stop everything at once without going through them one by one, use Pause all at the top of the same tab. That halts every autonomous behavior until you choose Resume all, and changes nothing else about your account or your Google connection.

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