Method: users.messages.modify
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Modifies the labels on the specified message.
HTTP request
POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}/modify
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
userId |
string
The user's email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
|
id |
string
The ID of the message to modify.
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"addLabelIds": [
string
],
"removeLabelIds": [
string
]
} |
| Fields |
addLabelIds[] |
string
A list of IDs of labels to add to this message. You can add up to 100 labels with each update.
|
removeLabelIds[] |
string
A list IDs of labels to remove from this message. You can remove up to 100 labels with each update.
|
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Message.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://mail.google.com/
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-03-24 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-03-24 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: users.messages.modify\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.request_body.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nModifies the labels on the specified message.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}/modify`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `userId` | `string` The user's email address. The special value `me` can be used to indicate the authenticated user. |\n| `id` | `string` The ID of the message to modify. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"addLabelIds\": [ string ], \"removeLabelIds\": [ string ] } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `addLabelIds[]` | `string` A list of IDs of labels to add to this message. You can add up to 100 labels with each update. |\n| `removeLabelIds[]` | `string` A list IDs of labels to remove from this message. You can remove up to 100 labels with each update. |\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Message](/workspace/gmail/api/reference/rest/v1/users.messages#Message).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://mail.google.com/`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
