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Google has announced the launch of a new Gmail feature designed to help users easily manage their subscriptions and declutter their inboxes. The new "Manage subscriptions" tool is rolling out on the web, Android, and iOS in select countries. With this feature, users can view and manage their subscription emails in one place and quickly unsubscribe from the ones they no longer want to receive. The tool provides users with a comprehensive view of their active subscriptions, organized by the most frequent senders, alongside the number of emails they've sent in the past few weeks. By clicking on a sender, users can get a direct view of all emails from them. If a user decides to unsubscribe, Gmail will send an unsubscribe request to the sender on their behalf. According to Chris Doan, Gmail's director of product, the feature is designed to help users feel less overwhelmed by the sheer volume of subscription emails clogging their inbox. Users can access the new feature by clicking the navigation bar in the top-left corner of their Gmail inbox and then selecting "Manage subscriptions." The launch of this feature doesn't come as a surprise, as some users had already spotted the tool back in April. The "Manage subscriptions" feature joins Gmail's other tools designed to declutter users' inboxes, such as the one-click unsubscribe tool that rolled out last year. This feature allows users to unsubscribe from emails using a simple "unsubscribe" button, eliminating the need to navigate through websites or the bottom of emails when looking to unsubscribe from promotional and newsletter content. Google has announced that the new feature will begin rolling out on the web starting Tuesday, with Android and iOS users starting to receive it on July 14 and July 21, respectively. It may take up to 15 days from the start of the rollout for the feature to reach every user. The "Manage subscriptions" feature is available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts.