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# Unmark as important

> Remove Gmail's Important marker from one or many messages.

`unmarkAsImportant` removes Gmail's `IMPORTANT` system label from one or many messages. Use it when an automation has determined that mail no longer belongs in Gmail's Important view.

## Example

Clear the importance marker from newly received automated reports:

```ts theme={null}
import { automation, filter } from "automate.ax"
import { onNewEmail, unmarkAsImportant } from "automate.ax/gmail"

export default automation("Deprioritize automated reports", () => {
  const report = filter(onNewEmail(), (message) =>
    message.subject.startsWith("Automated report:"),
  )

  unmarkAsImportant({ messageIds: report.messageId })
})
```

## Inputs

| Name         | Type                                 | Required | Description                                                                      |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `messageIds` | `string \| string[]`                 | Yes      | One or up to 1,000 immutable Gmail message IDs.                                  |
| `account`    | `string \| Google account reference` | No       | Google account binding to use. Defaults to the project's default Google account. |

Every input field also accepts a compatible `Signal`; the example passes the filtered message ID signal directly.

## Output

The action returns a `Signal<string[]>` containing the modified message IDs in input order.

Gmail's own importance classifier can add `IMPORTANT` again later. This action changes only the supplied messages, not the other messages in their threads.