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Here is how to manually unpause your inbox.

  1. Turn off vacation auto-responder.

    • If you have checked the checkbox when you first paused the Inbox, you need to turn off the Vacation Autoresponder.
    • In Gmail, Settings > General > set Vacation Autoresponder to OFF:
    • Vacation repsonder setting in Gmail

  2. Delete filter with 'Inbox-Paused-yyyy-mmm-dd'

    • In Gmail, go to Settings and click on Filters tab. Then find the filter that looks like the image below.
    • Click the "delete" link next to the filter. This will unpause your Inbox and allow all messages to come in as before.
    • delete filter manually

  3. Move the paused messages back to your Inbox

    • Click on the label 'Inbox-paused-yyyy-mmm-dd' on the left navigation bar of Gmail.
    • Click on the checkbox at the top to select all messages with this label.
    • Click on the Move to button and select the Inbox. This will move all messages that came in while your Inbox was paused back to your Inbox.
    • Move Messages Back to Inbox