I write these articles borne of my own frustration and experience. I hope this helps someone else so they don’t have to go through the frustration.
How to REALLY Get Back Your Old ‘Default’ Inbox in Gmail
Annoyed that you have your Gmail inbox settings set to ‘default’, which is *supposed* to put everything in your inbox, but it insists on still creating and using a “purchases” folder? Yeah, me too. Here’s how to fix it.
https://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-really-get-back-your-old-default-inbox-in-gmail/
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