diff --git a/apps/web/app/(app)/cold-email-blocker/ColdEmailSettings.tsx b/apps/web/app/(app)/cold-email-blocker/ColdEmailSettings.tsx
index 1ebf7f6638..8ca0deba2e 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/(app)/cold-email-blocker/ColdEmailSettings.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/(app)/cold-email-blocker/ColdEmailSettings.tsx
@@ -85,16 +85,20 @@ export function ColdEmailForm({
     description: string;
   }[] = useMemo(
     () => [
+      {
+        value: ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL,
+        label: "Archive, Mark Read & Label",
+        description: "Archive cold emails, mark them as read, and label them",
+      },
       {
         value: ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL,
         label: "Archive & Label",
-        description: "Automatically archive and label cold emails",
+        description: "Archive cold emails and label them",
       },
       {
         value: ColdEmailSetting.LABEL,
         label: "Label Only",
-        description:
-          "Label cold emails as 'Cold Email', but keep them in my inbox",
+        description: "Label cold emails, but keep them in my inbox",
       },
       {
         value: ColdEmailSetting.DISABLED,
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/user/settings/cold-email/validation.ts b/apps/web/app/api/user/settings/cold-email/validation.ts
index 257e7474d5..27c4832532 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/user/settings/cold-email/validation.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/user/settings/cold-email/validation.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const updateColdEmailSettingsBody = z.object({
       ColdEmailSetting.LIST,
       ColdEmailSetting.LABEL,
       ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL,
+      ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL,
     ])
     .nullish(),
   coldEmailPrompt: z.string().nullish(),
diff --git a/apps/web/prisma/migrations/20250130215802_read_cold_emails/migration.sql b/apps/web/prisma/migrations/20250130215802_read_cold_emails/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a1eab362d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/prisma/migrations/20250130215802_read_cold_emails/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- AlterEnum
+ALTER TYPE "ColdEmailSetting" ADD VALUE 'ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL';
diff --git a/apps/web/prisma/schema.prisma b/apps/web/prisma/schema.prisma
index 0f27f9aeb4..cbcec292ba 100644
--- a/apps/web/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/apps/web/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ enum ColdEmailSetting {
   LIST
   LABEL
   ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL
+  ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL
 }
 
 enum PremiumTier {
diff --git a/apps/web/utils/cold-email/is-cold-email.ts b/apps/web/utils/cold-email/is-cold-email.ts
index 3f2eb6ef24..e7ad58e19e 100644
--- a/apps/web/utils/cold-email/is-cold-email.ts
+++ b/apps/web/utils/cold-email/is-cold-email.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ async function blockColdEmail(options: {
 
   if (
     user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.LABEL ||
-    user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL
+    user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL ||
+    user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL
   ) {
     if (!user.email) throw new Error("User email is required");
     const coldEmailLabel = await getOrCreateInboxZeroLabel({
@@ -166,15 +167,24 @@ async function blockColdEmail(options: {
       logger.error("No gmail label id", { userId: user.id });
 
     const shouldArchive =
-      user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL;
+      user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_LABEL ||
+      user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL;
+
+    const shouldMarkRead =
+      user.coldEmailBlocker === ColdEmailSetting.ARCHIVE_AND_READ_AND_LABEL;
+
+    const addLabelIds: string[] = [];
+    if (coldEmailLabel?.id) addLabelIds.push(coldEmailLabel.id);
+
+    const removeLabelIds: string[] = [];
+    if (shouldArchive) removeLabelIds.push(GmailLabel.INBOX);
+    if (shouldMarkRead) removeLabelIds.push(GmailLabel.UNREAD);
 
     await labelMessage({
       gmail,
       messageId: email.messageId,
-      // label email as "Cold Email"
-      addLabelIds: coldEmailLabel?.id ? [coldEmailLabel.id] : undefined,
-      // archive email
-      removeLabelIds: shouldArchive ? [GmailLabel.INBOX] : undefined,
+      addLabelIds: addLabelIds.length ? addLabelIds : undefined,
+      removeLabelIds: removeLabelIds.length ? removeLabelIds : undefined,
     });
   }
 }