Gmail Focus
A Chrome extension to focus on your email
Gmail Focus launched on July 18, 2019 with 104 votes, #299 of 3,007 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.
What it does
Gmail focus masks the titles of all your emails except the first one, so you can go through your email without thinking what'll go next.
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Apparent for GmailMar 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · ▲225I got frustrated with Gmail's lack of customization, and built an extension for myself. It doesn't do much other than modify how Gmail is displayed in Chrome. Does it as minimally as possible (that I can engineer). Done locally, zero remote processing. Currently built the following settings (want to add more soon): Conversations: * Show newest message first * Show every message in a thread (sometimes they're collapsed into numbered bubbles) * Remove AI overviews (retches) Layout/UI: * Minimize the search & top bar * Minimize the far left "rail" (Mail/Chat/Meet) * Hide a bunch…
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