How to Change the Side Panel in the New View of Gmail

When ledgeK Richard Lawler reported that Google was rolling out its newly styled version of Gmail for the web, so I decided I wanted to take a look too. Since my Gmail page hadn’t switched yet, I clicked on the cog-like settings icon in the top-right corner of my page, and then on the link labeled . Try the New Gmail View and refreshed my page.

As Richard writes, change is not radical. There’s a new color scheme that I love and a few other interface tweaks. However, the main change is the panel on the left – now, Two side panels.

Previously, you had a single panel that gave you access to a menu of your various Gmail categories and labels (such as Inbox, Starred, Trash, etc.). By clicking on the three-line icon in the upper left (also known as a “hamburger”), you can tweak this panel to show icons and labels or just icons. But now, Google has added another side panel that gives you instant access to several apps: Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet.

If you think the two side panels are a bit too much (as I do, especially on laptop displays), you can make the categories panel disappear altogether by clicking the hamburger icon in the upper-left corner.

If you want to jump to a different category or label in your Gmail, you can find them by hovering your cursor over the Mail icon in the new panel.

Want your second panel back? Click on the hamburger icon again.

get rid of apps panel

And what if you don’t actually use Google Chat or Meet? It’s actually pretty easy to get rid of their icons – and that extra side panel too:

• to select Settings > Customize,
• You’ll be invited to choose which apps to use in Gmail. uncheck google chat And google meet and click Complete,

this much only! You are now back at a familiar side panel. And as before, the hamburger icon will simply toggle between a side panel with an icon and a label or just an icon.

And if you’re tired of the whole thing, for now you can go back to the way things were. by clicking on Go back to Settings > Original View, how long is He The option available is up to Google.