How to get rid of those irritating chat and rooms tabs in Gmail mobile

In August 2020, Google decided to add a tab for its Meet video conferencing platform to Gmail. This isn’t a big deal for the desktop version – although you can always choose to get rid of it if you don’t intend to use Meet at all – but it could be a real issue for the. mobile app because it widened the bottom margin of the app and gave you about three fewer rows to work with. So, we have provided instructions on how to get rid of the Meet tab on your phone.

Now Google has added the ability to access its chat and rooms features directly from Gmail. As a result, many people find that tabs are back at the bottom of their mobile screens, again taking up valuable space.

You can get rid of the new tabs the same way you got rid of the “Meet” tab. If you can’t remember how, or if you are facing this problem for the first time, here is how to deal with it. These instructions apply to the Gmail app on Android and iOS. (Note: Your instructions may vary slightly depending on your Android phone.)

• Select the three-line ‘hamburger’ icon in the upper left corner, scroll down and tap ‘Settings’.
• Select the Gmail account you want to edit.
• On an iPhone, turn off “Show Chat & Rooms tab” near the top of the page. On an Android phone, scroll down to the “Chat” category and uncheck “Show Chat and Rooms”.

And that’s all! You have reclaimed space on your Gmail app. By the way, if you want to show all tabs – for Chat, Rooms, and Meeting – just go back to the same settings page and check (or enable) both the “Show Chat and Rooms tabs” and “View” tabs. the meeting tab for video calls. ”The three tabs will appear on a single line at the bottom of the screen.