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Short Gmail Labels

by Matt Wisniewski · mattw.life · Workflow & Planning
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Shorten your Gmail labels so parent labels are not displayed.

Users
2,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
22
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#20K
#17K among extensions
Version
1.0.3
updated 9 Mar 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
3001,1502,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
51422Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 22 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Short Gmail Labels

Nesting gmail labels results in an unnecessarily long display that includes both parent and child labels. This will trim down the label names so you only see the child.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months0+0.0%+2+0.03
1 year+1,000+100.0%+1+0.02

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Short Gmail Labels appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
label#33−18

Version history

4 versions recorded
1.0.39 Mar 2024
1.0.222 May 2022
1.0.111 Aug 2021
1.024 Jan 2018

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
24 Jan 2018
Size
19 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
pbnemfflkolkhamplnhoaljkogfhajaf

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
scripting
Site access
*://mail.google.com/*

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