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Simplify Gmail

by Michael Leggett · simpl.fyi · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 in_app
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Make Gmail simpler, more capable, and more respectful

Users
50K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
+0.22 in 30 days
Ratings
625
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#3,328
#2,909 among extensions
Version
3.4.9
updated 11 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
10K30K50KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 50,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
100364627Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 625 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 Simplify Gmail

Brought to you by the co-founder and design lead for Google Inbox, Simplify Gmail is a browser extension for desktop Gmail that boosts productivity, strengthens privacy, and reduces️ stress by: ✔️ BETTER DESIGN: Hundreds of improvements (small and large) to streamline, simplify, and enhance Gmail’s design and functionality. Hide the features you don’t use, customize the ones you do including setting the list and message width and fonts. ✔️ BUNDLES: Group conversations with the same label or category into a single row in your inbox for easier bulk reading and processing. ✔️ SAVED SEARCHES: Add commonly used searches or bookmark any message to your nav for easy access. Simplify includes 24 useful searches by default like Travel, Purchases, Archived, Attachments, Notes to self, PDFs, Photos, and more. ✔️ PAUSE INBOX: Pause new mail or hide the inbox entirely for deep focus. Optionally disable notifications when the inbox is paused or hidden. ✔️ BLOCK TRACKERS: Simplify blocks over 250 email spy trackers (more than any other tracker blocker extension). ✔️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: Navigate faster with your arrow keys, Enter (to open, then to reply), and Escape (close a message, then to return to inbox). Use familiar shortcuts like Ctrl+A / ⌘A to select all or Ctrl+Z / ⌘Z to undo. Press "?" in Gmail to see all shortcuts. Also includes advanced shortcuts like [ I ] to reply to an intro and move the sender to BCC. ✔️ DARK MODE: Auto-switch with OS with options to invert all of Gmail’s UI and some or all messages. ✔️ GROUP BY DATE: Group messages list by date with bulk actions to one-click archive or delete. ✔️ INBOX ZERO BACKGROUND: Choose a different background to get when you reach inbox zero. ✔️ AUTO-CC/BCC: Set addresses to add to every new message and/or reply And much more... _________________________________________________________ PAID PLAN REQUIRED AFTER 1 MONTH TRIAL Comes with a free 1-month trial after which a paid plan is required. Learn more and sign up when you're ready at https://simpl.fyi/plans _________________________________________________________ IS IT SAFE? You should always be super careful what extensions or apps you use with your email. ✔️ Simplify always puts your security and privacy first. ✔️ The code for Simplify is entirely stored on your computer (no remote code) and is for the sole purpose of improving and enhancing Gmail's user interface and functionality. ✖️ Simplify does NOT request full access to your email (no API permissions required). ✖️ None of your data is collected, stored, or sent to Simplify. ✖️ Simplify has no tracking or analytics software. ✖️ Simplify will never have ads. Ever. _________________________________________________________ PRIVACY POLICY Simplify's products have no ads, no analytics, no trackers, no cookies, and do not send or receive personal information of any kind from your account or device. Your privacy and the security of your account and data is of the utmost importance to us. We aim to make software worth paying for and taking the strictest stance on privacy possible. Our full privacy policy is at https://simpl.fyi/privacy _________________________________________________________ HAVE FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS? You can send feedback or report issues via https://simpl.fyi/support (I usually respond within one business day). Note that there are over 100,000 unique combinations of Gmail’s options, features, and user states. Add in other 3rd party add-ons, different languages, browsers, screen sizes, and more and it grows to over a billion. Simplify strives to support them all, along with the more popular 3rd party extensions and add-ons. I wrote more about the complexity of building on top of Gmail here: https://on.simpl.fyi/p/complexity-of-simplify

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%−1+0.22
30 days0+0.0%0+0.22
6 months+20K+66.7%0+0.22
1 year+20K+66.7%−1+0.22

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Simplify Gmail appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
gmail#14−1
inbox#73−31

Version history

119 versions recorded
3.4.911 Aug 2026
3.4.83 Aug 2026
3.4.630 Jul 2026
3.4.522 Jun 2026
3.4.419 Jun 2026
3.4.318 Jun 2026
3.4.215 Mar 2026
3.4.11 Mar 2026

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
26 Jun 2020
Size
9.6 MB
Languages
de, en, id, nl, tr, da, es, fr
Pricing
in_app
Privacy policy
simpl.fyi
Support
simpl.fyi
Extension ID
pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
storagedeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Site access
https://mail.google.com/*https://*.googleusercontent.com/*

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