How to change the side panels in Gmail’s new view - The Verge

In the new version of Gmail, Google has added another side panel that gives you immediate access to several apps: Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet. Here’s how to hide it.

When The Verge’s Richard Lawler reported that Google was rolling out its newly stylized version of Gmail for the web, I decided I wanted to take a look as well. Since my Gmail page hadn’t yet switched over, I clicked on the cog-like Settings icon in the upper-right corner of my page and then on the link labeled Try out the new Gmail view and refreshed my page.

As Richard writes, the change isn’t radical. There is a new color scheme that I rather like and a few other interface tweaks. The main change, however, is the left-hand side panel — now, the 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 the Inbox, Starred, Trash, etc.). By clicking on the three-line icon in the upper left (also known as a “hamburger”), you could tweak this panel to show either icons and labels or just icons. But now, Google has added another side panel that gives you immediate access to several apps: Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet.

A new side panel offers access to the Mail, Chat, Spaces, and Meet apps.






If you feel that two side panels is a bit much (as I do, especially on a laptop display), you can make the one with the categories disappear entirely by clicking on the hamburger icon in the upper-left corner.

Click the three parallel lines in the top-left corner to make the categories panel disappear.






If you want to go 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.

https://www.theverge.com/23290550/gmail-new-view-panel-meet-chat-how-to

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