Gmail is flooding inboxes with ads. If you've noticed an influx of ads in your Gmail inbox lately, you're not alone.
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As noted by 9to5Google On Friday, Google appears to have put Gmail's ad operation into high gear over the past few days, with more ads than ever appearing on both the desktop and mobile versions of the free email service.
Even worse, ads are starting to show up in parts of the app that were previously ad-free, but luckily there is a way to get rid of them.
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How to Get Rid of Gmail Ads
If you're tired of seeing ads splattered all over your inbox, here are the steps you need to take to stop them appearing.
Note that you'll lose your categories (tabs like Social, Updates, Promotions, etc.) in the process, but it's a relatively small price to pay:
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- Go to Gmail in your browser and click on settings (gear icon) in the upper right corner.
- Click see all settings at the top of the panel that appears.
- Go to Hang tagsthen scroll down to Categories.
- Under Show in message listclick to hide about Social, Updates, forumsIt is Promotions.
This will eliminate tabs in your inbox, some of which may have helped separate spam from important messages.
For now, Google only inserts ads when these categories are enabled, so turning them off will disable ads as well.
When a Gmail user complained about the sudden increase in ads on Twitter, the official Gmail account responded, "That doesn't look good."
Personally, I always hide all categories the instant I create a new Gmail account, so I've never had to deal with ads in and out of my inbox.
That said, I imagine it's only a matter of time before Google finds a way to get them into the main inbox too, but in the meantime, I'll cherish my ad-free inbox for as long as I can keep it. path.
