This time the scythe is coming for one of the company’s oldest features—Gmail’s basic HTML view. In January 2024, that simple interface heads for the great beyond.

HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is primitive by itself and needs CSS to give it the modern look of a website we’re used to. HTML alone gives us the looks of websites back in the late 90s and ...

Google is discontinuing its basic HTML view for Gmail. Derek Poore/CNET As of January 2024, Google is discontinuing the option to display Gmail on your browser in the Basic HTML view.

If you prefer viewing your Gmail account in basic HTML, you'll soon be out of luck. Google is removing Gmail's Basic HTML view and replacing it with the Standard view across the board in January 2024.