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.

Gmail's basic HTML view will disappear in January 2024 Google hasn't made any public announcement of this change, instead quietly adding a disclaimer on its support page.

Google is sunsetting Gmail's basic HMTL view, which allows users to look at their emails in a bare-bones state, starting January 2024.