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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.

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 ...

The Basic HTML function was helpful for people dealing with a slow internet connection but wanted to read their email.

Google updated a Gmail support article to say that the basic HTML view for Gmail will be discontinued in January 2024.