Delete Key for Gmail™

Delete a single email in Gmail™ with a customizable user shortcut (default is Shift + 5).
What is Delete Key for Gmail™?
Delete Key for Gmail™ is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to provide the convenience of deleting individual emails in Gmail threads with the press of a shortcut key. It mimics the action of selecting 'Delete this message' from the menu button of an individual email. The shortcut can be customized according to the user's preferences. This extension ensures that the delete action is exclusive to emails and does not interfere while typing in text fields. Additionally, it is continually updated to remain compatible with changes in Gmail's code.

Extension stats

Users: 2,000+
Rating: 3.81 (16)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2022-10-18)
Creation date: 2020-02-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 46.16K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

-= Description =-

Google's Gmail™ has allowed a keyboard shortcut to delete entire message threads (#) for a long time, but it has never made it possible to use a keyboard shortcut to delete individual emails in threads.

Until now.

Enter Delete Key for Gmail™. Press Shift + 5 (% symbol), and voila - only the current individual message is deleted. It performs the same action as clicking the menu button on a message and selecting "Delete this message."

The best part is you can change this shortcut to anything you want from the extension's Options page.

Gmail is a trademark of Google LLC. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. This extension and its developers are in no way associated with Google LLC.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as expected for many users
  • Allows single email deletion instead of conversation deletion
  • Easy to customize
Cons
  • Does not work when emails are selected in the inbox (must open email first)
  • Issues with functionality in non-English languages
  • Doesn't work for some users, possibly due to account restrictions
Most mentioned
  • Needs to open email to delete
  • Works great for some users
  • Customization options available
Recent reviews
Worked for me but I just don't understand why we have to download this just to have "one" functionality to work in Gmail??
by Nicole Chan, 2024-10-19

works great, thanks,
by Malikul Akbar, 2024-09-26

So far works perfectly
by Victor M. Vidaurre, 2024-08-05
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Delete Key for Gmail™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Delete Key for Gmail™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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