Missing Gmail™ & Google™ Black Bar

Adds a black shortcut bar like the one removed by Google™ to the top of many Google™ pages.
What is Missing Gmail™ & Google™ Black Bar?
Missing Gmail & Google Black Bar is a Chrome extension that adds a black shortcut bar to various Google pages, including Gmail, Contacts, Drive, Groups, Sites, and Calendar. It restores the functionality of the old black bar removed by Google and provides new useful shortcuts. Pressing the Alt+G keyboard shortcut opens the toolbar menu.

Extension stats

By: cbsarge
Users: 169 ▼ -36
Rating: 3.75 (4)
Version: 1.88 (Last updated: 2024-09-27)
Creation date: 2018-08-14
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Host permissions:
  • https://newtab/*
  • https://www.google.com/*
  • https://mail.google.com/*
  • https://www.google.com/contacts/*
  • https://drive.google.com/*
  • https://groups.google.com/*
  • https://translate.google.com/*
  • https://sites.google.com/*
  • https://www.google.com/calendar/*
Size: 101.45K

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Extension summary

Works with the new version of GMail

04/2022 - Removed Google+ link

06/2018 - Added Unread button to quickly show all unread messages

For those of you that don't like the new shortcut block Google has substituted for the black bar across the top of the Gmail (and others) page I offer this alternative. This extensions will add a black shortcut bar to the top of the Google Search, Gmail, Contacts, Google Drive, Groups, Sites and Calendar pages with all the links from the old version plus some useful new ones.

Pressing the Alt+G keyboard shortcut will open the toolbar menu.

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User reviews

Not working at all.. no bar just a stupid pull down in button.. useless
by molitar arbutus, 2021-12-28

THANK YOU! I can't believe Google replaced the bar with the stupid grid box... Turns every single task into a two click operation.
by Drake Hatfield, 2013-11-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Missing Gmail™ & Google™ Black Bar requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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