Short Gmail Labels

Shorten your Gmail labels so parent labels are not displayed.

Total ratings

4.73 (Rating count: 22)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Simplifies long Gmail labels, making them concise and visually cleaner.
  • Efficiently handles nested labels, enhancing organization for power users.
  • Reliable and has been used successfully by many for years.
  • Greatly reduces visual clutter in Gmail, improving inbox navigation.
  • Considered an essential tool for Gmail users, often recommended.
Cons
  • Inconsistent functionality in displaying shortened labels for some users.
  • Some users experience issues with the extension being grayed out or unable to access options.
  • Recent bugs causing visual errors have been reported.
  • Not all features function as expected for some users with complex label structures.
Most mentioned
  • Works perfectly for simplifying labels.
  • Has issues for some users with functionality and display.
  • Highly recommended for Gmail power users.
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Recent rating average: 4.30
All time rating average: 4.73
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2024-11-02
Martin Guirey		 en It does one thing PERFECTLY, and solves a very irritating problem. Thanks!
2024-10-31
Richard Hoefer		 en NESTED LABELS ESSENTIAL for any GMAIL power user! VISUAL CLUTTER & DISTRACTION REMOVER greatly speeding up your at-a-glance INBOX filtration. Power users understand the huge organizational secret of PARENT FOLDERS with many subfolders inside them. Example: [ ACCOUNTS ] —— is the top-level folder for all the web-accounts you create; inside are: ---- [ AMAZON ] ---- [ APPLE ] ---- [ BANK of AMERICA ] ---- [ LINKEDIN ] ---- [ PAYPAL ] ---- [ SSA.gov ] ---- [ YOUTUBE ] . . . ---- [ REPLIES ] Without using "SHORT LABELS", if you get a reply notification for a Youtube video you commented on, that [ LABEL ] would display in your inbox as: [ ACCOUNTS / YOUTUBE / REPLIES ] (very long!) Using "SHORT LABELS" extension, it would display cleanly as simply [REPLIES ] Major shoutout to dev "Matt" -- it has always been flawless. I've used it for over 10 years and it's one of the first extensions I install on a new browser.
2024-03-15
Nicolas AUZEINE		 en Does what it says, simply and efficiently. Thanks :)
2024-03-15
Amin Sharifi		 en I just installed this extension but can't figure out how to make it work. I'm logged in to my gmail account and the extension is installed and has access. What should I do to make it work on my gmail labels? Thanks for your help.
2024-01-02
Dávid Bendes		 en I'm using a nested system of labels, so shortening the label names saves a lot of space in the folder view. I wonder how the other 8B users of Gmail can live without this.
2023-12-12
Sean Dorsy		 en Simplifies perfectly.
2023-12-03
Stefanie Somers		 en I really need this to work... ..and it's only meh. Dang it. I have a deep label structure that's very frustrating to work with, as many as 4 or 5 layers. In some places this extension will perfectly pluck the correct text - the last bit after the final "/" and display that. In some cases it brings along the preceding "xxxx/" with it. In nearly all cases the label/folder above the final one is unaffected, and displays the entire string. Nearly. But not all. Inconsistent. More like 2-1/2 stars really. If this worked consistently and correctly I'd happily pay for it - this issue has been a thorn in my side with Gmail from day one. Fix it and send me a bill!
2022-10-19
Carlos		 Works amazing. Super recommended! PS. Any chance you allow the extension to ALWYS show labels? I want to see the label even when browsing that label's emails (instead of them disappearing which is Gmail's default behavior)...that would be so great. Thank you!
2022-10-19
Carlos		 en Works amazing. Super recommended! PS. Any chance you allow the extension to ALWYS show labels? I want to see the label even when browsing that label's emails (instead of them disappearing which is Gmail's default behavior)...that would be so great. Thank you!
2022-04-27
Luke		 The extension does not work for me. It is grayed out when attempting to select it to tweak options. Potential conflict with another extension? Who knows, but I'm not about to deactivate every single other extension to troubleshoot it.
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