Hide My Email for Gmail™

Hide your emails in Gmail™ to focus and get in the flow. Unhide them whenever you're ready.

What is Hide My Email for Gmail™?

Hide My Email for Gmail™ is a Chrome extension developed by Matt Thurmond (Digital Detox NYC), and its main feature is "Hide your emails in Gmail™ to focus and get in the flow. Unhide them whenever you're ready.".

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Download Hide My Email for Gmail™ Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Now you can hide your emails in Gmail™ whenever you want so you can get in the flow and do more deep work.

## Overview
After you open Gmail™, click the "Hide emails" button to hide your messages. You'll still be able to search Gmail™ and use it as a reference, just without all your emails appearing and distracting you. 

When you're ready to view your the emails in your inbox again, just click "Show emails". 

This extension only works if you use the Gmail™ website on chrome. It doesn't work if you're using the Gmail™ desktop app. 

## View the code
https://github.com/mthurmond/hide-my-email-for-gmail

## More helpful extensions
Try my other two extensions to remove distractions. Both are free & open source: 
- Distraction free for Linkedin™:   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/distraction-free-for-link/kigfnbfbpfpgphbocdkmeablbgdbpfke

- Slack hider:   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/slack-hider/ojfkenmmieminleikclgocedgpggeecp                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Hide My Email for Gmail™ Hide My Email for Gmail™
ID koobmglbcddgeoopgphanmhjppfaehaa
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-my-email-for-gmail/koobmglbcddgeoopgphanmhjppfaehaa
Description Hide your emails in Gmail™ to focus and get in the flow. Unhide them whenever you're ready.
File Size 50.95 KB
Installation Count 82
Current Version 2.3
Last Updated 2023-01-05
Publish Date 2021-02-02
Rating 5.00/5 Total 4 Ratings
Developer Matt Thurmond (Digital Detox NYC)
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/mthurmond/hide-my-email-for-gmail
Help Page URL https://github.com/mthurmond/hide-my-email-for-gmail/issues
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
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    "name": "Hide My Email for Gmail\u2122",
    "version": "2.3",
    "description": "Hide your emails in Gmail\u2122 to focus and get in the flow. Unhide them whenever you're ready.",
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    },
    "permissions": [
        "storage"
    ],
    "icons": {
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        "32": "icons\/32.png",
        "48": "icons\/48.png",
        "128": "icons\/128.png"
    },
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/*"
            ],
            "css": [
                "hider\/hider-button.css"
            ],
            "js": [
                "hider\/hider.js"
            ]
        }
    ]
}