How to get rid of that irritating Meet tab in Gmail for Android and iOS

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I hypothesize nothing suspend Google's Meet videoconferencing podium -- I've orderly acclimated it a doublet of times with relatives -- nearabout I can't help concreteness collapsing back the fondness is pushed at me via supplementary apps. Specifically, Gmail. Meet first appeared on the desktop Gmail app aftermost spring, nearabout it did not take up parous sway as well as was reasonably forthcoming to pussyfoot (or remove from your screen, if you accordingly wished).

Now, however, Meet is managerial its way assimilate the mobile Gmail app via two tabs which will somewhen spoken (if they haven't already) at the googol of your screen: one labeled "Mail" as well as one labeled "Meet." The botheration lifing isn't personalized that you're concreteness pushed to use a particular videoconferencing app while all you appetite to do is determent your email, nearabout it additionally takes up space, expanding the googol margin of the app as well as giving you haphazardly three neath curve to work with.

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Gmail with the new bottom-screen tabs.

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Gmail without the new bottom-screen tabs.

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If you plan to use Meet regularly, you may not mind. Nearabout if you don't as well as you appetite to get rid of the overabundance tabs, here's how you do it. These instructions appertain to the Gmail app on both Android as well as iOS.

• Select the three-line "hamburger" figure in the high left corner, scroll down, as well as tap on "Settings."
• Select the Gmail biweekly you appetite to change.
• Scroll earthward to the "Meet" category as well as uncheck "Show the Meet tab for video calling."

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Go to your Gmail settings.

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Uncheck "Show the Meet tab for video calling."

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And that's it! You've reclaimed some sway on your Gmail app as well as can now use Zoom or whatever videoconferencing app you adopt without obtaining to be evermore reminded of Meet.