This time the scythe is coming for one of the company’s oldest features—Gmail’s basic HTML view. In January 2024, that simple interface heads for the great beyond.

Google is sunsetting Gmail's basic HMTL view, which allows users to look at their emails in a bare-bones state, starting January 2024.

Google has quietly announced that it will pull the plug on the basic HTML version of Gmail starting in 2024. We’re writing to let you know that the Gmail Basic HTML view for desktop web and ...

As of January 2024, Google is discontinuing the option to display Gmail on your browser in the Basic HTML view. A new post in Google's Help Center says Gmail will automatically change to Standard ...

If you prefer viewing your Gmail account in basic HTML, you'll soon be out of luck. Google is removing Gmail's Basic HTML view and replacing it with the Standard view across the board in January ...

Nonetheless, Google has decided to retire Gmail's HTML view without providing specific reasons. "Basic HTML view will be supported until early January 2024.

One method that Google recommends to fix these problems is to switch from Gmail's complex, full-featured Standard HTML view mode to the simpler Basic HTML.

In previous versions of Microsoft Outlook (the classic app), you could view the HTML code of an email by opening the email, right-clicking on it, and selecting “View source” from the context menu.