May 18, 2023

How to remove the background picture overlay? I have a solution.

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First of all, when people say this is a bug and they're working on it, that's BS. It's one line of CSS that any moron could remove. I have no idea why Google won't do it. My only theory is that no one at Google has less than 50 emails in their inbox, so they just can't relate.

Anyway, here's the fix:

Install this chrome extension, or a similar one:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/custom-css-by-denis/cemphncflepgmgfhcdegkbkekifodacd/related

**NOTE: this is not my extension so I cannot and do not make any warrantees about it's security, but it seems simple and legit.**

Navigate to your inbox, open the extension, and paste in this CSS rule:

.bkK>.nH {

background: none !important;

}


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Voila! Overlay removed.

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Last edited May 18, 2023

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bornaware

Original Poster

May 20, 2023

If you would like to have some background for your email list, then use these two rules:

.bkK>.nH {

background: none !important;

}

.ae4.nH.oy8Mbf {

background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);

}

K Turner

Oct 21, 2023

And... for some reason, the code above is no longer working. What gives? Why does Google hate everyone?! I guess we should be thankful for the time we had with our inboxes looking good again. Sigh....

Mark Stevens 6400

Jun 7, 2023

I am trying to make this fix work, but I don't really know what I am doing. How do I bring up the styles window to enter the fix text?

Thanks

Google user

Apr 26, 2024

Yes I'm trying to get into my email so I'm trying to learn how to do the phone android it's okay anybody can help me out

Rayanne Soderberg

Jul 12, 2023

I have the CSS rule pasted into the styles for mail.google.com box of the open extension, but nothing happens after that. I have tried hitting the enter button with no results. The overlay is still there. What am I missing?

Victor‎

Product Expert Alumni

Jul 12, 2023

Hello everyone!

To adjust the theme, follow the steps below:

Install the StyleBot extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha

Log in to the version with the normal Gmail layout instead of the HTML layout:

Press F5 to reload the page after installing the StyleBot extension.

Click on the StyleBot extension when accessing Gmail and select the "Code Mode" option and paste the following code:

.bkK>.nH {

background: none !important;

}

The result will be the removal of the gray overlay from Gmail. :-)

Greetings!

Last edited Jul 12, 2023

AG 6287

Sep 30, 2023

Since you obviously know what you are doing User 4010540291948225336, is there a way to make the headings over the mailbox (Back, Archive, Spam, etc.) stand out more - be in bold or black? With your brilliant advice, I can now see the background and the new emails - faint, but readable. What I cannot see are those labels, unless I hover over them.

User 8759980744889279313

Apr 11, 2024

Old photo recovery

User 14855733083343529230

Apr 26, 2024

Hello, is everything good now?