I’ve nothing towards Google’s Meet videoconferencing platform — in actual fact, I’ve used it a number of instances — however I can’t assist being aggravated when the function is pushed at me through different apps. Specifically, Gmail. Meet first appeared on the desktop Gmail app within the spring of 2020, nevertheless it didn’t take up a lot house and was moderately simple to disregard (or take away out of your display, for those who so wished).

A couple of months later, nonetheless, Meet made its manner onto the cellular Gmail app through two tabs on the backside of the display: one labeled “Mail” and one labeled “Meet.” The downside right here isn’t solely that you simply’re being pushed to make use of a specific videoconferencing app whereas all you wish to do is examine your e mail, nevertheless it additionally takes up house, increasing the underside margin of the app and supplying you with roughly three fewer traces to work with.

If you propose to make use of Meet frequently, you might not thoughts. But for those who don’t and also you wish to eliminate the surplus tabs, right here’s the way you do it. These directions apply to the Gmail app on each Android and iOS.

• Select the three-line “hamburger” icon within the higher left nook, scroll down, and faucet on “Settings.”
• Select the Gmail account you wish to change.
• Scroll right down to the “Meet” class and uncheck “Show the Meet tab for video calling.”

And that’s it! You’ve reclaimed some house in your Gmail app and might now use Zoom or no matter videoconferencing app you favor with out having to be always reminded of Meet.

Update July twenty eighth, 2021, 1:50PM ET: This article was initially revealed on August eleventh, 2020. The introductory textual content has been tweaked, and a screenshot has been changed to replicate a change in Gmail’s interface.