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.

"Basic HTML view will be supported until early January 2024. Until then, your organization can still use the current basic HTML view," Google shared in email notifications to Google Workspace admins.

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 ...

Google updated a Gmail support article to say that the basic HTML view for Gmail will be discontinued in January 2024.

The Basic HTML function was helpful for people dealing with a slow internet connection but wanted to read their email.

After the beginning of the year, Gmail will automatically change to its Standard view. Some visually impaired users prefer the Basic view.