How to Switch to Gmail Basic's Simple HTML View

Switch to Gmail Basic HTML View

To open Gmail in a simple HTML view (similar to previous versions of Gmail) that should work in most any browser:

1. Open https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h in your browser.
   
2. If prompted: Type your Gmail address over Enter your email under Sign in to continue to Gmail.
   
3. Select Next.
   
4. Now enter your Gmail password over Password.
   
5. Select Sign in.
   
6. With 2-step authentication enabled:
   
   • Obtain a sign-in code via app, SMS, phone call, etc.
   • Type (or paste) the code over Enter the 6-digit code under Enter a verification code.
   • Select Done.
7. Select I’d like to use HTML Gmail under Do you really want to use HTML Gmail? You may have to go to https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h again if Gmail opened the standard interface automatically.
   

Switch to Full Gmail Standard View

To attempt opening Gmail's standard and fully featured interface from Gmail Basic HTML (for instance, if you opened the HTML view because of a temporarily slow Internet connection), follow the standard link under Gmail view in your Gmail inbox’s footer area.

Force Full Gmail Standard View in Your Browser

To have Gmail load using the standard view even if your browser or connection would have it load in Basic HTML view automatically instead, open http://mail.google.com/mail?nocheckbrowser in your browser.

Depending on your browser, certain features may not work in Gmail standard view if you force its loading, or the Gmail interface or individual emails may not display correctly.

Features Not Available in Gmail Basic HTML

As fast and potently convenient Gmail Basic HTML may be, it is not without drawbacks, of course; certain actions are less responsive—a new page has to load in the browser, after all—and certain Gmail features are not available at all in Basic HTML view.

Specifically, Gmail Basic HTML does not include:

• Gmail keyboard shortcuts.
• Custom sending addresses.
• HTML formatting in emails you send.
• A spelling checker independent of the browser.
• Access to Gmail tasks and Google Talk chat. 

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