How to Use the Right-Side Panel in Gmail

Show or hide text in the main menu on the left.

Show or hide the right-side panel, which grants quick access to Calendar, Keep, Tasks and Contacts.

Get the interface to show things closer or further apart.

Split your screen so that you can read emails without taking up your whole screen.

Style your Gmail by changing the background.

Choose if you want basic email actions such as deleting or marking spam as icons or just text in the Gmail interface.

Enable or disable the ability to archive, delete, mark as read, or snooze an email while hovering over it.

Show or hide the Send & Archive button when replying.

Specify how many emails a single page should display.

Show a small preview of emails next to their subject in the inbox.

Specify how long you need to read an email for it to be marked as read automatically.

Display an icon on the Gmail browser tab, so you know when you have unread emails.

See old emails at the top of your inbox with a suggestion to reply or follow up if you forgot.

Add indicators that show if you’re the only recipient of an email or if there are others.