Gmail – Remove Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums Labels in Gmail Compose Window

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I would like to remove the labels "Social", "Promotions", "Updates", and "Forums", from the Gmail compose window.

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Best Answer

They're not labels per se, but inbox categories. They're put into your labels list as a convenience, so that moving messages into or out of a category is easier. Moving a message into or out of a category informs Gmail how to categorize similar messages in the future.

You can turn them on or off in Settings > Inbox > Categories.

Unfortunately, you can't remove them from the labels list. Probably because even though you may not be using/showing them, Gmail still uses them. (This is true even when using an alternative Inbox option, like "Priority Inbox".

All messages are automatically labeled for the first 5 categories even if you don't show the categories in your inbox.

So, short of some possible HTML/CSS trickery in your local browser, you cannot remove these categories from the labels list. At least they're sorted to the bottom.

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