With Gmail add-ons for the Chrome browser, you can customise standard Gmail features to your liking. Ad­di­tion­al features of Gmail ex­ten­sions let you optimise the per­form­ance and func­tion­al­ity of your mailbox. Below, we present the most practical add-ons.

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What are Gmail ex­ten­sions?

It’s likely you’ve en­countered ‘ex­ten­sions’ online before. But what is an add-on exactly? Add-ons are ex­ten­sions that are specially developed for programs to optimise func­tion­al­ity and layout. In everyday life, add-ons are mainly used in con­nec­tion with browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Many add-ons are available as free ex­ten­sions, while others require a fee. Apart from anti-tracking and ad-blocker add-ons, Gmail add-ons are among the most popular Chrome ex­ten­sions because they allow home users and busi­nesses to adjust the features of their Gmail inbox.

How to add a Gmail extension to Chrome?

If you’ve never used an add-on before, fear not! In­stalling add-ons is easy as 1-2-3 and can be done in just a few clicks.

Step 1: Launch the Chrome Web Store in the Chrome browser. You can view all available Chrome add-ons here, including Gmail ex­ten­sions.

Image: To select a Gmail add-ons, head to the Chrome Web Store
Select the Chrome Web Store to search for Gmail add-ons.

Step 2: Pick a desired Gmail add-on, click on the cor­res­pond­ing extension and then on ‘Add to Chrome’ to the right.

Image: Click ‘Add to Chrome’ to the right of the selected add-on
To install the add-on, click ‘Add to Chrome’ to the right of the selected extension.

Step 3: Confirm your selection by clicking on ‘Add extension’.

Image: Confirm your selection by clicking on ‘Add extension’
Confirm the in­stall­a­tion by going to ‘Add extension’.

Step 4: Depending on your chosen Gmail extension you may need to restart the browser. Al­tern­at­ively, you may be able to continue browsing as normal after in­stall­a­tion.

Step 5: If you want to view your add-ons, click on the three dots at the top right (‘Customise and manage Google Chrome’) > ‘Settings’ and then ‘Ex­ten­sions’ to the left. You’ll be able to view the list of your current add-ons here.

Tip

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Useful Gmail add-ons in Chrome

The following Gmail ex­ten­sions are useful for private or pro­fes­sion­al use to customise and optimise your Gmail inbox just the way you want.

Boomerang

Functions:

  • Provides time-shifted, automated sending of emails.
  • Messages to col­leagues, clients or friends are not sent im­me­di­ately, but at a specified time, fa­cil­it­at­ing forward task planning
  • Handy for sending group/mass emails
  • Sends reminders of un­answered mails and archives received emails
  • Offers various templates, AI-assisted writing, and read receipts

Useful for:

  • Customer service op­er­a­tions to provide customers with quality and timely messages
  • For HR man­age­ment to send and schedule re­cruit­ing emails on time
  • Forward-thinking users who may need to schedule their emails
Image: Boomerang offers scheduled emails, reminders, and AI-assisted writing
Boomerang add-on provides reminders, time-shifted sending, and AI-assisted mail writing.

Mailtrack

Functions:

  • Script-based tracking of all email activ­it­ies
  • Read/open receipt for sent emails
  • Real-time no­ti­fic­a­tions if an email was read
  • Analysis of email activ­it­ies in clear dashboard

Useful for:

  • Users sharing news­let­ters
  • HR managers mon­it­or­ing re­cruit­ing activ­it­ies
  • Boards of directors and B2B marketers
Image: Mailtrack provides read receipt and tracks activity of sent emails
Mailtrack add-on tracks the activity of your sent emails and sends read receipts when your emails are opened.

Inbox When Ready

Functions:

  • Locks the Gmail inbox for a specified period of time until existing mails are processed
  • Hides inbox after specified period of time
  • Inbox remains active, but doesn’t alert user with inbox no­ti­fic­a­tions
  • Limits the number or duration of inbox visits if desired

Useful for:

  • Users with high mail volume
  • Users who prefer to work through emails in a dis­cip­lined manner within fixed time frames without being dis­trac­ted by no­ti­fic­a­tions
Image: Inbox When Ready locks and blocks the inbox until all previous mails are processed
Inbox When Ready is ideal for all the unfocused – the add-on locks the inbox until all existing mails are processed.

Simplify Gmail

Functions:

  • Provides a clean, sim­pli­fied Gmail layout and interface
  • At­tract­ive, min­im­al­ist design that high­lights the most important screen elements in the inbox

Useful for:

  • Users who want to focus on the es­sen­tials of email without getting dis­trac­ted or losing track of what’s going on
Image: Simplify Gmail reduces Gmail functions to the essentials
Simplify Gmail reduces Gmail functions to the es­sen­tials with an appealing design.

Simple Gmail Notes

Functions:

  • Provides note and comment functions to annotate emails
  • Optimises inbox clarity and shortens reac­quaint­ance with current or past con­ver­sa­tions

Useful for:

  • Customer service, marketing, or op­er­a­tions staff
  • Users who com­mu­nic­ate in­tens­ively with many people and need to swap between topics or dis­cus­sions quickly
Image: Simple Gmail Notes allows to add short comments to emails for better orientation
The Simple Gmail Notes add-on offers a note function that lets you add clear notes to mails.

WiseStamp

Functions:

  • Cus­tom­ised and per­son­al­ised email sig­na­tures
  • Add photos, comments, notes, contact in­form­a­tion, social media profiles, and more to personal or business email sig­na­tures.

Useful for:

  • Corporate/business emails
  • Re­cruit­ing, ap­plic­a­tion, marketing, and sales
  • Suitable for creatives who want to draw attention to current or past projects and platforms as part of their email signature
Image: WiseStamp creates individualised, personalised email signatures with photo, texts, and other personal details
The WiseStamp add-on lets you create in­di­vidu­al­ised email sig­na­tures with in­teg­rated photos, contact in­form­a­tion, and comments.

Trocker

Functions:

  • Marks and blocks mail trackers in incoming messages.
  • Alerts of hidden tracking pixels in emails.

Useful for:

  • Users who value privacy and do not want to be tracked and monitored by hidden mail trackers
Image: Trocker blocks trackers that track and analyse email activities in a Gmail account
Trocker marks and blocks trackers that track and evaluate your email activ­it­ies such as opening mails in your Gmail account.

FollowUp.cc

Functions:

  • Users can set a time period after which a reminder is sent for mails that have been sent but are still un­answered.
  • Follow-up functions enable keeping an eye on out­stand­ing replies even when high volumes of emails are sent, so that users can follow up again.

Useful for:

  • Marketing and sales staff
  • B2B customer ac­quis­i­tion
  • Customer service and ac­count­ing
Image: FollowUp.cc offers automated reminder functions for important, unanswered mails
The FollowUp.cc add-on provides scheduled no­ti­fic­a­tions that remind you of important customer emails that are still un­answered.

Streak CRM

Functions:

  • Combines Gmail with practical CRM ex­ten­sions
  • Filter function for customer in­form­a­tion and automated overview
  • Pipelin­ing of business processes
  • Creation of sub­folders (e.g. for business deals, sales, or present­a­tions)
  • Time-con­trolled sending of mails
  • An al­tern­at­ive CRM system for small busi­nesses
  • Per­son­al­ised summary of mail traffic

Useful for:

  • Customer service and customer man­age­ment
  • Marketing, sales, and dis­tri­bu­tion
  • Start-ups and freel­an­cers
Image: Streak CRM provides integrated Gmail capabilities for sales, customer mail, tracking, and pipelining
Streak CRM add-on combines Gmail with CRM cap­ab­il­it­ies for automated customer email response, sales, pipelin­ing, and tracking.
Tip

Note that there’s a dif­fer­ence between browser add-ons from the Chrome Web Store and add-ons from the Google Workspace Mar­ket­place. The Mar­ket­place also offers Gmail add-ons that can be installed for backend apps. Use Google Workspace by Google Cloud at a rate to suit your needs with IONOS – for a pro­fes­sion­al ap­pear­ance across all Google apps.

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