Joe Maring / Android Authority
2025 has been a shockingly great year for the Gmail Android app. Between a big Material 3 Expressive redesign, a new tool for easily unsubscribing from subscription emails, and a helpful way to track your online orders and deliveries, Gmail is in a better place today than it’s been in years.
It’s because of all these updates that I recently switched back to the Gmail Android app after using a third-party email client for most of this year. And while I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time back with this new version of Gmail, I only really started to love the app after I made one crucial change.
I’m talking about that annoying, good-for-nothing Meet tab, and how I got rid of it.
Do you like the Meet/Chat tabs in the Gmail app? 28 votes Yes 11 % No 89 %
How to remove Gmail’s Meet (and Chat) tabs
Joe Maring / Android Authority
When I first switched back to the Gmail app, there was a lot I quite liked. The new subscriptions tab mentioned above is great, the various Material 3 Expressive animations look incredible, and Gemini integration has actually been pretty helpful at times.
However, there was one aspect of the Gmail app I absolutely couldn’t stand: the Meet tab. At the bottom of the Gmail app were two tabs, one for my inbox and another that acted as a shortcut to Google Meet.
If you regularly have a lot of Meet calls, I’m sure having quick access to Google’s video calling in the Gmail app is helpful. But as someone who almost never uses Google Meet — and especially not on my phone — that tab in the Gmail app was completely useless and nothing but wasted space.
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