Delete Key for Gmail™ chrome extension

Version: 1.5
Delete Key for Gmail™
Delete a single email in Gmail™ with a customizable user shortcut (default is Shift + 5).
4.29 Based on 7 user rates

What is Delete Key for Gmail™?

Delete Key for Gmail™ is a productivity chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 1,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.29 from 7 rated user, last update is 796 days ago.


What’s new in version 1.5?

                -= Description =-

Google's Gmail™ has allowed a keyboard shortcut to delete entire message threads (#) for a long time, but it has never made it possible to use a keyboard shortcut to delete individual emails in threads.

Until now.

Enter Delete Key for Gmail™. Press Shift + 5 (% symbol), and voila - only the current individual message is deleted. It performs the same action as clicking the menu button on a message and selecting "Delete this message."

The best part is you can change this shortcut to anything you want from the extension's Options page.


Gmail is a trademark of Google LLC. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. This extension and its developers are in no way associated with Google LLC.

-= Changelog =-

1.5
  - Shortcuts no longer conflict with Gmail's own keyboard shortcuts.
  - Updated to Manifest V3
  - Settings panel now uses Bootstrap (mostly because Manifest V3 removed chrome_style)

1.4
  - Fixed bugs related to the latest Gmail code changes.

1.3:
  - Fixed bug where keyboard shortcuts could be activated while typing in some fields.

1.2:
  - Added support for a secondary shortcut.

1.1:
  - Fixed bug where delete action would fire if the user was typing in a text field.

1.0:
  - Initial release.            

How to install Delete Key for Gmail™?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.


Preview of Delete Key for Gmail™


Technical Features:

  • Latest Version: 1.5
  • Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
  • License: Free
  • Latest update: Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
  • Author: Artem Russakovskii

Delete Key for Gmail™ Available languages:

English (United States).


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Reviews of delete key for gmail™:


Michal Wlosik September 27th, 2022
Michal Wlosik

Works as expected. Thanks so much!


David Ptak March 26th, 2021
David Ptak

The app worked perfectly for me! Thank you SO much! If you're reading this, you likely have already figured out that deleting full conversations (as Gmail does by default), often ends up deleting emails you later realize you wished you kept (i.e. your original sent item, for example). This simple extension makes it easy to delete just a single email in the conversation (using a keyboard shortcut, rather than mousing around to do it). Note (as a previous reviewer pointed out) that the extension only works when actively looking at a specific email (not the full inbox list), but that usage model was perfect for me.


Yong Hui, Ronny Tan April 9th, 2020
Yong Hui, Ronny Tan

The Delete button works only after an email has been opened up from the inbox. It doesn't work if I were to select the email while in the inbox page (by putting a tick into its checkbox). Can the extension be improved to allow deletion directly in the Inbox?

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