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How to Resize Gmail to Fit Screen if It Is Too Wide

Follow our easy methods to make Gmail fit your screen perfectly

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Updated onJuly 11, 2024

updated onJuly 11, 2024

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Key notes

With over 1 billion users,Gmailseems to be the email provider of choice for many. One of the reasons behind its surging popularity is its ease of use and integration with other Google products, such asGoogle Drive.

But like with any other application, users sometimes experience challenges, one of the most common being that the Gmail window is too wide, large, or small.

So if you’re having problems and wonder how can you get your Gmail screen back to its normal size, we got you covered. That’s what we’ll tackle today.

If the web browser you use, Chrome works properly and doesn’t have any errors on other pages except Gmail, make sure to check if you made any custom settings to that specific webpage.

The following user-reported issues are quite similar in nature:

For the most part, it should be very easy to adjust how your email inbox or compose page are displayed in your browser. Just adjust the window size and display zoom. Read on to see how.

Quick Tip:

If you experience such problems regularly, try opening Gmail from another browser. Opera One is a great option, with integrated anti-tracking and VPN for private and secure emailing.

The browser runs on a Chromium engine and includes all the standard features you need. Plus, it also includes unique features such as native AI, workspaces and tab islands, modular AI-ready design.

Opera One

How do I make my Gmail email fit the screen?

1. Gmail screen too wide or large

2. Gmail screen too small

Please note that you can do this using the mouse with a scroll wheel. You will need to scroll either up (to increase the Gmail window size) or down (to minimize your Gmail size).

3. Use the developer tools

You may have to make the changes every time to resize Gmail to fit screen, at least until the problem is fixed.

How do I make Gmail full-screen?

Viewing Gmail in the full screen may make it easier to read /write emails. Here is how to enable full-screen mode:

How to disable Gmail’s full screen?

In order to do so, simply tapF11again to restore Gmail’s standard screen.

These steps work inany browseras they are Gmail-specific, and you should notice changes immediately.

If you are not, log out, then log in and retry.

How to Resize Gmail to Fit Screen if It Is Too Wide#

Opera One#

How do I make my Gmail email fit the screen?#

1. Gmail screen too wide or large#

2. Gmail screen too small#

3. Use the developer tools#

How do I make Gmail full-screen?#

How to disable Gmail’s full screen?#