Trimless for Google Mail™

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Live on Store

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Automatically shows trimmed content in Google Mail™.

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Expands trimmed parts, removes "Show trimmed content" buttons, sets trimmed text's color to light gray and indents it to the right. Restores clipped messages as well. You can switch it on and off by simply clicking the scissors icon in the address bar. The color and the size of indentation are fully customizable.

Tinker with the source code on GitHub: https://github.com/alecmev/trimless-gmail

Latest reviews

Raf Vantongerloo 2025-09-30: Doesn't work as expected. No support.
Annie Allen 2025-03-19: As someone who receives a lot of music venue schedule emails that are ALWAYS clipped, I really appreciated this extension and am super disappointed it's no longer supported. Really hope that I'm able to use this again one day!
Wayne Nelson 2024-10-24: Removes the annoyance of discovering Google's message clipped notice at the bottom of an email message. Hey Google, put that notice at the top of the email so that the reader knows immediately that the email has been truncated.
David Sarokin 2024-08-17: Perfect little extension in August 2024...completely unobtrusive and gmails are no longer clipped :-)
Matthew Leonard 2024-03-13: Installed this extension, reopened Gmail in a new Chrome tab, and now Gmail messages are no longer clipped.
Ammie 2023-11-26: Works great as of November 2023. No more clipped messages.
Kalle Anka 2022-10-18: This both expands replies and "[Message clipped]". It would be nice to have an option to only automatically expand "[Message clipped]" but not replies.
Kalle Anka 2022-10-18: This both expands replies and "[Message clipped]". It would be nice to have an option to only automatically expand "[Message clipped]" but not replies.
Tristan Ledlie 2022-09-06: It does what it says, with only the permissions it needs. You do need to go into the extension settings and disable indenting and color override for trimmed content in order for it to look "normal."
Tristan Ledlie 2022-09-06: It does what it says, with only the permissions it needs. You do need to go into the extension settings and disable indenting and color override for trimmed content in order for it to look "normal."
Phil Sowers 2022-04-13: Doesn't seem to be working 100% in 2022, but when it does it's great. The only downsides are it doesn't always expand the messages, and i think it expands conversation threads automatically as well which could be an issue for some people.
Phil Sowers 2022-04-13: Doesn't seem to be working 100% in 2022, but when it does it's great. The only downsides are it doesn't always expand the messages, and i think it expands conversation threads automatically as well which could be an issue for some people.
Mark Palmos 2022-04-08: Does not work at all. I enter R to reply or Shift-R to reply as a pop-out, and the trimmed content is still trimmed.... so this addon does not do it's job.
Mark Palmos 2022-04-08: Does not work at all. I enter R to reply or Shift-R to reply as a pop-out, and the trimmed content is still trimmed.... so this addon does not do it's job.
Memz 2021-12-22: It only automatically presses the "Untrim content" button from the email. It doesn't hide all of the content which makes it hard to use.
Memz 2021-12-22: It only automatically presses the "Untrim content" button from the email. It doesn't hide all of the content which makes it hard to use.
PintSizedPurple 2021-03-15: still works, this should be a default in chrome.
PintSizedPurple 2021-03-15: still works, this should be a default in chrome.
Alex 2021-01-15: Just what I need.
Alex 2021-01-15: Just what I need.
Zachary S 2020-11-15: Amazing. It has fixed a MASSIVE FLAW in gmail that drives me crazy. My question: is there a way to apply on mobile versions of gmail (iOS and Android)? I detest the limit in those apps.
Zachary S 2020-11-15: Amazing. It has fixed a MASSIVE FLAW in gmail that drives me crazy. My question: is there a way to apply on mobile versions of gmail (iOS and Android)? I detest the limit in those apps.
John Bray 2020-09-27: Just works, and stops Google's idiotic behaviour
John Bray 2020-09-27: Just works, and stops Google's idiotic behaviour
Avi Schwartz 2020-02-05: Sometimes it works but recently it fails more than it works. When it fails the email is completely truncated and I have to turn it off to be able to see the email.
Avi Schwartz 2020-02-05: Sometimes it works but recently it fails more than it works. When it fails the email is completely truncated and I have to turn it off to be able to see the email.
Paddy Landau 2019-12-01: The best thing about this extension is that it eliminates the irritating message, "[Message clipped] View entire message". The worst thing about the extension is that it also expands the entirety of an attached thread. Fortunately, you can just click the scissors at the top to turn the extension on or off immediately. I leave it off, and double-click it (so on and then immediately off) only when I see "View entire message" on the email. If the dev could put in an option to selectively turn on "untrimming" only for Gmail's clipping, and not for the collapsed thread, this extension would be perfect! (Now, if only we could have a similar function for Android's Gmail app :) )
Paddy Landau 2019-12-01: The best thing about this extension is that it eliminates the irritating message, "[Message clipped] View entire message". The worst thing about the extension is that it also expands the entirety of an attached thread. Fortunately, you can just click the scissors at the top to turn the extension on or off immediately. I leave it off, and double-click it (so on and then immediately off) only when I see "View entire message" on the email. If the dev could put in an option to selectively turn on "untrimming" only for Gmail's clipping, and not for the collapsed thread, this extension would be perfect! (Now, if only we could have a similar function for Android's Gmail app :) )
Lee Casalena 2019-11-16: Thank you for making this.
Lee Casalena 2019-11-16: Thank you for making this.
Daniele Rizzo 2019-10-24: Ottimo! Proprio quello che mi serviva!
Sheldon Sachs 2019-06-14: Stopped working again in chrome. Error message is: { "applications": { "gecko": { "id": "[email protected]" } }, "background": { "persistent": false, "scripts": [ "vendor/tinycolor-1.4.1.min.js", "background.js" ] }, "content_scripts": [ { "js": [ "vendor/jquery-3.3.1.min.js", "contentScript.js" ], "matches": [ "https://mail.google.com/mail/*" ], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "description": "Automatically shows trimmed content in Google Mail™.", "icons": { "128": "images/icon-128.png", "16": "images/icon-16.png", "48": "images/icon-48.png" }, "key": "MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCq2+Jg/3mM/9KELc+n31TgvoSp1eTiLcOtgKMGqf9PQsPKcKBN6EFib8ZN8wQuvtdOiFdxuooiR+17yMsWUU/wxp8pu2tyyb611MirNFQTd5jdw6GjEz+nFPvJ9ik4Vs1Xnxi9sohd4Eo5hIiThfQWu9DffUXlS7WYSesURa70oQIDAQAB", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Trimless for Google Mail™", "options_ui": { "chrome_style": true, "page": "options.html" }, "page_action": { "default_icon": { "19": "images/icon-action-19.png", "38": "images/icon-action-38.png" }, "default_title": "Trimless" }, "permissions": [ "storage" ], "short_name": "Trimless Gmail", "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "version": "1.11.1" }
Sheldon Sachs 2019-06-14: Stopped working again in chrome. Error message is: { "applications": { "gecko": { "id": "[email protected]" } }, "background": { "persistent": false, "scripts": [ "vendor/tinycolor-1.4.1.min.js", "background.js" ] }, "content_scripts": [ { "js": [ "vendor/jquery-3.3.1.min.js", "contentScript.js" ], "matches": [ "https://mail.google.com/mail/*" ], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "description": "Automatically shows trimmed content in Google Mail™.", "icons": { "128": "images/icon-128.png", "16": "images/icon-16.png", "48": "images/icon-48.png" }, "key": "MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCq2+Jg/3mM/9KELc+n31TgvoSp1eTiLcOtgKMGqf9PQsPKcKBN6EFib8ZN8wQuvtdOiFdxuooiR+17yMsWUU/wxp8pu2tyyb611MirNFQTd5jdw6GjEz+nFPvJ9ik4Vs1Xnxi9sohd4Eo5hIiThfQWu9DffUXlS7WYSesURa70oQIDAQAB", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Trimless for Google Mail™", "options_ui": { "chrome_style": true, "page": "options.html" }, "page_action": { "default_icon": { "19": "images/icon-action-19.png", "38": "images/icon-action-38.png" }, "default_title": "Trimless" }, "permissions": [ "storage" ], "short_name": "Trimless Gmail", "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "version": "1.11.1" }
Brian Mahoney 2019-05-28: Awesome. I've used Outlook for years and it had bugged me after switching over to Gmail that I couldn't automatically see the trimmed content when I popped out a reply window. Very nice fix. Thanks, Oleg!
Brian Mahoney 2019-05-28: Awesome. I've used Outlook for years and it had bugged me after switching over to Gmail that I couldn't automatically see the trimmed content when I popped out a reply window. Very nice fix. Thanks, Oleg!
Robert Butera 2019-03-18: I'm using latest version (1.10.4) and it does not work anymore.
Robert Butera 2019-03-18: I'm using latest version (1.10.4) and it does not work anymore.
Anonymous 2019-03-16: Stopped working. Now continously getting the "message clipped" message at the end of many e-mails. Used to work well.
Anonymous 2019-03-16: Stopped working. Now continously getting the "message clipped" message at the end of many e-mails. Used to work well.
Don Lekei 2019-03-16: This is an essential app (although it shouldn't be -- gmail should have an option). It took a while to realize that it isn't that it fails to work, it just doesn't work first time with the new forced interface on Gmail. If a message is clipped the first time then refresh the page to see the whole message. Message clipping cost me $100s because of lost coupons and deals. I do concierge shopping and I am an avid Air Miles collector. Retailers almost always put the coupons at the end of the email and Gmail's cost me a lot on Black Friday and Boxing weeks. I thought to take a star off for the refresh-needed bug but there are enough negative reviews from people who haven't figured it out to average it down by a fraction of a star.
Don Lekei 2019-03-16: This is an essential app (although it shouldn't be -- gmail should have an option). It took a while to realize that it isn't that it fails to work, it just doesn't work first time with the new forced interface on Gmail. If a message is clipped the first time then refresh the page to see the whole message. Message clipping cost me $100s because of lost coupons and deals. I do concierge shopping and I am an avid Air Miles collector. Retailers almost always put the coupons at the end of the email and Gmail's cost me a lot on Black Friday and Boxing weeks. I thought to take a star off for the refresh-needed bug but there are enough negative reviews from people who haven't figured it out to average it down by a fraction of a star.
Anonymous 2019-02-19: It does not working in my latest version of GMail. :(
Anonymous 2019-02-19: It does not working in my latest version of GMail. :(
Sandré de Paula 2019-02-11: Works great! thanks a lot! no more trimmed gmail messages!!!!!!
Sandré de Paula 2019-02-11: Works great! thanks a lot! no more trimmed gmail messages!!!!!!
Stefan Schueler 2018-12-19: The intention to overwrite Google's somewhat arbitrary limit of 102KB and show complete messages is good. However, it also overwrites intentional clipping in threaded view. While I always want to see the whole message, I am not interested in seeing the quoted content from earlier messages in the thread. What Google considers quoted is unfortunately not always what you would expect. I would like to encourage the developers of this extension to put a bit more thought into the different clipping mechanisms and ideally make it user configurable what behavior the extension is influencing how.
Mike Røntved 2018-10-24: Worked perfectly until they refreshed gmail, which is over half a year ago, no update received to fix the issue.
Mike Røntved 2018-10-24: Worked perfectly until they refreshed gmail, which is over half a year ago, no update received to fix the issue.
Amelia Nestler 2018-09-22: I loved this extension, and can't figure out why gmail doesn't offer it as an option. I get multiple emails per week like this, and it is so annoying to get to the bottom, have to click 'view entire message', and then find your place again! Unfortunately, it stopped working with the latest update. ): It looks like this may have been abandoned by the developer, too. I'm switching to classic as long as I can so I can keep this feature.
Amelia Nestler 2018-09-22: I loved this extension, and can't figure out why gmail doesn't offer it as an option. I get multiple emails per week like this, and it is so annoying to get to the bottom, have to click 'view entire message', and then find your place again! Unfortunately, it stopped working with the latest update. ): It looks like this may have been abandoned by the developer, too. I'm switching to classic as long as I can so I can keep this feature.

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