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Gmail Label Hider (pref-based)

Hide certain Gmail labels

How to Use

Right-click on the Greasemonkey monkey-face to access the "User Script Commands" menu. Select the "Set list of Gmail labels to hide" menu item.

At the prompt, type in the list of Gmail labels you want to hide, separated by the "|" (pipe) character.

MyLabel|AnotherLabel|Drafts|Starred|YetAnotherLabel

Sometimes the labels don't hide themselves when you open a message. I haven't yet investigated why this is happening.

v1.3: made label names case-insenstive ("drafts" and "Drafts" are the same)
v1.2: added ability to hide non-label things like Starred, Drafts, etc.
v1.1: added "Show All" and "Hide Some" toggle links
v1.0: initial release

Based on Ben Hengst's Gmail Label Hider (v0.02) and thus released under the GPL2 license.

Apr 21, 2008 X4lldux Scriptwright	I've made another Gmail2 version, also pref-based and easier to use! http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25209 It allows you to select from label-menu which labels you want to hide.

Feb 11, 2008 Eugene Schava Scriptwright	I've created my version of such script for Gmail2 which hides labels with name started with x_ at http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/22635 If you want to implement pref-based labels - please notify me

Dec 30, 2007 Robds User	Please update to Gmail 2.0...this was one of the best scripts for gmail ever!!

Nov 16, 2007 ifieatturkey User	PLEASE update for gmail 2.0! i will give you money!

Aug 29, 2007 Arthaey Angosii Script's author	@wmblewett: I've added the ability to hide things like "Starred" and "Drafts".

Aug 29, 2007 Arthaey Angosii Script's author	The reason those didn't work for you is because they're not labels, technically speaking. Only the labels that are actually in the "Labels" box can be hidden right now. That said, I'll see about hiding the core "folders," too.

Aug 28, 2007 wmblewett Scriptwright	did not work for me using labels "starred\|chat\|drafts\|spam" What would be the proper format for this?