You can preview an email through different view options before you open it. Or, you can choose to turn off the preview pane.
Turn on preview pane
- On your computer, go to Gmail
.
- At the top right, click Settings
See all settings.
- On the top, select the Inbox tab
scroll to Reading pane.
- Check the "Enable reading pane" box.
- Select your split pane mode:
- No split
- Right of inbox
- Below inbox
- At the bottom, click Save changes.
Turn off preview pane
- On your computer, go to Gmail
- At the top right, click Settings
- On the top, select the Inbox tab
- Uncheck the "Enable reading pane" box.
- At the bottom, click Save changes.