---
title: "Simplify Gmail – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "30,000 users, rated 4.72 by 625 people. Version 3.4.13, updated 2026-11-05. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj"
---

# Simplify Gmail

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 30,000
- Rating: 4.72 from 625 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-06 05:55 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −20,000 (-40.0%)
- Rank by users: #3,205 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #1,077 of 49,294

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Make Gmail simpler, more capable, and more respectful

- Extension ID: `pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj`
- Developer: [Michael Leggett](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u80c8e504241dc39e7bcd5cd8f812cb2a)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2019-04-02
- Last updated: 2026-11-05
- Version: `3.4.13`
- Size: 9.64 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (23): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Nederlands, Türkçe, dansk, español, français, italiano, magyar, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), português (Portugal), suomi, čeština, Ελληνικά, русский, українська, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `simpl.fyi`
- Support page: `https://simpl.fyi/support`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/simplify-gmail/pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-06 | 30,000 | 4.72 | 625 |
| 2026-11-03 | 30,000 | 4.72 | 625 |
| 2026-10-27 | 50,000 | 4.72 | 625 |
| 2026-10-20 | 50,000 | 4.72 | 625 |
| 2026-10-18 | 50,000 | 4.72 | 625 |
| 2026-10-14 | 50,000 | 4.72 | 625 |
| 2026-10-08 | 50,000 | 4.50 | 626 |
| 2026-10-01 | 50,000 | 4.50 | 626 |
| 2026-09-27 | 50,000 | 4.50 | 626 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-06: New version `3.4.13`, replacing `3.4.12`.
- 2026-10-27: New version `3.4.12`, replacing `3.4.11`.
- 2026-10-20: New version `3.4.11`, replacing `3.4.10`.
- 2026-10-18: New version `3.4.10`, replacing `3.4.9`.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://*.googleusercontent.com/*`: googleusercontent.com and its subdomains
- `https://mail.google.com/*`: mail.google.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://mail.google.com/*`: mail.google.com

### Browser features

- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `contentSettings`: Change site settings, such as cookies, JavaScript and camera access
- `downloads`: Manage your downloads

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [New Tab Clock](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljpapphpgkmigobbbakmnfoohclifanm) | 10,000 | 4.37 | 188 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Simplify Docs](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kcfineimpelbhdlggeepkfgfkmfmbalp) | 523 | 5.00 | 37 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Simplify Calendar](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jgjmabgbochemhphpcnekocoflgneghn) | 234 | 3.00 | 2 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Simplify X (Twitter)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nmamhdcfoimpliccgjfchlglfhbelpmb) | 137 | 4.75 | 4 | Communication |
| [Simplify YouTube](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ffnipflbepfmdpfkmaofmcinhcfipokm) | 131 | 5.00 | 1 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Simplify Mastodon](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dgbbcmkahpogmnkpoddlgfjbogogiakp) | 81 | 5.00 | 4 | Workflow & Planning |

All 7 extensions by [Michael Leggett](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u80c8e504241dc39e7bcd5cd8f812cb2a).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-06 05:55 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Simplify Gmail” (pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj,
  title   = {Simplify Gmail (pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbmlfaiicoikhdbjagjbglnbfcbcojpj},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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