Overview
Yellow Important Marker for Gmail - Restores Gmail's classic yellow Important chevrons.
Bring Back Yellow Chevrons restores the familiar yellow Important markers in Gmail. Prefer Gmail's classic yellow Important chevrons? This lightweight extension brings them back automatically. Gmail's Important markers may appear in a different color depending on recent interface changes. Bring Back Yellow Chevrons restores the familiar yellow/gold appearance while leaving Gmail's built-in importance functionality completely unchanged. Simple, automatic, and focused Once installed, the extension works automatically whenever you use Gmail. There are no settings to configure, no extra buttons, and no new interface to learn. When a message is marked as Important, its active importance chevron is displayed in yellow. If the message is no longer Important, the extension leaves the inactive state alone. What it does - Restores yellow/gold Gmail Important chevrons - Works automatically on Gmail - Updates dynamically as messages change - Supports Gmail's changing interface - Keeps Gmail's original Important controls and behavior - Requires no configuration - Adds no unnecessary interface elements What it does not do - It does not change which emails Gmail considers Important - It does not read or modify the contents of your emails - It does not use the Gmail API - It does not require a Google account connection beyond using Gmail normally - It does not collect analytics - It does not include advertising - It does not use tracking scripts - It does not send your information to external servers Privacy first - Bring Back Yellow Chevrons runs locally in your browser. - The extension only runs on mail.google.com because it needs access to the Gmail page to identify active Important controls and change their visual color. - No email content, personal information, browsing history, account information, or other user data is collected, stored, sold, or transmitted. - There are no analytics services, tracking pixels, advertising networks, remote scripts, or external processing services included in the extension. How to use it 1. Install Bring Back Yellow Chevrons. 2. Open Gmail. 3. If Gmail was already open during installation, refresh the Gmail tab. 4. Your active Important markers will appear yellow automatically. That's it. Designed to stay out of your way This extension has one purpose: restore the yellow Important-marker appearance. Instead of adding another toolbar, popup, settings screen, or complicated customization system, Bring Back Yellow Chevrons makes the visual change automatically and lets you continue using Gmail normally. Built by TeamW2S Bring Back Yellow Chevrons is built and maintained by teamw2s.com. Learn more about TeamW2S and our other projects at teamw2s.com. Gmail is a trademark of Google LLC. Bring Back Yellow Chevrons is an independent browser extension and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC.
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Details
- Version1.1.1
- UpdatedOctober 3, 2026
- Size7.13KiB
- LanguagesEnglish
- DeveloperWebsite
Email
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Privacy
This developer declares that your data is
- Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
- Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
- Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes