Take Gmail's labels, for example. One succinct colorful tag here and there in front of an important email's subject is great, but an All Mail view is filled with huge globs of paint pushing the Subject: to the right, into oblivion, is less great and useful.
Fortunately, it's easy to remove tags from subjects in Gmail. You can still see the tags when opening the email, after all, and find all relevant emails under their labels.
Hide Labels from Subjects in Gmail
To remove labels from Subject: lines in Gmail:
- Follow the Settings link.
- Go to the Labs category.
- Make sure Enable is selected for Remove Labels from Subjects.
- Click Save Changes.
