Now that Google Meet has recently been opened up to all Gmail users, there have been a lot of complaints about the app taking up valuable space in the sidebar and occupying the space reserved for labels.

Let’s take a look at how to hide, remove, or move the Google Meet menu in the Gmail sidebar. We’ve listed some really simple ways to hide the Meet menu, but you can also use an advanced option like running a script to disable it using a Chrome extension.

Google has listened to user feedback and announced a new user setting that lets you hide the Meet menu while keeping the chat menu in the Gmail sidebar. The new option to remove the Meet menu in Gmail is available in settings. Here's what you need to do to officially hide Meet in Gmail.

Open Gmail on the web. Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the page and select “Settings.”