Inbox When Ready for Gmail™

Protect your focus... spend less time on your email.

Inbox When Ready for Gmail™ - Edge Add-on

Inbox When Ready for Gmail™ is an Edge add-on that helps you protect your focus, spend less time on your email, and reclaim about an hour from your inbox every week. It allows you to hide your inbox by default, set an inbox budget, schedule your inbox lockout, and offers a free trial of Inbox When Ready PRO. The add-on prioritizes your privacy and does not require API access to your Gmail account.

Add-on stats

Users: 444
-22
Rating: 4.90
(19)
Version: 2.4.2 (Last updated: 2024-10-02)
Creation date: 2021-05-06
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • webRequest
Host permissions:
  • https://inboxwhenready.org/*
  • https://api.inboxwhenready.org/*
  • https://mail.google.com/*
Size: 236.66K

Other platforms

Inbox When Ready for Gmail™ (v2.5.3)
4.93 (1,987) 10,000
Not available on Android
Inbox When Ready for Gmail™ (v1.8.1)
4.97 (73) 182
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Add-on summary

Protect your focus... spend less time on your email.

This extension will help you check your inbox with reasonable frequency, batch process your email on a regular schedule and minimise the total time you spend in your inbox.

If you're a good fit, you'll reclaim about an hour from your inbox every week.

How it works

Inbox When Ready makes some changes to the Gmail interface to help you cultivate a better email workflow.

  • Hide your inbox by default Search your archives and compose new messages without getting distracted. See your inbox only when you deliberately choose to.

  • Set an inbox budget Decide how many times you want to check your inbox and how much total time you want to spend on it. Then, get visual feedback on how you're doing versus your intention.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps focus on actual work
  • Simple and effective
  • Great utility for time management
  • Realizes and reduces time wasted checking email
Cons
    Most mentioned
    • Works great
    • Useful for reducing email distractions
    User reviews
    Works great!
    by Jeremy, 2024-02-14

    good
    by Deepak, 2023-08-13

    Simple and effective.
    by Josh, 2023-07-13
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    Add-on safety

    Risk impact

    Inbox When Ready for Gmail™ requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

    Risk likelihood

    Inbox When Ready for Gmail™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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