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Pause Gmail by cloudHQ

by cloudHQ

v1.2.33 Updated Nov 29, 2025 679KiB
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4K
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★ 4.29
35 reviews
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Description

Do you need time to concentrate and be productive? Are incoming emails a constant distraction for you? This free app is all about how to pause emails in Gmail's inbox (and notifications too!). Pause Gmail by cloudHQ temporarily pauses new email from coming into your inbox until you’re ready for it, keeping distractions at bay, and keeping you at the top of your game. Studies show that checking email only a few times a day reduces stress and boosts your work productivity. ✓ Remove interruptions so you can finish important projects ✓ Block off times for deep focus work ✓ Reclaim hours of lost productivity cloudHQ. Helping your productivity, 1 click at a time. Website: https://www.pause-gmail.com/ Support page: https://support.cloudhq.net/category/browser-extensions/pause-gmail-inbox/ Blog: https://blog.cloudhq.net cloudHQ is trademark of CloudHQ LLC. https://www.cloudhq.net/trademark
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Reviews (8 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2020-11-03
Al Okyne

Did anyone get this to work? It literally doesn't pause any emails. I have it on "Pause" and I sit and watch the emails all come in.

★☆☆☆☆2019-12-31
Marcus D

I just spent an hour trying to figure out why I was no longer getting notifications. This extension adds a block on Gmail notifications even when the "pause" time is up. So get this awesome extension and press "pause", then the notifications will be blocked FOREVER. Brilliant.

★★☆☆☆2020-09-05
Rahmi Ozcan

It's not working all of a sudden. I'm still receiving emails while pausing the inbox.

★★☆☆☆2020-03-04
Brian LoBue

Used to work great, but stopped working over the last week. Emails still coming in despite Pause being active.

★★☆☆☆2019-12-10
Max Auger

Great in theory, but it does not prevent emails from hitting my inbox. It says the inbox is paused, but I'll get an email and it will override/ignore the pause.

★★★☆☆2024-08-06
Raman S

It does prevent new messages from showing up in the feed, but it doesn't prevent the red notification circle and a new email counter from showing up. Which should be the whole point of this app. To be improved.

★★★☆☆2020-04-03
Roxanne Steele

Would love an "Until I Unpause" or "TFN" option in addition to the timed pauses, especially for the weekends :)

★★★☆☆2020-04-01
Tim Heymans

The Pause-button is slightly too close to the Compose-button to be comfortable & pleasing to the eye... :d (Details... But still!) Boomerang does this part better. Haven't tried Inbox when ready and Do Not Disturb for Gmail yet. A necessary function in your today's inbox, but it is offered by other extensions too.

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Details

Version 1.2.33
Updated Nov 29, 2025
Size 679KiB
First Seen Mar 31, 2026

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