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Direct links to Gmail emails

Copy this script line, and add it to a bookmark as the URL paramenter:

javascript:(async function(){try{messageId=document.querySelector('div[data-legacy-message-id]').getAttribute('data-legacy-message-id');user=location.pathname.match(/\/u\/(\d)/)[1];await navigator.clipboard.writeText('https://mail.google.com/mail/u/'+user+'/#all/'+messageId)}catch(e){console.error(e)}})()

Open any email, click the bookmark, and the direct link is copied to your clipboard.

sbhal commented Apr 3, 2024

Replace #inbox with #all to be able to open email later even if you archive it.

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alangrainger commented Apr 4, 2024

Replace #inbox with #all to be able to open email later even if you archive it.

Updated, thanks for that @sbhal !

TheGrandJaggard commented Oct 17, 2024

@alangrainger I have the same need that @PrecisEngineering mentioned:

It works great for self reference, however if I want to tell a team member "check out this email thread and continue the conversation there " I cannot seem to make it work.

Do you know if this would be possible?

sstangle73 commented Jan 2, 2025 •

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This is helpful! Any way to extract the full email and replace the u/1, u/2, etc. with the actual email? Trying to save links to emails in my notes app, but the u number is different on different computers.

Edit, looks like this fork may do it: https://gist.github.com/daniel-barrows/93864da22cc017723a344b684f38fbb5