How to Change Theme in Gmail

November 19, 2008 by Reah Guevarra · 3 Comments
Filed under: Gmail

I was just chatting with my friend an hour ago in Gmail when I noticed the borders turned to a darker shade of blue, and the edges got sleeker. I immediately asked my friend if he noticed any difference with his Gmail, and he said no. I told him what I saw and won’t believe me, so I sent him a screenshot.

This is what I saw on the first minutes:

This is what Gmail looks like before:

This is what Gmail is now, after the new theme was completely rolled out.

How to Change Different Themes in Gmail

But in fact, the new design is only one of the themes in the Theme Lab, the new feature that Gmail just unrolled about a couple of hours ago. If you are excited to use this new feature, here’s how.

Log in to your Gmail Account.
Click the Settings link at the upper right corner of the Gmail page.
Once you are in the Settings page, you will be facing the General account information tab. After General, the rest of the tabs are Accounts, Labels, Filters, … , and Themes. Click the Themes tab.
On the Themes tab, you have 23 themes to choose from. If you miss the old Gmail theme, just choose Classic. But you have an option to choose your own colors too!

Here are some of the themes.

Desk Theme

Gmail Desk Theme

Graffiti Theme

Gmail Graffiti Theme

Dusk Theme

Gmail Dusk Theme

This is not the first time I was there when the new design unfold in front of me. I remembered experiencing it as well in Google Analytics before, just a month ago I think. It’s cool to see it changed in front of you, though it last only a few seconds to switch.