Remove extra space to the right in Gmail

Question

I have extra white space to the right on Gmail when I use the vertical split. It's where the "people" widget used to be, but I don't want the widget nor the space. I just want the email to use up all the space.

How can I remove this?

Answer 1

It's because a div inside that td (<td class="Bu">) has a fixed width of 202px, so probably the best solution would be some script that sets the element's width to 0 or display: none.

Also note that the respective space is the default ads space, so I doubt you will be able to remove it with standard settings. It is present whether you enable or disable the People Widget.

Answer 2

Old question, but as this came up first when googling this issue with no other solution in sight, I figured it was ok to add to the discussion.

Using the StyleBox extension in Google Chrome, one could add this css to the page (after disabling the people pane in the gmail settings) and reclaim the space:

td.Bu div.nH.adC {
    width: 0;
}