How do I remove the left-side window control buttons in Mailspring on Linux?

aaronmbenedict · March 5, 2026, 2:20pm

I’m running Mailspring on Pop!_OS with the COSMIC desktop environment, and I’ve noticed that my application window displays two sets of window control buttons — the macOS-style circles (close, minimize, maximize) on the left side of the title bar, as well as the standard buttons (minimize, maximize, close) on the

right side.

I only want the right-side buttons. How can I remove or disable the left-side traffic light buttons in Mailspring?

archerallstars · March 5, 2026, 9:35pm

I don’t have this issue. GNOME 49.

Master-Chase · March 10, 2026, 11:08pm

I have the same issue on Void Linux with Gnome 48. It started after an update a couple of weeks ago

archerallstars · March 15, 2026, 9:28pm

I have just noticed that both of you’re using the right-hand menu window:

I use the second option, so I don’t have this issue.

But even when I enabled the right-hand menu, I still don’t have this issue, as shown in the screenshot below:

I’m on Fedora Silverblue with GNOME 49. I install Mailspring in an openSUSE Tumbleweed container, though, as shown here:

But I don’t think it’s related to this issue.