How to remove coloured initial boxes at side of email listings

[Mushroom]

The coloured boxes with initials at the side of the emails is driving me to distraction.  Keeps pulling my peripheral vision and they don't help me.  I have lots of email.  Is there any way to remove them?  If not there needs to be.

[gg30340 · Accepted solution]

This has been posted many times. If you have any further issues with the  new email try searching for the problem first as it has probably been posted about.

You can turn off the childish colouring avatars by going into the settings found by clicking on your username at the right hand side then select "Mail" then untick the box "Show avatar in message list" then click save

[Mushroom]

Thanks. I didn't know the boxes were called avatars - we live and learn.