display:none
CSS property · 19 supported, 2 partial, 0 unsupported across 21 clients
display:none is safe in 19 of 21 email clients as of Sep 2, 2026, the holdouts are Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.
- 7/7 webmail, 4/6 desktop, 8/8 mobile clients support display:none fully.
- Partial in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, behavior differs from browsers, test before relying on it.
- Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support display:none, and its replacement changes little here; see the deprecation diff.
- Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.
Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream Feb 28, 2019, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.
Client Support
| Client | Category | Engine | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gmail | webmail | Gmail Web | Supported |
| Gmail Android | mobile | Gmail Mobile | Supported |
| Gmail iOS | mobile | Gmail Mobile | Supported |
| Outlook 365 | webmail | Outlook Web | Supported |
| Outlook (New) | desktop | Outlook Web | PartialSee caveat 1 |
| Outlook Classic | desktop | Microsoft Word | PartialSee caveat 1 |
| Outlook iOS | mobile | Outlook Mobile | Supported |
| Outlook Android | mobile | Outlook Mobile | Supported |
| Outlook for Mac | desktop | WebKit | Supported |
| Apple Mail | desktop | WebKit | Supported |
| Apple Mail iOS | mobile | WebKit | Supported |
| Yahoo Mail | webmail | Yahoo | Supported |
| Yahoo Mail Android | mobile | Yahoo | Supported |
| Yahoo Mail iOS | mobile | Yahoo | Supported |
| Samsung Mail | mobile | Samsung | Supported |
| Thunderbird | desktop | Gecko | Supported |
| HEY Mail | webmail | WebKit | Supported |
| Proton Mail | webmail | Proton | Supported |
| AOL Mail | webmail | AOL | Supported |
| Fastmail | webmail | Fastmail | Supported |
| Superhuman | desktop | Blink | Supported |
Documented caveats (1)
- 1.Outlook (New), Outlook Classic: Partial. Does not inherit onto nested
<table>elements. Partial. Does not work when applied directly to an<img>element.
Caveats recorded by caniemail.com (MIT) and carried verbatim, one entry per wording rather than per client.
Client-by-client behaviour for display:none
Fully supports display:none (19): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman.
Partial support (2): Outlook (New), Outlook Classic. Expect rendering quirks unique to each engine. Partial support typically means a subset of values, an ignored shorthand, or sanitizer-specific rewrites.
Fixes & Workarounds
Outlook (New)
Partial"display:none" is not supported in this email client.
Outlook Classic
Partial"display:none" is not supported in this email client.
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Last tested upstream: · Last synced by Emailens:
caniemail.com (MIT) records Feb 28, 2019 as the last time display:none was tested in a real client, 7 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.12.2.