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RoundCube: How to install Larry and remove preview panel?


/ March 20, 2026

If you downloaded RoundCube webmail you may have noticed that the newest theme called “Elastic” now forces you to see e-mail previews and no way to turn this off, unlike the Classic and Larry both allowed you to turn this off by going into the settings > Preference > Mailbox View > List (no mailbox preview) > save or in Larry you have an alternate way of doing this as well, click on the little icon that looks like a gear near the very top-left of the column next to the folders i.e. inbox, spam, ect > Layout > List > Save.

Not sure why in “Elastic” this choice was removed, but to me I find this annoying and not only annoying but a big security issue as well. I do not want to open any e-mails that look questionable. Sadly I have not found away to disable the preview panel in Elastic, so the only choice is to use Larry or the Classic skin (theme).

Users: If you are a user you maybe able to change theme by going to “Settings” > “Preferences” > “User Interface” > look toward the bottom for the section “Interface skin” > click on Larry > then click on “Save“.

  • After the skin has now be changed from “Elastic” to “Larry” go to “Mailbox View” > under the section Main optcion: layout you will see it says “Widescreen (3-column view)” click on that and chose “List (no mail preview)” > “Save” and now you can click on the RoundCube’s logo to go to the main page.
  • Click on the little icon that looks like a gear near the very top-left of the column next to the folders i.e. inbox, spam, ect > Layout > List > Save.

If you do not see section “Interface skin” on the page “User Interface“, than this means you will need to use the currant skin until your admin adds Larry.

Admins: If you are an admin and you want to install Larry if you are using HestiaCP, than you can follow these steps:

  1. You will need your root username, password and the port, usually it is 22
  2. Download Larry from

https://helpdesk.roundcubeplus.com/knowledgebase.php?article=11

https://forum.hestiacp.com/t/can-i-change-the-default-settings-of-roundcube/8495




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