diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
index e56334b2af..2db901ae02 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/AdapterMessage.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import android.text.style.QuoteSpan;
 import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan;
 import android.text.style.StyleSpan;
 import android.text.style.URLSpan;
+import android.text.style.UnderlineSpan;
 import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.util.Pair;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
     private static boolean debug;
     private int level;
     private boolean webview_legacy;
+    private boolean show_recent;
 
     private boolean gotoTop = false;
     private Integer gotoPos = null;
@@ -1339,10 +1341,13 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
             tvSize.setVisibility(
                     message.totalSize != null && ("size".equals(sort) || "attachments".equals(sort))
                             ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
-            tvTime.setText(date && FragmentMessages.SORT_DATE_HEADER.contains(sort)
-                    ? TF.format(message.received)
-                    : Helper.getRelativeTimeSpanString(context, message.received));
-            tvTime.setTextColor(BuildConfig.DEBUG && message.recent ? colorAccent : textColorTertiary);
+            SpannableStringBuilder time = new SpannableStringBuilderEx(
+                    date && FragmentMessages.SORT_DATE_HEADER.contains(sort)
+                            ? TF.format(message.received)
+                            : Helper.getRelativeTimeSpanString(context, message.received));
+            if (show_recent && message.recent)
+                time.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), 0, time.length(), 0);
+            tvTime.setText(time);
 
             // Line 2
             tvSubject.setText(message.subject);
@@ -6959,6 +6964,7 @@ public class AdapterMessage extends RecyclerView.Adapter<AdapterMessage.ViewHold
         level = prefs.getInt("log_level", Log.getDefaultLogLevel());
 
         webview_legacy = prefs.getBoolean("webview_legacy", false);
+        show_recent = prefs.getBoolean("show_recent", false);
 
         DiffUtil.ItemCallback<TupleMessageEx> callback = new DiffUtil.ItemCallback<TupleMessageEx>() {
             @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptions.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptions.java
index 2d609cd0ac..e9b51e1ef7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptions.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptions.java
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ public class FragmentOptions extends FragmentBase {
             "swipe_reply",
             "language_detection",
             "quick_filter", "quick_scroll",
-            "experiments", "debug", "log_level", "test1", "test2", "test3", "test4", "test5", "webview_legacy",
+            "experiments", "debug", "log_level", "test1", "test2", "test3", "test4", "test5",
+            "webview_legacy", "browser_zoom", "show_recent",
             "biometrics",
             "default_light"
     };
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
index f4dd441be6..f6c754b367 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
     private SwitchCompat swUndoManager;
     private SwitchCompat swWebViewLegacy;
     private SwitchCompat swBrowserZoom;
+    private SwitchCompat swShowRecent;
     private SwitchCompat swModSeq;
     private SwitchCompat swUid;
     private SwitchCompat swExpunge;
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
             "test2", "test3", "test4", "test5",
             "work_manager", // "external_storage",
             "query_threads", "wal", "sqlite_checkpoints", "sqlite_analyze", "sqlite_cache",
-            "chunk_size", "thread_range", "undo_manager", "webview_legacy", "browser_zoom",
+            "chunk_size", "thread_range", "undo_manager", "webview_legacy", "browser_zoom", "show_recent",
             "use_modseq", "uid_command", "perform_expunge", "uid_expunge",
             "auth_plain", "auth_login", "auth_ntlm", "auth_sasl", "auth_apop",
             "keep_alive_poll", "empty_pool", "idle_done", "logarithmic_backoff",
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
         swUndoManager = view.findViewById(R.id.swUndoManager);
         swWebViewLegacy = view.findViewById(R.id.swWebViewLegacy);
         swBrowserZoom = view.findViewById(R.id.swBrowserZoom);
+        swShowRecent = view.findViewById(R.id.swShowRecent);
         swModSeq = view.findViewById(R.id.swModSeq);
         swUid = view.findViewById(R.id.swUid);
         swExpunge = view.findViewById(R.id.swExpunge);
@@ -1061,6 +1063,13 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
             }
         });
 
+        swShowRecent.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean checked) {
+                prefs.edit().putBoolean("show_recent", checked).apply();
+            }
+        });
+
         swModSeq.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
             @Override
             public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean checked) {
@@ -1764,6 +1773,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
         swUndoManager.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("undo_manager", false));
         swWebViewLegacy.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("webview_legacy", false));
         swBrowserZoom.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("browser_zoom", false));
+        swShowRecent.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("show_recent", false));
         swModSeq.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("use_modseq", true));
         swUid.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("uid_command", false));
         swExpunge.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("perform_expunge", true));
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml
index 78f30aa19f..d3a252ffbb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml
@@ -1030,6 +1030,18 @@
                     app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swWebViewLegacy"
                     app:switchPadding="12dp" />
 
+                <androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat
+                    android:id="@+id/swShowRecent"
+                    android:layout_width="0dp"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
+                    android:checked="true"
+                    android:text="@string/title_advanced_show_recent"
+                    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swBrowserZoom"
+                    app:switchPadding="12dp" />
+
                 <androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat
                     android:id="@+id/swModSeq"
                     android:layout_width="0dp"
@@ -1039,7 +1051,7 @@
                     android:text="@string/title_advanced_modseq"
                     app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                     app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-                    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swBrowserZoom"
+                    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swShowRecent"
                     app:switchPadding="12dp" />
 
                 <androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 100c9e4f88..bb4b785eaa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@
     <string name="title_advanced_undo_manager" translatable="false">Use Android\'s undo manager</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_webview_legacy" translatable="false">Old WebView behavior</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_browser_zoom" translatable="false">Use browser zoom</string>
+    <string name="title_advanced_show_recent" translatable="false">Show recent flag</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_modseq" translatable="false">MODSEQ</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_uid" translatable="false">UID command</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_expunge" translatable="false">AUTO EXPUNGE</string>