What Is Trash Mail?
Trash Mail is a free temporary email service designed to protect your privacy online. We believe that your real email address is valuable โ and you shouldn’t have to hand it over to every website, app, or service that asks for it.
With Trash Mail, you get a fully functional, disposable email inbox in seconds. No account required. No personal information. No strings attached.
Our Mission
We built Trash Mail with a simple goal: make online privacy accessible to everyone. You shouldn’t need to be a tech expert, pay for a subscription, or jump through hoops to protect your inbox from spam, data brokers, and unwanted marketing.
Whether you’re signing up for a free trial, downloading a resource, testing a web application, or just browsing the internet without leaving a trail โ Trash Mail is here to help.
How It Works
Our service generates a temporary email address automatically when you visit the site. This address is connected to a real inbox that receives emails in real time. You can read, copy, and use any emails that arrive โ and when you’re done, the address expires and disappears completely.
We use trusted third-party mail infrastructure (mail.tm and 1secmail) to deliver messages reliably, and all processing happens in your browser. We don’t store your emails on our servers.
Key Features
- Instant generation โ no sign-up, no waiting
- Real inbox โ receive actual emails including HTML and attachments
- Multiple domains โ choose from several available email domains
- Custom aliases โ create a memorable username instead of a random one
- QR code sharing โ share your temp address between devices instantly
- Email history โ your recent addresses are saved locally in your browser
- Completely free โ no premium plan, no credit card, no catch
Who Uses Trash Mail?
Our users come from all backgrounds and use temporary email for many different reasons:
- Privacy-conscious individuals who don’t want their real address in marketing databases
- Developers and testers who need to verify email flows without using real accounts
- Online shoppers who want to avoid post-purchase spam
- Students and researchers accessing paywalled content or free resources
- Journalists and activists who need to communicate with reduced traceability
Privacy and Security
We take privacy seriously โ it’s the entire reason we exist. Here’s what we do (and don’t do) with your data:
- We do not require any personal information to use the service
- Your email history is stored locally in your browser โ not on our servers
- We do not sell or share your data with third parties for marketing purposes
- Temporary email addresses and their messages are ephemeral by design
Get in Touch
Have a question, suggestion, or found a bug? We’d love to hear from you. Visit our Contact page to send us a message.