Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about in-boxed.
How do I unsubscribe from all newsletters at once?
Connect your Gmail or Outlook account to in-boxed. We scan your inbox for List-Unsubscribe headers, a technical standard present in every marketing email, and send legally binding opt-out requests to all senders simultaneously. The whole process takes about 2 minutes.
Is in-boxed safe? Do you read my emails?
No. in-boxed uses read-only access to your Gmail or Outlook account and only reads email metadata (headers), never the content of your messages. We never see your subject lines, attachments, or the body of any email. Nothing is stored on our servers after your session ends.
How much does in-boxed cost?
Scanning your inbox is completely free. You pay a one-time fee of €4.99 to send opt-out requests to all senders. There is no subscription and no recurring charge.
Does unsubscribing actually work?
Yes. Under GDPR (Europe), senders must act on your opt-out without undue delay, within one month at the latest. Under CAN-SPAM (US), senders have up to 10 business days. The opt-out signal we send is identical to clicking "unsubscribe" yourself, but sent to all senders at once.
Will my important emails be affected?
No, and this is technically guaranteed, not just a promise. in-boxed only processes emails that contain a List-Unsubscribe header. This header is a bulk-sending standard: only newsletter platforms, marketing tools, and email service providers add it. Emails sent by a real person, like colleagues, friends or family, never contain this header. Neither do order confirmations, bank alerts, password resets, or account notifications. If there is no List-Unsubscribe header, in-boxed cannot and does not touch the email.
What happens to my data after the session?
Everything is gone. The scan runs entirely in your browser, so our servers never receive your inbox data in the first place. The short-lived Gmail or Microsoft token lives only in your browser tab and is discarded when you close it. We have no database, so there is nothing to breach, sell or lose.
Why am I still receiving emails after unsubscribing?
Under CAN-SPAM, senders have up to 10 business days; under GDPR, senders must act without undue delay and within one month at the latest. If you still receive emails after that, the sender may be in violation of GDPR or CAN-SPAM law. Your audit report serves as documentation of when the opt-out was sent.
Do I need to create an account to use in-boxed?
No. in-boxed has no accounts, no sign-up, and no passwords. You authorise read-only access to your Gmail or Outlook account, clean your inbox, and leave. We have no user database, so your visit leaves no trace on our side. This is different from virtually every other unsubscribe service, which requires you to register before you can use it.
Is in-boxed a subscription?
No. in-boxed is a one-time payment of €4.99. You pay once, clean your inbox, and that's it. Most other unsubscribe tools charge a monthly or yearly subscription, which means you keep paying (and they keep access to your mailbox) long after the job is done.
How is in-boxed different from other unsubscribe apps?
Three things. First: no account. Other tools require sign-up; in-boxed doesn't even ask for your email address. Second: no subscription. Others charge monthly; in-boxed is €4.99 once. Third: no data. Others store your subscription list and keep ongoing mailbox access (in 2017 a popular free service was even found selling user inbox data); in-boxed reads only headers, never content, and deletes everything the moment your session ends.
Does in-boxed work with Outlook or other email providers?
Yes. in-boxed supports Gmail and Outlook, Hotmail and Live, with the same privacy-first scan on both: read-only access, headers only, nothing stored.
What is the List-Unsubscribe header?
List-Unsubscribe is a technical standard (RFC 2369, RFC 8058) that every legitimate marketing email must include. It tells email clients where and how to send opt-out requests. Gmail uses it for its built-in unsubscribe button. in-boxed reads these headers to find and contact every sender automatically.
How is in-boxed different from manually unsubscribing?
When you click Unsubscribe in an email, you visit a page the sender controls, and many senders deliberately make this difficult: preference centers with 20 checkboxes, "are you sure?" screens, re-entering your email address, multi-step confirmation flows. in-boxed sends the opt-out directly to the technical List-Unsubscribe endpoint that every sender is legally required to maintain. That endpoint has no preference center, no friction, no dark patterns. The senders that are hardest to leave manually are exactly the ones where in-boxed makes the biggest difference.