# How to unsubscribe from emails on iPhone

**Short answer:** in the Mail app, open a newsletter and tap the **Unsubscribe** banner at the top, then confirm. If there's no banner, scroll to the bottom of the email and use the sender's own unsubscribe link. The Gmail and Outlook apps have a similar **Unsubscribe** button next to the sender. For spam that ignores you, mark it as junk or block the sender instead: unsubscribing from real spam only confirms your address is active.

## Steps
1. Open the **Mail** app and an email from the newsletter you want to stop.
2. Tap **Unsubscribe** in the banner at the top ("This message is from a mailing list"), then confirm. Mail sends the unsubscribe request for you.
3. No banner? Scroll to the bottom of the email and tap the **Unsubscribe** link. It opens the sender's page; follow their steps.
4. **Gmail app:** open the email and tap **Unsubscribe** next to the sender name. **Outlook app:** open the email and look for **Unsubscribe** at the top.
5. For senders that keep mailing: tap the sender's name › **Block this Contact**, or move the email to **Junk** so your provider filters future ones.
6. Delete what's already in your inbox from that sender: in Mail, search for the sender's address, tap **Edit**, select the messages and move them to Trash.

## Which method to use
| Email | Best action | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter you signed up for | Unsubscribe | Legitimate senders honor it |
| Store or app marketing | Unsubscribe, or turn off marketing in your account settings | Stops all their lists at once |
| Spam from strangers | Move to Junk, don't unsubscribe | Unsubscribing confirms your address |
| Phishing ("your account is locked") | Delete, report | Links are the trap ([example](/guides/icloud-storage-full-email-scam)) |
| Notifications from a service you use | Change notification settings in that service | Unsubscribing may also stop important mail |

## Why emails keep coming after you unsubscribe
In the US, the CAN-SPAM Act gives senders up to 10 business days to process an unsubscribe request, so a few more can arrive. If they keep coming after two weeks, the sender is ignoring the law or it's spam: block it and mark it as junk.

## Keep your inbox from filling again
- Use **Hide My Email** (iCloud+) when signing up for stores and newsletters: you can turn off a random address later instead of unsubscribing.
- In recent iOS versions, Mail sorts messages into **Primary**, **Transactions**, **Updates** and **Promotions** categories, which keeps marketing out of the main view.
- Emails count against your email storage, not your iPhone: iCloud Mail uses iCloud storage ([iCloud storage full?](/guides/icloud-storage-full)).

## Bulk unsubscribing
Going through newsletters one by one takes forever. For now, the Mail search in step 6 clears a whole sender at once, and Gmail on the web has a subscriptions overview. [Spaceclear's](/) **Email cleaner** is coming in an update: it will list the senders that fill your inbox, biggest first, open each sender's own unsubscribe page and move all of a sender's mail to Trash in one tap. It will read only senders and subjects, never message bodies, with no Spaceclear server in between.

## FAQ
### Is it safe to click unsubscribe in an email?
In newsletters from companies you know, yes. In spam from unknown senders, no: the link can confirm your address or lead to a phishing page. Mark those as junk instead.

### How do I mass unsubscribe from emails on iPhone?
The Mail app handles one sender at a time. Gmail on the web has a subscriptions overview that lists your senders in one place. Spaceclear's email cleaner, coming in an update, will do the same for iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo and other IMAP accounts.

### Does deleting emails free up iPhone storage?
A little. The Mail app keeps cached copies on the iPhone, but most email lives on the mail server. Deleting old mail frees mostly server storage, such as iCloud or Gmail storage.