Temporary email address, ready to use
A free disposable inbox that receives mail the moment it is sent. No signup, no password, nothing to install. Use it for signups, downloads and testing, and keep your real address out of the hands of whoever asked for it.
Private inbox. Only this browser can read it — knowing the address is not enough.
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Copy the address above and paste it wherever you need an email. New mail appears here on its own — there is no need to refresh the page.
What a temporary email address is for
A temporary email address, sometimes called a disposable or throwaway address, is a real inbox with a deliberately short life. It accepts mail like any other address, but it is not tied to your name, it needs no password, and it is designed to be abandoned. When you are finished with it you simply stop using it, and the messages disappear on their own.
The reason to use one is straightforward. An email address has become the key that unlocks everything else about a person online, so it gets collected constantly — by download gates, coupon forms, one-off registrations and conference wifi portals. Most of those senders will keep the address forever, and a fair number will pass it on. A disposable address absorbs all of that on your behalf.
How to use it
- Copy the address. One is already generated above. If you would rather have something memorable, choose your own.
- Paste it into the form you are filling in. Signup pages, download gates, trial registrations and test environments all work.
- Wait for the message. It usually lands within a few seconds and appears in the inbox above without a refresh.
- Open it and do what you came for — click the confirmation link, copy the verification code, check the formatting of the mail you just sent from your own application.
When a disposable address is the right tool
- One-time signups. A whitepaper, a discount code, a forum you will post in once.
- Free trials where the account has no value once the trial ends.
- Testing your own software. Every developer who has built a signup flow needs a supply of fresh addresses to test welcome mail, password resets and receipt formatting.
- Public wifi portals that demand an address before letting you online.
- Working out who leaked your address. Give each site a different address and the source of any spam becomes obvious.
When it is the wrong tool
Being honest about the limits is more useful than overselling this. Do not use a temporary address for a bank, a government service, a work account, a domain registrar, or anything holding money or personal records. The reason is simple: once the inbox expires you cannot complete a password reset, and there is no account to recover. A random address here is private to your browser, but it is still storage that deletes itself on a timer, which is the opposite of what an important account needs.
It is also worth knowing that plenty of services keep lists of disposable email domains and refuse to accept them. That is their right, and when it happens the fix is a different domain or a real address — not a complaint to us.
What this service does with your data
Very little, deliberately. There are no accounts, so there is nothing to profile. Messages are stored only long enough to show them to you and are then deleted permanently, along with any attachments. Your address is remembered in a single cookie so the inbox is still yours when you come back to the tab. The privacy policy sets out the specifics, including what our ad partner can see.
Mail is rendered with remote images blocked until you ask for them. That single default stops the tracking pixels embedded in most marketing mail from reporting back that a message was opened.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to register to use a temporary email address?
No. An address is created for you the moment the page loads, and it is ready to receive mail immediately. There is no signup, no password, and no confirmation step.
How long do messages last?
Every message is deleted automatically 24 hours after it arrives. You can also delete any message, or empty the whole inbox, at any time.
Can I send email from a temporary address?
No. Addresses here are receive-only by design. Allowing outbound mail would turn the service into a spam relay, which would get the domain blocklisted and make it useless for everyone.
Is a disposable email address anonymous?
Partly. It keeps your real address away from a sender, which stops that sender from adding you to mailing lists or selling your address on. It does not hide your IP address and it is not a privacy tool for anything sensitive.
Can someone else read my temporary inbox?
It depends which kind you are using. A randomly generated address is private: reading it needs a secret token held in your browser, so knowing the address alone is not enough. An address you choose yourself is public by necessity, because anyone typing the same name has an equal claim to it and will see what arrives. Either way, do not route mail through a temporary inbox that you would mind a stranger reading.
Why did a message never arrive?
Most often the sender rejected the domain, or the mail is still in transit. Delivery is usually a few seconds but can take a couple of minutes. If a site refuses the address outright, try a different domain from the list.
More detail in our guides, including how disposable addresses compare to email aliases and how to cut down the spam you already get.