Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you can’t find an important email because of tons of other emails you don’t really need? 

If this sounds familiar, stay with us. In this guide, we explain how to remove your Gmail address from unwanted websites forever so that you’re not overloaded with spammy content and your name can’t be found on some suspicious resources.

Before We Go Any Further — Why Did This Actually Happen?

You may be receiving unwanted emails for two reasons: you’ve either connected your Google account to third-party apps or just signed up for newsletters, promotional offers, or other types of email lists.

While both can result in too many unwanted email messages attacking your inbox, the first type of connection — connecting your Google account — can have more severe consequences. 

Connecting your Google account to third-party apps and services allows them to directly access your data. Just look:

Email subscriptions, on the other hand, don’t grant websites access to your sensitive information. 

Long story short, let’s look at how you can remove connections of both types.

How To Remove Your Gmail Account From Unwanted Websites: A Quick Guide

Follow these simple steps to remove your Gmail account from unwanted services and apps:

1. Go to your Google account — https://myaccount.google.com/. If you aren’t signed in, enter your email address and password.
2. Find the “Security” tab in the left-hand sidebar:

3. Click “Security” to access the security menu.

4. Scroll down to “Your connections to third-party apps & services.”

5. Click “See all connections.”

6. Now, you should see the list of apps or services connected to your Google account.

7. You can also use the “Search by name” option to remove a specific app or service.

8. Select an app or service by clicking on its name once. You should see the following menu:

9. To remove an app or service from your connections, click “Delete all connections.”

10. Confirm your choice.

11. Repeat for each app or service you want to disconnect from your Google account.

How To Remove Your Gmail Address From Mailing Lists

Removing your Gmail address from mailing lists can take a longer time, depending on the number of websites you’ve subscribed to. You need to open any email from a website you wish to unsubscribe from and find the word “Unsubscribe.”

It’s usually clearly visible — regulations like the CAN-SPAM Act in the US and the GDPR in the EU require companies to include an easy-to-find unsubscribe option in their marketing emails.

You can usually find the link you need at the bottom of an email, like in this email from Grammarly:

Or right beside the sender’s address, like in this email from Samsung:

But what if there’s no unsubscribe link? Here are some tips that might help you:

• If it’s a message, you can reply, reply to the sender asking them to delete your email address from their list.
• Redirect unwanted promotions to another email folder. For this, select any email message from the sender you don’t want to see in your primary email, and, using the menu (right-click when using a desktop or open the three-dot menu when using a tablet or phone), choose “Move to tab” and select “Promotions” or “Social.” In this case, you won’t stop getting emails from the websites but keep them away from your primary mailbox.

• Block the sender. You can do this by clicking the three-dot menu on the top of an unwanted email and selecting “Block.” Use a third-party email filtering tool such as Block Sender.

Conclusion

Now you know how to disconnect your Google account and Gmail address from unwanted third-party providers. While it’s pretty easy in most cases, this routine can take time. 

And, let’s be honest, chances are that in several months, you’ll have to struggle with email subscriptions again — we all read news, shop online, etc., so that’s inevitable.

Lastly, here’s a proven tip that will prevent your account from being added to any unwanted websites during all your future online activities: have separate email addresses for important emails (work, financial services, utility providers, etc.) and online stores. This simple trick will protect your primary account against getting cluttered with unwanted messages.