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Get a Burner Email Address

Your burner address is ready above. Use it for one sign-up, then let it expire.

Creating your address

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What this burner address is

It is a working email address made for one job. The part before the @ is ten random letters and digits, so it says nothing about you and nobody can guess it. It receives mail in real time, it cannot send or reply, and only the browser that created it can open the inbox.

For the full definition, the four kinds of burner email and the myths around them, read what a burner email is.

Using it in three steps

  1. Copy the address with the Copy button and paste it into the sign-up form.
  2. Keep this tab open. The confirmation link or code appears in the inbox above within seconds of being sent.
  3. Finish signing up, then leave. The mailbox deletes itself when its timer runs out, along with every message in it.

Good jobs for a burner address

  • A gated download. A white paper, a template or a driver that unlocks only after you confirm an address.
  • A Wi-Fi sign-in page. Cafés, airports and hotels that ask for an email before they let you online.
  • A trial you won't keep. Look around a new app or forum without joining its mailing list for good.
  • Testing your own sign-up flow. Developers can check what their confirmation email looks like without filling a real inbox.

Our use cases page has more examples, each with its limits.

What a burner email can't do

  • Recover an account. Once the address expires, a password reset sent to it goes nowhere. Use your real address or an alias for anything you will log in to again.
  • Get past every sign-up form. Some sites keep lists of disposable domains and reject them. Here is why websites block disposable email.
  • Hide you from the site itself. A burner address keeps your real inbox private. The site you sign up to still sees your IP address and browser, as it would on any visit.
  • Send or reply. The address only receives mail, which is also why it can't be used to spam anyone.

Decided to keep the account?

A burner is fine for trying a site, but an account you plan to keep needs an address you control. Move it before the burner expires:

  1. While this inbox is still open, go to the account's email or profile settings.
  2. Enter your real address or an alias. Most sites send a confirmation to the new address, and some also send a notice or code to the old one, which will show up here.
  3. Press +1 hr if you need more time. The address can be extended until 24 hours after it was created.
  4. Once the site confirms the change, let the burner expire.

If it has already expired, the site's support team is the only way back in, and many of them ask you to prove you own the old address, which is no longer possible.

Burner email or alias?

Pick a burner address when you need one code today and never want to hear from the sender again. Pick an alias when you want to keep the account but protect your main inbox, because an alias forwards mail to you for as long as you keep it. Our comparison of temporary email and aliases goes through the trade-offs.

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