How to Stop Getting Emails from Reddit

Introduction

Sometimes, signing up on social media platforms means inviting a ton of digital clutter into your life, from popup notifications to emails. These apps cause numerous distractions throughout the day, and Reddit is no exception. It's only a matter of time before your inbox overflows with emails from Reddit about new posts, messages, comments, likes, marketing and promotional emails, and the list goes on.

Most of these emails inundating your inbox are either unwanted or unnecessary. If you are looking for a solution to stop receiving Reddit emails permanently, you are at the right place. This article will cover various strategies to end the influx of Reddit emails using Gmail filters and Block Sender.

Changing Settings on Reddit Account

One way to stop receiving Reddit emails is to disable them in your account settings. Whether you want to unsubscribe from certain Reddit emails or all of them, this official Reddit guide provides a detailed explanation of the process.

However, if you have forgotten your account password and cannot log in, you will need to take a different approach.

Clicking the Unsubscribe Link

Another method to stop Reddit emails is through the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. For example, clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of a "private message email" will unsubscribe you from all such emails in the future.

However, this method is risky, and we do not recommend doing it unless you are sure the email is from an official Reddit address and is not a phishing scam. A safer approach is to unsubscribe using the unsubscribe button provided by Gmail at the top of emails.

Stopping Reddit emails through the unsubscribe link is a slow process. You have to repeat it individually for each email type, such as daily digest, replies, upvote notifications, and new follower alerts. If you cannot access your Reddit account to unsubscribe from all types of emails, it is better to use Gmail filters.

Using Gmail Filters

Almost all email providers offer filtering options that can be leveraged to handle unwanted emails. You can utilize Gmail filtering techniques to stop the overwhelming Reddit emails from cluttering your inbox.

You can choose to filter out a specific email address or an entire domain used by Reddit to send you emails. Filtering by domain covers all email addresses using that domain.

Gmail does not provide the feature to directly filter out emails from a particular domain, but you can use filtering to achieve a similar result.

1. Open Gmail on your desktop.

2. Click the "Show search options" button to open the filtering menu.

3. In the From field, type "[email protected]" or "@redditmail.com" to filter out all emails from this domain.

4. Click "Create Filter."

5. Select "Delete it" from the list of available options, then click "Create Filter."

Once this filter is set up, all future emails from Reddit will automatically be deleted except for important emails such as account verification and password reset emails. Reddit uses a separate email address, "[email protected]," for such emails. We recommend not filtering out this email address to avoid missing important communications.

Alternative Option

Gmail filtering effectively performs the task, but it has a few downsides:

• You cannot directly block domains in Gmail.

• There is no option to permanently delete incoming emails. Instead, the filtered emails are sent to the Trash folder, where they are kept for 30 days.

If you want a more straightforward solution without the hassles mentioned above, you should consider using Block Sender.

Using Block Sender

Block Sender is a third-party tool designed to create email-blocking rules efficiently. It offers multiple blocking options, such as blocking by domain, sender, email address, specific phrases, IP address, subject, and header. Additionally, it allows you to bounce back emails from persistent senders that won't stop sending you emails.

Use Block Sender through its web-based dashboard or integrate it into Gmail using its Chrome extension. Leverage this tool to block Reddit emails without unsubscribing or setting up complicated filters.

1. Log in to Block Sender or sign up if you haven't already.

2. Navigate to "Blocks" and click "+ New Blocking Rule."

3. Select "Domain" from the dropdown.

4. Type "redditmail.com" in the second field.

5. Choose the "Delete" option to permanently delete all future Reddit emails from this email address.

Note: Selecting the "Delete" option will permanently delete emails from the blocked address without retaining them in the "Trash" folder for 30 days.

6. Finally, click "Create" to complete setting up this blocking rule.

Block Reddit Emails Across Multiple Email Accounts

With Block Sender, you can share blocking rules across multiple email addresses, allowing you to block Reddit emails for all your email accounts without repeating the process for each account.

The process is straightforward. Link the additional email accounts and edit the blocking rule for Reddit emails to apply to all linked accounts.

Note: This feature is only available for Plus and Pro accounts.

Conclusion

This article explained how to stop receiving emails from Reddit using various methods. You can disable email notifications from your Reddit account settings or unsubscribe using Gmail if you cannot access your account. Alternatively, you can filter and delete incoming Reddit emails using Gmail filters or block them entirely using Block Sender.