️Better protection against throwaway sign-ups
- Improved Sign-up now checks a larger, combined list of disposable email domains, refreshed every day.
Changelog
What changed in HideMail, newest first. Questions or ideas? See the support page.
Unsubscribe from the Mail app, block a sender, Bitwarden
- New Block one sender on one alias, straight from your mail history. Everyone else can still reach the alias.
- New The Unsubscribe button in Apple Mail now works for emails that came through an alias, including senders that only offer a mailto: link.
- New Choose what Unsubscribe does in your profile: stop emails from that sender (the default), turn off the alias, or unsubscribe through HideMail so the sender never sees your real address.
- New Use HideMail in Bitwarden’s username generator, via its addy.io option. Setup steps are on the support page.
- New AI assistants (MCP) now have request limits that depend on your plan.
- Improved Activity logs recognize Apple Shortcuts, so you can tell which aliases a shortcut created.
- Improved Sign-ups are limited per network, which keeps bulk account creation out for everyone else.
- Fixed The REST API creates aliases on the domain you ask for, and mail that contains only an attachment is forwarded again.
Support page, Telegram attachments, faster webhooks
- New A public support page with answers, contact details and setup guides.
- New The Telegram bot forwards email attachments.
- Improved Webhook deliveries go through a global edge network, so they arrive faster and survive slow endpoints.
- Improved The Telegram bot checks the sender’s DMARC policy and refuses forged mail.
- Improved Sign-up refuses a longer list of disposable domains and verifies the human check more strictly.
- Fixed More AI assistants can connect to HideMail over MCP, and the alias-limit message points to the right page.
Comparison pages, alias import and export, custom domains
- New Comparison pages: HideMail against SimpleLogin, addy.io and Apple Hide My Email, with prices and what switching involves.
- New Import and export your aliases as a CSV file on the Integrations page.
- New Custom domains: use your own domain for aliases, with a catch-all option.
- Fixed Telegram users who blocked the bot and later send /start get their account back.
- Fixed Deactivated accounts can no longer use the REST API.
Claude Code can connect
- Fixed Claude Code now connects to HideMail over MCP, whichever local port it uses for sign-in.
Custom domains over MCP and the API, stricter spam checks
- New Set up custom domains and their catch-all from AI assistants over MCP and from the REST API.
- New Choose your default alias domain over the REST API and MCP.
- New You get an email whenever a webhook is added or changed, and a new webhook needs your confirmation.
- New Registration is protected by Cloudflare Turnstile.
- Improved Mail from senders that fail their own DMARC policy is refused or marked as possibly forged.
- Improved Daily forwarding limits now hold exactly, even when many emails arrive at once.
- Fixed Each message is forwarded once per alias, even when the mail server retries it.
Account and webhook tools for AI assistants
- New MCP tools to read your account and manage webhooks, with an emailed confirmation before anything is sent anywhere.
- Improved Expired alias-deactivation links explain what happened instead of showing an error.
AI assistants can manage your aliases
- New Connect an AI assistant like ChatGPT, Claude or Codex to HideMail and let it create, list and edit your aliases or turn them on and off.
- New See which apps are connected to your account on the API tokens page and disconnect any of them at any time.
Two-factor setup confirmation and mail delivery fixes
- Improved Enabling two-factor authentication now asks you to confirm a code from your authenticator app before it takes effect.
- Improved A text setup key is now shown alongside the QR code when setting up two-factor authentication.
- Fixed Mail sent to several of your addresses at once is now delivered to every valid alias instead of stopping at the first rejected one.
- Fixed Your webhook now fires only for mail that passes every block check, and no longer repeats when a delivery is retried.
- Fixed One-click unsubscribe links in forwarded mail no longer break when the link contains a comma.
Unsubscribe links that can disable an alias, plus lost-mail and account fixes
- New The unsubscribe button in your mail client can now turn an alias off, and you can choose what it does in your profile settings.
- Fixed Mail with an attachment that has a missing or malformed content type no longer fails to forward.
- Fixed Account deletion works again; it previously failed silently and left the account in place.
- Fixed Your daily forwarding limit is now only charged once a message is actually sent, not when sending fails.
- Fixed Mail the server flags as spam is now dropped instead of being forwarded to your inbox.
- Fixed Editing the note on an alias works again.
Removed the Yandex Metrica tracker
- Improved Stopped loading the Yandex Metrica analytics tracker, so your visits are no longer shared with it.
Fewer emails dropped by sender verification
- Fixed Mail that failed only the SPF check but passed DKIM, or the reverse, was being dropped; it now reaches your inbox.
- Fixed Emails from senders using several DKIM signatures are now verified correctly instead of being treated as failed.
Sign-in alert emails now show the IP address
- Improved New device sign-in alert emails now include the IP address of the device that logged in.
- Improved The Telegram bot no longer sends an extra promotional message after you create an alias.
Empty-message handling and alias note length fix
- Fixed Incoming emails with an empty body no longer cause forwarding errors; they are skipped and counted as blocked on the alias.
- Fixed Alias notes written in non-English alphabets are no longer wrongly rejected as being too long.
New sign-in alert emails and password updates
- New You now get an email when someone signs in to your account from a new device, with the device and sign-in time.
- Improved Changing your password now also signs you out on all your other devices.
- Improved The emails page now links to your Mail history, where you can see all events for your aliases.
Fixed delivery of emails with empty subjects
- Fixed Emails with an empty or missing subject line are now delivered instead of failing.
New hourly and per-minute limits on creating aliases
- New You can now create up to 10 aliases per hour on the free plan and up to 25 per hour on a paid plan.
- Fixed The per-minute limit for generating aliases is now applied correctly: 1 per minute for free accounts and 2 for paid accounts.
- Improved The message shown when you hit the alias creation limit now clearly says the hourly limit was reached.
Mail history logging and less forwarded spam
- Improved The verify email page now lets you fix a mistyped email address via a link to your profile settings.
- Improved Mail history now records when emails are forwarded or blocked for each of your aliases.
- Improved Incoming emails flagged as spam or a threat are no longer forwarded to your inbox.
- Fixed Premium bought via Telegram now expires a month after the last payment, and the bot sends a reminder to renew.
Mail history page, blocked-sender alerts, and a Telegram shortcut button
- New A new Mail history page lists what happened with each of your aliases, including emails received, forwarded, or ignored.
- New You now get an email alert when a message sent to your alias is blocked because the sender is restricted.
- New The Telegram bot gained a persistent Create new email keyboard button and a /web command that opens the mini app.
- Improved Newly generated aliases now use lowercase letters only, making them easier to type and share.
Sign in with Google and the Telegram Mini App
- New You can now sign in or create an account with your Google account.
- New You can now sign in inside Telegram with the Mini App; an account is created automatically on first use.
- Improved The Telegram bot now replies in your language, and the start message links to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
- Fixed Aliases of inactive or unverified accounts no longer receive forwarded emails.
- Fixed The upgrade button on the pricing page now opens the Gumroad checkout correctly.
Alias on/off and passwords in Telegram
- New Pause or resume an alias right from the Telegram bot using the Enable/Disable button shown with each new alias.
- New The /create command in Telegram now also generates a ready-to-use password for your new alias.
- Fixed Forwarded emails with an empty subject now show "[no subject]" instead of a blank line.
Update alias notes via API and clearer webhook settings
- New You can now update the note on an email alias through the API.
- Fixed Fixed the sender name on forwarded emails so names with quotes or special characters display correctly.
- Improved Emails from senders that were previously blocked, such as Facebook and X, are now forwarded to your inbox.
Sign-up and browser extension sign-in fixes
- Fixed Fixed some valid email addresses being rejected when creating an account.
- Fixed Fixed an occasional error when signing in through the browser extension.
Browser extension sign-in and attachment fixes
- Fixed Fixed a problem that could prevent signing in to the browser extension.
- Fixed Fixed a problem where a single unreadable attachment could stop an email from being forwarded.
Registration emails from AliExpress, X and Facebook blocked on the free plan
- New Aliases on the free plan no longer forward sign-up and registration emails from AliExpress, X (Twitter) and Facebook; premium lifts the block.
- New When such an email is blocked, Telegram users receive a message explaining the block and how to keep receiving these emails.
Email when you reach your daily limit
- New You now receive an email when your aliases hit the daily forwarding limit, sent at most once per day, with an upgrade link for free plans.
- Fixed Incoming messages with a malformed sender address are now ignored instead of being forwarded to your inbox.
Premium via Telegram Stars
- New You can now buy a Premium plan inside the Telegram bot with the /pay command, paid with Telegram Stars.
- Improved Emails from big senders like Google, Facebook, X and TikTok are now delivered at most once every 15 minutes, up from once per hour.
- Fixed Fixed delivery errors when a user had blocked the bot or deactivated their Telegram account; those accounts are now paused instead.
Telegram bot: /help command, new alias shortcuts and notification fixes
- New Added a /help command to the Telegram bot that lists all available bot commands.
- New You can now create a new email alias in the Telegram bot with /new, /generate or /newemail, not only /create.
- Fixed Fixed Telegram notifications for forwarded emails so subjects and bodies with non-Latin characters arrive correctly.
- Improved Sign-in with a social account now shows a clear Please try again message instead of failing silently.
Apple Shortcut link in welcome email and new support address
- New The welcome email now links to our Apple Shortcut, and the site points to the updated version.
- Fixed Some emails that failed to reach connected apps because of their character encoding are now delivered.
Telegram bot and a higher daily forwarding limit
- New New Telegram bot (beta): send /create to generate an alias and get forwarded emails delivered right in the chat.
- Improved The daily forwarding limit went up from 25 to 100 emails per day.
- Improved One-click unsubscribe links in forwarded emails now use web links only, so your real address is never exposed.
- Fixed Fixed delivery of email notifications to custom webhooks.
Attachment forwarding fix and a cleaner dashboard
- Fixed Fixed forwarding of incoming emails whose attachments have no file name; they now arrive with a generated name.
- Improved Removed the outdated spam notice banner from the dashboard.
Reliable forwarding: attachment fixes, unsubscribe links, and a new mail server
- Improved The service that delivers forwarded emails was switched to our own mail server.
- Fixed Attachments on forwarded emails are now delivered correctly with the right file type.
- Improved Forwarded emails now pass along the original unsubscribe link and show the sender as "Name via HideMail".
- Improved Incoming emails with a high spam score are now dropped instead of being forwarded to your inbox.
- Fixed The welcome email is now sent in the language you chose for your account.
Language preference saved to your account, refreshed welcome email, Craigslist fix
- New The site now remembers the language you pick and keeps it on your account across visits and devices.
- New Account emails such as verification and welcome messages can now be sent in the language you prefer.
- Improved The welcome email now explains how to create aliases on your phone with the Android app or the iPhone home screen shortcut.
- Fixed Messages routed through Craigslist's anonymized reply addresses are now forwarded to your inbox instead of going missing.
- Fixed Signing in with a social account now shows a clear error when the provider does not share an email address.
More reliable email forwarding
- Improved Emails sent to your aliases are now forwarded through an additional delivery service, so they keep arriving even on accounts with low daily limits.
- Fixed Fixed email verification not fully completing when you sign up with a social account.
Webhooks, an Android app, and a new pricing page
- New A new Integrations page (Beta) lets you set a webhook URL that receives a POST request with the email data each time an alias gets a message.
- New HideMail is now on Google Play: the Android app is linked from the menu and the homepage, which now also lists the Microsoft Edge add-on.
- New Visitors from Russia can now sign up and log in with Yandex.
- Improved The pricing page was redesigned with a clearer plan comparison and a new FAQ section answering common questions.
- Improved The API now has public docs and endpoints to activate/deactivate aliases, set or delete your webhook URL, revoke a token, and filter, search and sort aliases.
Welcome email, extension onboarding page, and more languages
- New After you verify your email address, you get a welcome email with setup tips, and a first alias is created for you automatically.
- New Added a welcome page for the browser extension that explains how to pin the icon and use it on any site.
- Improved The site is now available in more languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi, with right-to-left layout where needed.
- Improved When the browser extension hits the free-plan alias limit, the error message now includes a link to subscribe.
- Improved Emails we send now switch to a backup delivery service if the main one fails, so they keep reaching you.
Homepage testimonials and better email privacy
- New The homepage now shows a Testimonials section with what people are saying about HideMail.
- Fixed Fixed stray invisible characters that could appear inside forwarded emails.
Apple Shortcut support and alias list fixes
- New Create aliases on your iPhone, iPad or Mac with our new Apple Shortcut, linked from the homepage.
- Improved Signing up with a social account now logs you in right away instead of asking you to sign in again.
- Fixed Fixed pagination in the alias list so you can browse past the first page of your aliases.
Alias search, Twitter sign-in, and a design refresh
- New You can now search your email aliases by address or note right from the dashboard.
- New You can now sign in and sign up with your Twitter account.
- Improved The sign-in, sign-up and password pages were redesigned, with social login buttons up top and a new logo.
- Improved The homepage and footer got a fresh look, with a Give it a try banner, extension store badges and quick links to pricing, terms and privacy.
- Fixed The site now remembers your chosen language and falls back to your browser's preferred language on your first visit.
Upgrade shortcuts and mobile language switcher
- New You can now change the site language from the mobile menu, with flag icons for each language.
- Improved The dashboard header now shows an Upgrade plan button for free accounts, and premium users see a Premium badge in the menu.
- Fixed Incoming mail keeps being forwarded to you even if saving a copy to your account fails.
Reply to forwarded emails, reliable attachments, and a refund policy
- New You can now reply to a forwarded email and your reply goes straight to the original sender.
- Fixed Attachments on forwarded emails no longer overwrite each other or fail when file names contain slashes.
- New A refund policy has been added to the Privacy Policy page.
Email forwarding fix and corrected free trial length
- Fixed Fixed a bug that could stop some incoming emails from being forwarded to your inbox.
Forwarded attachments and Dutch language
- New Attachments on emails sent to your aliases are now forwarded to your real inbox.
- New You can now use the site in Dutch (Nederlands) via the language menu.
Daily forwarding limits
- New Daily forwarding limits apply to each account and reset every day.
Translation help, a clearer upgrade notice, and new error pages
- Improved More parts of the site have been translated into the supported languages.
- Improved When you reach the free alias limit, the notice now links to the plans page so you can pick a plan.
Pricing page and 12 languages
- New A language switcher with flag icons was added to the footer and the navigation bar.
- New The site is now available in 12 languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Ukrainian and Chinese.
- New A public pricing page compares the plans.
German and Russian, RapidAPI, no disposable emails
- New The website is now available in German and Russian, and your language choice is remembered while you browse.
- New The HideMail API is now also available through RapidAPI.
- Improved Signing up or changing your account email now rejects disposable (temporary) email addresses.
Email verification for accounts
- New You must now confirm your email address after signing up before you can use your account.
Raycast app for Mac
- New Create and manage aliases from your Mac with the new Raycast app; quick links to the Chrome and Firefox extensions are now in the menu too.
- Improved New API tokens are copied to your clipboard automatically, and the login page now links to the registration form.
New logo, fresh homepage and email verification
- New You now receive a confirmation email to verify your address when you sign up.
- Improved Refreshed homepage with new illustrations and rewritten text explaining how aliases hide your real address.
Alias notes, paid plans and Google or Facebook sign-in
- New You can now add a private note to each alias on your dashboard to remember where you used it.
- New You can sign in with Google or Facebook in addition to GitHub, and set your social avatar as your profile photo.
- Improved Forwarded messages now show the original sender and the alias that received them in the subject line.
- Fixed Deactivated aliases now block incoming messages instead of forwarding them anyway.
- Improved Your alias list is now paginated and sorted with the newest first, so the dashboard stays fast.
- New Subscribe to a paid plan to create more aliases.
Email aliases, GitHub sign-in, and a new landing page
- New Create random email aliases in your dashboard; incoming mail is forwarded to your real inbox.
- New Mark an alias as forwarding or blocking from your dashboard, and copy its address in one click.
- New Register or log in with an email and password, or in one click with your GitHub account.
- New New landing page explains how the service works and how to get started.
- New Update your profile and password, enable two-factor authentication, and manage connected accounts.
