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Tidy up newsletters and lists

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Newsletters pile up. Subscriptions lists every newsletter and mailing list that writes to you, and how many you opened in the last 90 days. Then it helps you leave the ones you never read.

Tidy up in one go

  1. Open Subscriptions.
  2. Lists you rarely read have a You rarely read this sticker.
  3. Click Tidy up at the top, like "Tidy up 6 lists". Rookery shows every list it will leave.
  4. Check the list, then click Unsubscribe from 6 lists. Or click Cancel.

Leave one list

  1. Find the list in Subscriptions, or open one of its emails.
  2. Click Unsubscribe.
  3. Some senders only let you leave on their own website. Click Finish on their site, unsubscribe there, then come back and click I did it.

Good to know

  • Rookery suggests leaving a list when it sent you at least 6 emails in 90 days and you opened very few.
  • Only you see what you read. Senders never learn it, and Rookery doesn't use tracking pixels.
  • Rookery uses the sender's one-click method when it's safe, or sends an unsubscribe email from your address. It never visits their website for you.
  • For strangers, blocked senders and possible spam, you'll see Block instead. Unsubscribing from spam tells the sender your address is real.
  • Anything a list sends after you leave arrives closed. If it's still sending a week later, you'll see Still sending after you unsubscribed, and you can block it.
  • Tidy up handles up to 50 lists at a time.
  • On Today, a "Tidy up" link appears when there are lists you rarely read.