Mail Cleanup

The email cleaner for Mac that clears old mail for you.

Mail Cleanup is a Mac app that automatically moves old newsletters, promotions and alerts to Trash, using rules you set for each sender, in Apple Mail, Gmail, Yahoo and iCloud.

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Available soon Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on a Mac with Apple silicon.

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Your inbox fills up faster than you can clear it.

Newsletters, shop promotions, delivery alerts and app notifications pile up by the thousand. Deleting them by hand takes an afternoon, and a week later they are back.

Mail Cleanup does it for you. You say which senders to clear and how old a message must be. It moves matching mail to Trash once a day, and can leave orders, receipts, payments and account messages alone.

Mail Cleanup at a glance

Runs on: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or newer)
Works with: Every account in Apple Mail (Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365, Exchange). Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud and other SSL/TLS mail servers can also connect directly.
What it does: Moves mail older than the days you choose to Trash, for the senders you pick. Runs on a button or once a day.
What it keeps: Orders, receipts, payments, bills, deliveries, bookings and security messages, if you tick that option.
Undo: Every run is logged. Restore moves a run’s messages back out of Trash: all of them or the ones you pick.
Privacy: Your mail goes only between your Mac and your mail provider. We never see it.
Price: $5 once (planned price). No subscription.

How Mail Cleanup works

1
Connect your mail
A setup assistant walks you through it. Use the accounts already in Apple Mail (no passwords), or connect Gmail, Yahoo or iCloud directly with an app password for big mailboxes.
2
Add rules
Pick senders yourself, or let Suggestions scan your inbox and list the senders filling it up. Choose how many days of mail to keep.
3
Preview, then run
Preview shows exactly what would move and changes nothing. Run moves it to Trash. Turn on the daily schedule and forget about it.

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Preview of what will move

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Suggestions: the senders filling your inbox

Features

Works with Apple Mail

Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365 and Exchange accounts you already have in Mail.

Direct connection

Signs in to Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud or another mail server over SSL/TLS for fast cleanups of large mailboxes, with a guided app-password sign-in.

Keeps what matters

Rules can skip orders, receipts, payments, bills, deliveries, bookings and security messages, even from a sender you clean.

Suggestions

Scans an inbox and shows which senders send the most, so you can turn them into rules in a click.

Daily schedule

Runs once a day in the background, even when the app is closed. A Stop button ends a run at any time.

Restore

Every message moved is logged. Move a whole run back out of Trash, or just the messages you pick.

Safe by design

Mail goes to Trash, never deleted permanently. Restore puts it back.
Preview changes nothing.
Skips Sent, Drafts, Junk and Trash folders, and Gmail’s Starred and Important views.
Passwords are kept in your Mac’s Keychain.
Your mail goes between your Mac and your mail provider only. We never see it.

Questions about Mail Cleanup

Can Mail Cleanup delete old emails automatically?

Yes. Turn on the daily schedule and it runs once a day in the background, even when the app is closed, moving mail older than the number of days you choose to Trash.

Does it work with Apple Mail?

Yes. It can use the accounts already set up in Apple Mail, with no passwords to enter. That includes Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook, Microsoft 365 and Exchange accounts.

Does it work with Gmail, Yahoo and iCloud?

Yes, through Apple Mail or directly. A direct connection uses an app password and is much faster for large mailboxes. The setup guide shows how to make one.

Does it work with Outlook and Microsoft 365?

Yes, through Apple Mail. Add the account to Apple Mail and Mail Cleanup can clean it. A direct connection to Outlook isn’t available yet.

Will it delete my receipts or order confirmations?

Not if you tick the option to keep them. Rules can skip orders, receipts, payments, bills, deliveries, bookings and security messages, even from a sender you clean.