Welcome to a list of free email services that do not ask for your phone number. Yep, it’s kind of creepy these days. You need to give away your phone number in exchange for an email account. I mean, while it does add a layer of security, it also comes at the price of privacy. So here is a list of email providers that provide free email services without asking for phone numbers – Read on!
P.S. 1-7 are “more permanent emails”, and 8-12 are “temporary emails”. Otherwise, this list is not in any particular order.
1) MAIL.COM
Restrictions: Attachments up to 30MB, total storage of 65 GB for free users. Require an alternate email to sign up.
Signing up with mail.com is a breeze. Simply enter your name, desired email address, security question, password, and that’s it – An email account within 3 minutes. But take note, they do have a limit of 65 GB storage for free users, and the largest allowed file attachment is 30 MB.
That may be a bummer to some, but the extra features they offer greatly outweigh the limits – Two-factor authentication (2FA), email alias, free online Office suite, and even free email mobile apps for both Android and iOS. Mail.com has so far been one of my personal favorites, the servers are decently fast, and their service is just fuss-free.
2) TUTANOTA
Restrictions: 1GB of storage space
This is one of the better email services that I know of. Tutanota offers free anonymous sign-ups and up to 1GB of storage space. The better part? Tutanota is encrypted; It adds another layer of security.
The best part? There are no advertisements. Tutanota is open source and funded by donations plus premium accounts. The premium accounts are very affordable at only 1 euro a month. Do support these guys if you like their email service.
3) GMX MAIL
Restrictions: 50MB attachments. Require an alternate email to sign up.
GMX (Global Mail eXchange) is run by a listed company in Germany. They are plenty reliable enough, running since 1997. Although they do not state any storage restrictions, there is a 50MB attachment limit… Also, advertisements alert. Take note – Even though you do not need a phone number to register on GMX, you still need another email account.
4) PROTONMAIL
Restrictions: 500 MB of storage space, send 150 emails a day
Switzerland-based ProtonMail offers free email accounts with 500MB storage and 150 emails a day. While this does not sound very exciting, ProtonMail has a feature that most other email providers don’t – encryption. Yep, you can send encrypted emails to people that are password protected and will expire/self-destruct in a number of days. Is that cool enough now?
5) MAILFENCE
Restrictions: 500 MB of storage space. Requires alternate email.
Encryption, privacy, no ads, no tracking. MailFence is one that actually looks pretty convincing. But take note, an existing email is required to sign up and activate MailFence.
6) RAMBLER.RU
A free Russian email provider that many people shared… But the problem is, this site is in Russian only. A little bit of Google Translate did the magic – A pretty simple registration form nonetheless.
- Choose your email address.
- Enter & confirm your password.
- Choose a “security question”.
7) YANDEX (NOT REALLY?)
Restrictions: Might still ask for your phone number…
Yandex is the so-called “Russian Google”. As you might have noticed, I have appended a “not really” on the heading. Yes, and that is for a good reason. You can sign up for a Yandex email account without a phone number, just click on “I don’t have a telephone number” during registration.
BUT here’s the catch – If Yandex somehow deems your account as “spammy”, they will still ask for your phone number as verification. I already have my spare Yandex account locked in this manner, and I am refusing to give them my number. You decide if Yandex is worth your time.
8) GUERRILLA MAIL
Restrictions: Not a permanent email, 150MB attachment limit.
Want a totally anonymous email? Then create one that is temporary. Introducing Guerrilla Mail – a one-time email that you can create, use, then dispose of immediately. No sign-up is required, and you can even attach files up to 150MB.
9) EMAIL ON DECK
Restrictions: Not a permanent email
Email on deck is an alternative to Guerrilla Mail, simply verify that you are not a bot and get your temporary email – Use and dispose of.
10) TRASH MAIL
Restrictions: Temporary email addresses
Yes, this is another temporary email provider. No fuss, no sign-up is required, no phone numbers, no password. Just don’t use this to keep your dark secrets.
11) MAILNESIA
Restrictions: Public email addresses, receiving only
Mailnesia is an email with amnesia. Seriously. Just enter your desired email address, and you get an instant mailbox in seconds – No registration is required. One problem with Mailnesia is that you cannot send any emails with it though.
12) TEMPINBOX
Tempinbox is yet another public email that you can use within seconds. Again, you can only receive emails with it, and there is no sending of emails with it.
“DID NOT WORK”?
This post is getting quite a number of funny random hate comments from dumb trolls. If you have registration problems, it could very well be anything such as network issues, browser compatibility, geolocation bans, IP blacklist, VPN/TOR not allowed, or providers changing their business policies over time.
Let’s keep things civil here, and help each other out – Just share which worked and not. I obviously don’t run the email services, and cannot monitor them every single day. 😆 Hate and blaming won’t do any good, nor get you a free email address. Chill and good luck!
THE END
We have come to the end of this list, and I hope that it has been helpful to you. Now go create your free email accounts without the fear of some random marketer calling you for email upgrades. If you have more free services to share, please feel free to comment below.
It’s impossible to register for an email address with any of these providers listed if you are accessing their website via a VPN. If they really valued my privacy they would not block me like this. The truth is, all these email providers are cogs in the wheel of the surveillance and your data is not safe with ANY of them.
If you run a business, then you will not like spammers to create a million fake accounts using VPN and proxies.
Protonmail & Protonvpn stopped working in China in June. I sent emails to friends who have QQMail & they aren’t received. GMail has been blocked for some time. Yahoo!Mail & News still aren’t blocked. I’ll give Mail.com a try.
A note to the folks in (or planning to visit) China – There is something called the “great firewall of China”, and a number of services/websites are not accessible within the country. You might want to check out “virtual private network services in China” (just do a search on Google).
Mail, GMX, Tutanota, Protonmail, and EmailonDeck all work fine. I use them regularly.
I never use Yandex. The signup process is OK, but I never receive any confirmation emails when I use my Yandex address on another site.
OpenMailbox is alright, but it fell out of favor with me, and now I remember why. Buggy, could not create a new account.
I’ve been locked out of Mail & GMX accounts because they thought I was a spammer, but that doesn’t happen too often.
As for temporary / disposable e-mail: I didn’t see moakt.com on the list.
Another thing… I think you’re subject to increased scrutiny if you use Mail or GMX to sign up with Facebook. FB won’t let you through the signup process unless you confirm with a phone number (which is what we’re trying to avoid, hence the whole point of this page).
these all are absurd and does not work, most of them give technical errors a lot and some of them just hangs up.
Mail.com requires you phone number now (before it didn’t) OR your existing email backup. I gave them non-existent email though but I do not like it. Not going to use it anymore.
Tutanota requires you to confirm that you don’t have an account with them (only one account per person), so I presume if they discover that you have more than one (by IP or somehow) it is in risk to be deleted. So not reliable also.
Proton mail is the best.
services like protonmail, and mail.com have drawbacks as they do not allow pop access
No email providers mentioned that I haven’t tried. I might try Zoho again though the others are not worth my efforts. I use to use gmx.com and before that it was Hotmail.com and before that was Yahoo. I am using Yandex.com but nearly every email I send out I get accused of spam. I don’t know what to do!
Mail.com and GMX are having technical problems and will not provide an email address
Probably a browser issue on your end, or a temporary network issue – Using Chrome here, and registers just fine.
Number 6 on your list, Inbox.lv (https://www.inbox.lv/) now requires a phone number. I’m currently using Fastmail, the only email service I know of that does not require a phone number or is an encrypted service. I was hoping to switch over to Inbox.lv because Fastmail is not free. Unfortunately, it just isn’t to be. I was able to register to create an email account (after much frustration with the CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA systems) but it locks me into a screen that requires I enter a phone number. I cannot access any other function, not even the ‘Account deleting’ page. The only thing I can do is view the news articles on the front page or logout. You should remove both Inbox.lv and Yandex. These are no longer options for people (like myself) who do not have a mobile phone.
Great exactly what I was looking for! Thank-you!
mail.com forces me to use gmx.net or gmx.de
so, kick it from your list.
They say my IP does not allow mail.com
Thanks for sharing – GMX added to the list.