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.
all you have to do is buy a $10 burner phone in cash like tracfone or pageplus, get a number and sign up
did that and the number became blacklisted after overuse and didnt take long…i guess time to throw away and get another.
I have used gmx for years never asked for verification or phone
Just tried. You either need to provide an alternative email or a phone number. There’s No way around not having one or the other, sadly.
Thank you putting the list together.
The Email On Deck free option is a receive only solution. The free version can ONLY send to other @qhqhidden.com addresses is – the paid version can send emails to other email domains. Only “sending” emails to qhqhidden.com makes it useless for sending emails.
Protonmail is asking me for a phone number or donation. Into the trash it goes
gmx is a spammer. It serves his paying clients and blocks (!) others. Very bad “program”!
mail.com did work for my first email but then i kept getting errors
Sorry to hear about your trouble with Mail.com because I love them.
I’ve been using Mail.com since the 90’s when it was Email.com, and I have never had a problem with this email service. I have 4 email accounts with them at this time, all with different “@ __.com” names. (They have a variety of names to choose from besides the main “@mail.com” name.)
I don’t know if other email services offer this, but I also setup sub-files in my already setup files to help organize my saved emails even better. (I setup a new file then move it into another file so it becomes a sub-file. There may be a quicker way, but I don’t take time to read instructions. LOL.)
If I’ve ever had a problem while using Mail.com it was a computer problem. . . not a Mail.com problem. Check your computer.
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With the extra traffic the internet is handling at this time because of the coronavirus and it is an international service, your problem could be too many people are trying to setup a new Mail.com account and they are just overloaded with registrations.
Good luck
Inbox.LV DOES require a phone number. I’ve tried several services from different articles and they ALL require phone now!
Both mail.com and gmx.com are a waste of time. Neither one works. Have tried to create an email address on each one for over two weeks. Put in a name, then check for availability you get a msg: Technical Error has occurred. If you do happen to create an email address, when you get acceptance msg of successful set in alternate email then go to either one to log in:
1. You get error message that email account doesn’t exist
2. Your account has been blocked for abnormal traffic
Either way, you’re not getting a working email. Both suck about as bad Outlook!!!
I have used mail.com FOR YEARS and have never had a single problem. My other favorite is gmx which I have never had to verify a phone number and have used as my primary email
exactly!!!! mail and gmx are the same and eventually blocked me from signing up when using vpn and mobile and even regular ip…very strange… i got errors and now it wont even let me try to sign up at all…the page is blocked. i reset browser i get to the screen and then nothing happens but technical difficulties. ridiculous.. the funny thing is i only signed up for 2 emails and this happened!
Are you using a VPN? I’m seeing the same thing with mail.com when I’m connected to the Private Internet Access VPN but when I’m not, I don’t see the error. That’s a deal breaker though for me. I haven’t checked gmx yet.
I’m using TorBrowser. Both mail.com and gmx.com error out when trying to connect when I click their sign-up buttons.
when i signed up for yandex, it didnt require my phone number, but the 2nd time i signed in, it required my phone number
yes you are right all free mails doing this after 2nd or 3rd login
22nov2019: I have checked website INBOX.LV and it seemed that phone is not requied, it is just google there which has an eye on your registration..andgeoloc:)
Requied;gender, last name, first name,nickname and password (iguess it was all) nothing about alternative mail or phone.