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.
inbox.lv & protonmail so far so good and didn’t ask me any phone numbers. lets see if they lock me in few weeks (update 9/12/20)
just created a yandex account (12/06/20), using security questions. I am able to get emails but cannot send my first one. i keep getting captchas that i know i answer correct every time…. just keep getting “email not sent” message. i go back to the email and try over & over. how is anyone able to set up an email for their kid who is doing this all for the first time, has no email or phone number to start with? ridiculous.
If you are connecting directly from germany, GMX directs you to their german site, which does require a phone number.
Really disgusting. Wonder what a trashy world we live in today, where we can’t even find a provider who’ll give us FREE E-Mail IDs, with a bit sufficient storage & without asking for phone!!!
Don’t mind the ads but hate the phone no. part.
Can’t really blame the email providers. Asking for phone number verification is one of the best ways to fight off spammers and abusers.
Yea give them your phone number, and all of a sudden, ” Auto warrantee services ” calls you 20 times a day from bogus numbers.
I will pass on the scammers
I see that you are using Gmail. Google spamming and calling you for “Auto warrantee services” yet? LOL.
BTW, what’s there to gain by spamming 999 comments and picking fights with everyone on the Internet? Well, here, you win – You are right, there are a lot of shady phising websites.
Now go do something actually useful, and stop wasting your time on the Internet fighting a spam filter. Cheers!
GMX requires phone number or another email.
you can’t use a temporary email generator like “10 minute email” to create a gmx account either. it’s depressing how privacy has ceased to exist in 2020. once you give your privacy away (it seems like handing it over is a requirement to do ANYTHING in life these days) you never get it back.
In my country – inside EU – I need to register to a page that was free to different opinions until now.
Now they are telling that everybody should register.
I need an email where I cannot be traced and I possibly start using VPN.
There are actually restrictions in EU area about some important topics, immigration etc.
YANDEX NOW REQUIRES A PHONE NUMBER TO ACTIVATE ACCOUNT! ALSO Mail.com demanded a phone number. These should be updated
Yandex – Maybe, when they deem your account to be “spammy”.
Mail.com – No, optional.
Agreed, I tried a few and can’t use.. either need phone or it doesn’t like me using a vpn haha. can’t make email addresses without sharing all my personal details these days.. so sad.
Yep. Been getting quite a lot of comments that VPN and TOR users are getting the ban hammer too.
yandex does not require a phone number. All you have to do is click the button stating you dont have one and it gives you different security questions then instead.
Yes, and it will demand for one after a few days.
Tutanota is rejecting my responces after processing every time.
So it is not really good.
GMX is for only Germany Austria and not for India.
So it is also not in my list.
Mail.com also did not create any mail for me each time.
So it is difficult to me.
In comparison Protonmail is good.
Inbox.lv isn’t just demanding your phone number at registration now … if you already have an account but didn’t give a number on signup, it now sends you to a “Phone Number Verification” screen and refuses to give you access to your email unless you provide one.
Sorry, what I meant was, I thought I would not have to put in EITHER one, neither the cell phone or alternate email address. Anyway, the option of providing an email address is better than HAVING to provide a cell phone. Thank you for the informative article. I may try a couple of the other ones you listed.