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Life & fun · February 28, 2021

Email Cleaner: Clean tracking links and pixels from email newsletters

(UPDATE @2021-03-12: There is a follow-up post) I’m supposed to be blogging instead of doing “app startup” things but I got sidetracked and …

Email Cleaner: Clean tracking links and pixels from email newsletters launched on February 28, 2021 with 22 votes, #1,138 of 3,133 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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Email Cleaner removes tracking links and pixels from email newsletters, helping users protect their privacy while reading. The tool strips out surveillance elements that marketers embed in emails to monitor opens and clicks. Launched in 2021, it's designed for anyone concerned about tracking in their inbox who wants a cleaner, more private email experience.

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I’m supposed to be blogging instead of doing “app startup” things but I got sidetracked and built another side project (again). I’ve been getting into email newsletters. Over the last month, I’ve gone from zero newsletters to eleven of them. My inbox is now overflowing with newsletters. Maybe I’ll have to cut back but that’s a story for another time. They are user-hostile. Substack is the worst. Their URLs look like this:…from bengtan.com

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