I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally
Hi everyone, My motivation for building this was to address the trouble of mass unsubscribing from unwanted emails and deleting bulk emails while ensuring privacy and control over the process. With this Chrome extension, emails are not sent to any external servers. All calls to the Gmail API happen locally on your device. Feedback and suggestions are welcome!
I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally launched on May 15, 2024 with 96 votes, #511 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This Chrome extension helps users clean up their Gmail inbox by enabling mass unsubscribing from unwanted emails and bulk deletion. Designed for anyone overwhelmed by email clutter, it processes all operations locally on the user's device without sending data to external servers, maintaining privacy and user control throughout. All Gmail API calls happen directly in the browser.
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