InboxControl

Good morning

Your inbox is safe. You're in control.

Connect Gmail to begin a metadata-only scan.

No scan yet
Nothing changes without your approval We scan sender metadata and only apply reviewed mark-read actions.
Metadata scanSender, subject, date
Delete blockedAlways disabled
Bodies never requestedContent stays private

Inbox map

Your category distribution appears after a safe scan.

1Connect safelyGoogle consent
2Scan metadataLabels and counts
3Review groupsYou decide
Safe by design

See what is filling your inbox

Connect Gmail, then Inbox Control will group metadata into reviewable categories. No messages will be changed.

Disconnect any time. Delete remains blocked.

Reads metadataSender, subject, labels, dates, and status
Skips message bodiesEmail content is never requested
Cannot delete mailPermanent deletion stays disabled
Review center

Your staged cleanup plan

Inspect groups, stage safe batches, and confirm every mailbox change.

Guardrails

Protected mail

These senders and message patterns stay outside every cleanup batch.

Protection active

Protected senders

Add a sender or domain that Inbox Control should always skip.

Audit ledger

Everything Inbox Control has done

A plain-English record of scans, staged plans, and safety changes.

0 messages changed
Trust mode

Safety settings

Choose how cautious Inbox Control should be. Permanent delete cannot be enabled.

Keep it clean automatically

Once a night, Inbox Control marks new unread noise in the categories you choose as read — on our server, even while your computer is off. Only the unread badge changes. Protected senders and safety settings always apply, and every run appears in your activity record.

Connect Gmail and enable mark-read access to turn on the nightly clean.

Inbox Control trust model

What the app can and cannot do

Metadata scanningSender, subject, labels, categories, dates, and unread status.
No body requestsInbox Control does not request or process message content.
No delete accessPermanent deletion is disabled by design.
Mark-read by confirmationOnly the unread badge can be removed after a preview and final approval. Archive remains unavailable.
Honest about Google permissionsGoogle's mark-read approval technically grants broader mailbox access. Inbox Control only ever removes the unread badge, and every change appears in your activity record.
Final confirmation

Mark messages as read?

Up to 0 selected messages
Unread badge removedThe selected messages will appear as read.
Kept in your InboxThe Inbox label stays exactly where it is.
No archive or deleteThis action cannot archive, trash, or permanently delete mail.