Inbox Control clears years of unread noise from Gmail without reading message content. Turn on nightly clean to keep new noise quiet while you sleep. Nothing deleted. Every change undoable.
Free scan · Metadata only · No credit card
Why this is different
Many inbox cleaners rely on permissions that can expose email content. Inbox Control connects through Gmail metadata and never requests message bodies. That is not just a policy promise. It is a technical limit.
We see sender, subject, date, and read status. We never request the message body. The permission is narrow by design and enforced by Google.
There is no delete, trash, or archive action in Inbox Control. Those capabilities are not hidden behind a setting. They are simply not built.
Every action records exactly which messages it touched. One click within 30 days puts the unread badges back precisely as they were.
How it works
No folders to build, no rules to write, no afternoon lost to setup.
Sign in with Google using the metadata-only permission. See how many promotions, newsletters, and social pings are buried in there, plus who sends the most.
Approve a cleanup and watch it sweep batch by batch, with live progress and a stop button. Only the unread badge changes. Protected senders are excluded on our servers, not just in the app.
Turn on nightly clean and new noise gets marked read while you sleep. Wake up to an unread badge that finally means something.
The honest comparison
Inbox tools use different permissions and actions. Here is the deliberately narrow path Inbox Control takes.
| Capability | Inbox Control | Other inbox tools |
|---|---|---|
| Accesses email content | No. Message bodies are not requested. | Varies by product |
| Deletes or archives mail | No. Those actions are not built. | Varies by product |
| Undo window | 30 days, exact | Varies by product |
| Nightly cleanup | Optional, by category | Varies by product |
| Activity record | Plain-English history | Varies by product |
What you get
Clear hundreds of thousands of unread messages in one confirmed run, in safe batches of 1,000.
A server-side worker keeps your chosen categories at zero, even when your computer is off.
Your bank, your boss, and your people are excluded from every action at the selection level.
See who sends the most and who you actually read, using metadata alone.
A plain-English record of every scan, every action, and every setting change.
Regret nothing. Any batch, sweep, or nightly run can be reversed exactly.
The promise
Trust is the entire product. These are not just settings. They are how the app is built:
Inbox Control's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.
Pricing
Billing opens when our Google verification completes. Founding members lock the launch price for life.
The relief is free. Seriously.
or $39/year, locked for life for beta users
Questions
No. Your messages never leave Gmail, and Inbox Control never requests their contents. The app works with counts, senders, subjects, and read status. The only mailbox change it makes is removing or restoring the unread badge.
Important, starred, and personal mail is excluded automatically, and you can protect any sender. If something slips through anyway, one click in your activity record restores everything exactly as it was, for 30 days.
Google's wording for the mark-read permission covers more than we use. That is Google's standard tier language. Inbox Control only removes or restores the unread badge, and your activity record shows each action.
Free during our invite-only beta. When billing opens, Pro is $4.99/month or $39/year. Everyone who joined during the beta keeps that price for life.
The scan is free, metadata-only, and honestly a little shocking.
Start your free scanInbox Control is currently in beta. If Google limits sign-in, please check back after verification is complete.