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The Gmail Dot Trick

Disposable Email Address

Need to create a disposable email address (DEA) with Gmail?
Read on to see exactly how.
 

Step 1:

Log into your Gmail account.

Log into your Gmail account

Step 2:

Click on the gear box icon located at top right of the page.

Click on "Settings" from gear box drop down Click on "Settings" from gear box drop down

Step 3:

Click on the "Settings" link in the drop down menu.

Click on "Settings" Click on "Settings"

Step 4:

Click on the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab.

Click on "Filters and Blocked Addresses" Click on "Filters and Blocked Addresses"

Step 5:

Next click on the "Create a new filter" link.

Gmail filters setting page Gmail filters setting page

Step 6:

In the "To" input box, enter your email address with a dot anywhere before the @gmail.com part. You can use as many dots as you want. Below are 2 examples.
 
If you use a different domain then @gmail.com for your email, just make sure to put the dots before the @ symbol.

Enter your email address with a dot somewhere in it Enter your email address with a dot somewhere in it Enter your email address with a dot somewhere in it, different example Enter your email address with a dot somewhere in it, different example

Step 7:

Next click "Create filter with this search >>".

Create the filter Create the filter

Step 8:

In our case, we'll want to apply a label called "junk sites" to any email sent to the disposable email address we just created. Use any label you like.
 
Press the "Create filter" button.

Apply a label to this disposable email address Apply a label to this disposable email address

Step 9:

You can confirm it's in place when you see something like the below.

Click "Add" Click "Add"

Step 10:

You can now give your disposable email address out to any website or person and you'll receive emails directly in your Gmail inbox. If a website does not accept your Gmail disposable email address, you can always try one from EmailOnDeck.com