Dealing with Unwanted Emails
Spam and junk mail clogs your inbox and lowers your focus. With Superhuman, you can unsubscribe, block, or mark a message as Spam in an instant!
Unsubscribe
Desktop
To unsubscribe, just hit Cmd+U (Mac) or Ctrl+U (Windows).
Several options will appear:
a. Unsubscribe — unsubscribes you from the newsletter.
b. Unsubscribe, and Mark Done all — unsubscribes you from the newsletter, and archives all existing newsletters in the inbox.
c. Unsubscribe, and Trash all — unsubscribes you from the newsletter, and trashes all existing newsletters in the inbox.
Mobile
On mobile, simply swipe down and tap Unsubscribe.
Several options will appear:
a. Unsubscribe — unsubscribes you from the newsletter.
b. Unsubscribe, and Mark Done all — unsubscribes you from the newsletter, and archives all existing newsletters in the inbox.
c. Unsubscribe, and Trash all — unsubscribes you from the newsletter, and trashes all existing newsletters in the inbox.
Block
Desktop
For emails that do not have an unsubscribe link, you can block them instead.
Just hit Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → Block to block the sender or domain from landing in your inbox.
Mobile
To block emails on mobile, swipe down then type Block.
You can block the sender or domain from landing in your inbox.
Spam
Desktop
You can quickly mark messages as Spam.
Just hit Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → Mark Spam or ! to mark a message as Spam.
Several options will appear:
a. Mark Spam — marks the message as Spam and sends it to the Spam folder.
b. Mark Spam, and block full email address — marks the message as Spam, and blocks all messages from the full email address.
c. Mark Spam, and block domain — marks the message as Spam, and blocks all messages from the domain.
Mobile
To mark a message as Spam, swipe down then tap Mark Spam.
FAQs
Does Superhuman automatically Unsubscribe for me?
Yes and no. Superhuman takes one of three actions will you use the unsubscribe feature:
- It sends an email to the source to unsubscribe for you.
- It sends and email to the source to unsubscribe for you and pulls forward a company page.
- It directs you to the unsubscribe page of the company.
Generally, Superhuman can unsubscribe for you, unless a company has a particular Unsubscribe page.
If I Block a sender or domain, can I Unblock them?
Yes! You can view the list of Blocked senders by hitting Cmd+K or Ctrl+K → Block Senders. You can Unblock an address simply by clicking Unblock.
Do you suggest marking emails as Junk rather than Unsubscribe or Block?
Junk and Block have results, but slightly different purposes.
Marking an email as Junk moves it to your Junk folder, but you aren't automatically blocking the sender. This should reroute any future emails from that sender to your Spam folder, but you may still receive some emails from the same domain in the future. Marking Junk helps train the system to identify similar types of emails and improve your inbox performance.
Blocking may be a better option when you want to stop receiving messages from an unwanted sender. These emails may not typically be spam/junk. Marking them as Junk would confuse the junk filter capturing unintended emails into the Junk folder. Blocking allows you to stop receiving those messages without confusing the Junk filter.