Hide My Email

It's a privacy tool that helps you keep your real email address private when you sign up for things online.

Here's how it works:​

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• Creates Random Addresses: When you need to provide an email address to a website, app, or service, "Hide My Email" generates a unique, random email address for you.
• Forwards Emails: Any emails sent to this random address are automatically forwarded to your real email inbox.
• Protects Your Privacy: This prevents companies from directly collecting and sharing your real email address, reducing the risk of spam and unwanted tracking.
• Control and Management: You can deactivate these random addresses at any time, effectively stopping any further emails from that source.

Key Benefits:

• Reduces Spam: By not giving out your real email, you significantly reduce the chances of it ending up on spam lists.
• Enhances Privacy: It limits the amount of personal information shared with third parties.
• Easy to Use: It's integrated into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, making it simple to generate and manage these random addresses.

​How to Use It:

• In Safari: When you're on a website and need to enter your email, tap the email field, and "Hide My Email" will appear above the keyboard.
• In Mail: When composing a new email, tap the "From" field and choose "Hide My Email."
• In Settings: You can manage all your "Hide My Email" addresses in your iCloud settings.

Important Note: "Hide My Email" is a feature of iCloud+, which is a paid subscription service. It's included with all paid iCloud storage plans (starting with the 50GB plan) and Apple One bundles.

There have been reports that Google is developing a "Shielded Email" feature for Android, which would function similarly to Apple's "Hide My Email."
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