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Temporary Email: Get a Free Temporary Address in One Click
To get a temporary email address, open the site and a working address appears immediately. Paste it wherever you need an email, wait for the message to arrive, and let the inbox expire on its own. No signup, no password, no personal details.
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Open your free inbox →Temp inboxes are public-by-address: anyone who knows the address can read it. Never use one for anything you need to recover.
Quick answer
A temporary email address is one you can use straight away and then walk away from. Open nullmail and an address is already waiting - there is nothing to sign up for and no password to remember. It receives real email, including verification codes and login links, usually within seconds. The address stays alive for about sixty minutes, and when it expires every message in it is permanently deleted. Use it for one-off signups, trials, downloads and codes. Do not use it for anything you may need to log back into later, because expiry cannot be undone.
How to get one
There is no form to fill in. When the page loads, the service has already generated a random address and started an inbox for it, so the first thing you see is a mailbox rather than a signup screen. Copy the address and use it.
That immediacy is the whole point. Every step between wanting an address and having one is a step where people give up and hand over their real email instead - which is the outcome a temporary address exists to avoid.
What actually arrives
Real mail from real senders. Verification links, one-time codes, order confirmations, password reset emails and newsletters all land in the inbox exactly as they would in a permanent mailbox, because a real mail server is receiving them.
The inbox also reads the message for you where it can. When a one-time code arrives, it is pulled out and offered for one-tap copying, so you are not squinting at an email on a phone screen trying to memorise six digits before the tab reloads.
How long it lasts
A nullmail inbox runs for about sixty minutes by default. That window is chosen deliberately: the most common failure with disposable email is a verification email that arrives after the address has already been destroyed, stranding the signup. A longer window removes that race without weakening anything.
When the window closes, the address is gone and every message in it is hard-deleted. Expiry is not reversible, and there is no archive to request afterwards.
Temporary or permanent: how to decide
The test is a single question: if I need to get back into this in two years, how do I do it? If the only route back in is a link sent to an address that has expired, the account is already lost.
| Situation | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial, download, coupon, Wi-Fi portal | Temporary | One message, no relationship, nothing to recover |
| Forum or community signup you might return to | Depends | Temporary works if you never need a password reset |
| Banking, government, work, anything with a payment method | Permanent | These accounts must be recoverable years later |
| Anything you might need to reset a password on | Permanent | The reset link goes to an address that will no longer exist |
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Open your free inbox →Temp inboxes are public-by-address: anyone who knows the address can read it. Never use one for anything you need to recover.
How do I get a temporary email address?
Open nullmail. A random address is already created and the inbox is live - there is no form, no signup and no password. Copy the address and use it wherever an email is requested.
Is temporary email free?
Yes. There is no paid tier, no trial limit and no account to create. The address is generated the moment the page loads.
How long does a temporary email last?
About sixty minutes on nullmail. When the inbox expires the address stops working and every message in it is permanently deleted, so it cannot be recovered afterwards.
Can I receive verification codes on a temporary email?
Yes. The inbox polls automatically and receives real email, including one-time codes and login links, usually within seconds. Codes are detected and offered for one-tap copying.
What should I not use a temporary email for?
Anything you may need to recover later: banking, government portals, work accounts, or any service tied to a payment method. If the only way back in is a reset link, an expiring address will lock you out.
Last updated: 2026-09-22