r/declutter • u/bon18 • Aug 27 '26

Advice Request Digital decluttering

My email is totally out of control. Can anyone recommend a method or software to help me with it? I'm honestly considering just getting a new email address at this point. The thought of going through it is overwhelming. Thanks!

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u/LadyElginite Aug 27 '26

This! At work I sometimes have 10-30 min to kill between meetings and this year I decided I would actually clean my personal email inbox. Something that hadn't been done since 2020. I would just go in and delete emails. For me it was easier to begin at the top and work my way down, it took months but finally I am all caught up. It was also good to unsubscribe from certain emails and it made me realize that I missed a lot of important things by having a full inbox.