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How to get a temporary Gmail address
Most temporary email services hand you an address on a domain of their own. Websites keep lists of those domains and refuse them. A temporary Gmail address sidesteps that, because the domain is Google’s own — and you can have one in a click, without an account.
By Bathan DevUpdated 2 min read
What makes it different from ordinary temp mail
A disposable address on a service’s own domain is easy to spot. Block lists collect those domains, and a sign-up form can check an address against one in milliseconds. That is why so many temp mail addresses are rejected the moment you paste them in.
An address ending in gmail.com cannot be treated that way. Blocking it would mean blocking Gmail, which is most of the web’s email. So the address gets through, and the mail still arrives somewhere you can read it without logging in.
How the addresses are made
Gmail treats some things in an address as decoration. Dots before the @ are ignored entirely, so j.o.h.n@gmail.com and john@gmail.com are the same mailbox. Anything after a + is ignored too, so john+shop@gmail.com also arrives at john@gmail.com. And googlemail.com is an older spelling of the same service.
Combining those gives an enormous number of addresses that look different to a website but land in one inbox. This site generates them for you and shows you that inbox, so you never need the account behind it.
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Press Generate. An address appears at the top of the page; click it or press Copy. If a site has refused a +plus address before, switch the style to dots, which look like an ordinary name.
Paste the address into the sign-up or login form and ask the site to send its code. Come back to the tab and the inbox is checked straight away, or press Refresh. When the mail is there, the code is pulled out of it and shown next to the message, ready to copy and paste back.
What it is not for
Public addresses run on shared accounts. Anyone who knows the address can read what arrives at it, so treat everything sent there as readable by a stranger.
That rules out banking, government services, work accounts, password resets for anything you care about, and any address you might need again in a month. Use it for the sign-ups you would rather not give your own address to — and nothing you would mind losing.
Questions
Is a temporary Gmail address a real Gmail account?
The address is real and mail sent to it genuinely arrives. The account behind it is shared and is not yours — you get the inbox view, not the account. You cannot send from it or sign in to Google with it.
Can I keep using the same address later?
Your recent addresses are saved in this browser, so you can reopen an inbox later the same day. The provider may recycle an address at any time, so do not rely on one staying yours.
Will every website accept it?
Most will. A few refuse plus-addresses specifically, and switching to the dots style usually fixes that. A small number of sites block shared-inbox services regardless of domain.