You're subscribed to
more than you think.
Rootout reads the headers in your Gmail and shows you every mailing list writing to you — usually dozens you'd forgotten agreeing to. Then it gets you off them at the source, rather than deleting what has already arrived.
Rootout isn't available yet. When it is, this page and its privacy policy will say exactly what it reads and where it keeps it.
From one real Gmail account — the one Rootout was built and tested against, not a projected average. Yours will differ; the point is that the number is never small.
How it works
Connect Gmail
With an App Password you create. Rootout reads who writes to you and how to get off their list, never the body of a message.
Meet your subscriptions
One page, every sender, biggest first. This is the part people screenshot: the count is reliably higher than anyone guesses.
Leave, and stay gone
Unsubscribe in a click where the sender allows it. Rootout then watches whether they respect it, and flags the ones who don't.
Deleting is not unsubscribing
Every inbox cleaner will empty your mail. That clears the past and changes nothing about next week. Leaving the list is the part that matters, and how well it works depends on what the sender supports — so Rootout tells you which of the three you are getting instead of reporting success either way.
- Instant
- The sender supports one-click unsubscribe. Rootout does it directly and the response confirms it worked.
- By email
- The sender only accepts an unsubscribe by mail. Rootout sends it from your address — nothing confirms it, so Rootout watches whether they keep writing.
- On their site
- The sender offers a link and nothing more. Rootout opens it; you finish there.
How many do you think it is?
Pick a number now. Nobody guesses high enough. Rootout isn't out yet; write and you'll hear when it is.