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Zamithlast Tuesday at 8:45 AM2 repliesview on HN

I built a little Gmail cleaner because my inbox had a bunch of "newsletters I unsubscribed from in my head but never actually did." Headers only, never message bodies, because privacy should still matter, I think. It worked very well and the amount of spam I get dropped dramatically, which was the point.

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Quietbox (https://quietbox.zamith.pt/) - Clear spammy emails from your inbox


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facundofarlast Tuesday at 8:47 AM

Did something similar for myself, but CLI-only: https://github.com/facundofarias/gmail-cleaner. Good one!

Escapade5160last Tuesday at 9:19 AM

is:unread -is:starred <-- go through your inbox and star what you want to keep, this filter will help you delete everything else unread. Add something like older_than:1y to also prune your Gmail from time to time.