10 Minute Mail: a free temporary email address, ready instantly

A disposable inbox you can use for a few minutes and throw away. No signup, no password — and it stays open long enough for a code that arrives late.

“10 minute mail” is the popular name for a temporary, disposable email address: a real inbox that is created for you in seconds, used once, and thrown away. You give it to a site instead of your personal address, receive whatever it sends — a confirmation link, a one-time verification code, a download — and then walk away. Nothing is tied to your name, and there is nothing to clean up.

One honest difference here: your address does not disappear after exactly ten minutes. It stays live until the countdown shown above your inbox runs out, which is deliberately long enough that a verification code arriving a few minutes late still lands. When the window closes, the address stops receiving mail and every stored message is deleted automatically. That is the point of temporary mail — you never have to remember it, and it never becomes another inbox to manage.

How 10 minute mail works

1

Open the page

A fresh temporary email address is generated for you the moment the home page loads. No form, no account, no password — it is ready to copy immediately.

2

Use it anywhere

Paste the disposable address into any signup, trial, download gate, or verification form. Mail sent to it arrives on the page within seconds, live, with no refresh.

3

Read your message

Verification codes, confirmation links and receipts appear in the inbox as they arrive. Remote images are blocked and scripts are stripped, so opening a message is safe.

4

Let it expire

When the countdown ends, the address stops accepting mail and the messages are permanently deleted. You can also generate a new address at any time, or delete a message yourself instantly.

Why use a disposable email address?

No signup, ever

No name, no phone number, no password, no login. Opening the page is the whole process — a working disposable email address in seconds.

Keeps your real inbox clean

Give a throwaway address to the sites you do not fully trust. When they sell your details or start emailing offers, it lands in an inbox that no longer exists — not your personal one.

Deletes itself automatically

Both the address and its messages are removed on a schedule you can see counting down. Nothing lingers, and there is nothing to unsubscribe from later.

Private by design

The address carries no identity. We do not ask who you are, messages are stored encrypted, and the sender only ever sees the temporary address itself.

When to use a temporary email address

Free trials and signups

Try a service or read a gated article without handing over the address you actually use every day.

One-time verification codes

Receive the confirmation link or 6-digit code a site sends to activate an account, then discard the inbox.

Avoiding marketing spam

Download the file or claim the coupon that requires an email, and let the follow-up newsletters expire with the address.

Testing your own emails

Developers and marketers can check what a signup or password-reset email actually looks like when it lands, without a throwaway personal account.

Frequently asked questions about 10 minute mail

Does the address really last only 10 minutes?
No — and that is on purpose. “10 minute mail” is just the common name for a disposable inbox. Here the address stays usable until the countdown above it ends, which is long enough that a verification code arriving a few minutes late still reaches you. Once the window closes, the address and its messages are deleted automatically.
Is 10 minute mail free?
Yes, completely. There is nothing to buy, no premium tier and no limits to unlock — opening the page gives you a working temporary email address at no cost.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. There is no account, no password and nothing to install. The disposable address is created in your browser the instant the page loads.
Can I receive verification codes and confirmation emails?
Yes. This is a real, working inbox — signup confirmations, one-time codes and receipts are delivered to it within seconds of being sent. The service is receive-only, so you can read mail but cannot send or reply.
Will websites accept a 10 minute mail address?
Many will; some will not. A growing number of sites check signups against public lists of disposable email domains and reject them. If a signup is refused, that is usually why — there is nothing wrong with your inbox. Generating a new address on a different domain sometimes helps.
Is temporary email safe to use?
For receiving a signup confirmation or a one-time code it is safer than giving out your real address, because a disposable inbox cannot be used to spam you later. It is not safe for anything you need to keep: never use it for banking, government services, work accounts or password recovery.

Ready to try it?

Your free, disposable 10 minute mail address is one click away — no signup, no password, nothing to install.