FairEmail, privacy aware email

4.9
27.4K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

FairEmail is easy to set up and works with virtually all email providers, including Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo!

FairEmail might be for you if you value your privacy.

FairEmail is simple to use, but if you are looking for a very simple email app, FairEmail might not be the right choice.

FairEmail is an email client only, so you need to bring your own email address. FairEmail is not a calendar/contact/task/note manager and cannot make you coffee.

FairEmail does not support non-standard protocols, like Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Microsoft ActiveSync.

Almost all features are free to use, but to maintain and support the app in the long term, not every feature can be for free. See below for a list of pro features.

A lot of effort has gone into this mail app, which was developed to help you protect your privacy. If you have a question or problem, there is always support at [email protected].

Main features

* Fully featured
* 100% open source
* Privacy oriented
* Unlimited accounts
* Unlimited email addresses
* Unified inbox (optionally accounts or folders)
* Conversation threading
* Two way synchronization
* Push notifications
* Offline storage and operations
* Common text style options (size, color, lists, etc.)
* Battery friendly
* Low data usage
* Small (<30 MB)
* Material design (including dark/black theme)
* Maintained and supported

This app is deliberately minimalistic by design, so you can concentrate on reading and writing messages.

This app starts a foreground service with a low-priority status bar notification to make sure you'll never miss new emails.

Privacy features

* Encryption/decryption supported (OpenPGP, S/MIME)
* Reformat messages to prevent phishing
* Confirm showing images to prevent tracking
* Confirm opening links to prevent tracking and phishing
* Attempt to recognize and disable tracking images
* Warning if messages could not be authenticated

Simple

* Quick setup
* Easy navigation
* No bells and whistles
* No distracting "eye candy"

Secure

* No data storage on third-party servers
* Using open standards (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, OpenPGP, S/MIME, etc.)
* Safe message view (styling, scripting and unsafe HTML removed)
* Confirm opening links, images and attachments
* No special permissions required
* No advertisements
* No analytics and no tracking (error reporting via Bugsnag is opt-in)
* Optional Android backup
* No Firebase Cloud Messaging
* FairEmail is an original work, not a fork or a clone

Efficient

* Fast and lightweight
* IMAP IDLE (push messages) supported
* Built with latest development tools and libraries

Pro features

All pro features are convenience or advanced features.

* Account/identity/folder colors/avatars
* Colored stars
* Notification settings (sounds) per account/folder/sender (requires Android 8 Oreo)
* Configurable notification actions
* Snooze messages
* Send messages after selected time
* Synchronization scheduling
* Reply templates
* Accept/decline calendar invitations
* Add message to calendar
* Automatically generate vCard attachments
* Filter rules
* Automatic message classification
* Search indexing
* S/MIME sign/encrypt
* Biometric/PIN authentication
* Message list widget
* Export settings

Support

If you have a question or problem, please check here first:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md

If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact me at [email protected], and I will try to help you.
Updated on
Oct 22, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data canā€™t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.9
24.8K reviews
AndrƩ Hoogendoorn
July 13, 2021
Marcel is the man! This is by far the best Android email client. I use multiple Office 365 and IMAP accounts. It's amazing how blazingly fast FairEmail searches through them and actually finds what you're after! Try that in Outlook! Also the configureability is unparalleled. I wish Marcel was going to develop a Calendar app, with MS Teams integration, in a similar way as FairEmail. That would be another winner :-D.
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Raymond Dirksen
September 30, 2021
Very clean, light, efficient and privacy focused e-mail app that does everything you need and much, much more. The possibilities of customizing the app to work in the way you want it are endless. Getting the hang of things though is quite a steep learning curve, but well worth the effort. Be patient. The support from the development is the best I've experienced. The pro features are well worth the money.
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Ramon Spooren
November 2, 2021
I found to miss annoption that directs me to the inbox of a specific account on startup of the app when using multiple accounts. I might be overlooking this. Otherwise great app. Lots of possibilities an also personalisation. Took me a while to find the correct way of appearance for me. But in the end managed to do so.
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Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV
November 2, 2021
I am not sure what you mean, Ramon. So, can you please contact me via [email protected] for support? In any case showing the contents of one inbox on the start screen is possible.

What's new

This version was released to add some new features:

* Added option to show stars in message list widgets (Android 12+ only)
* Fixed all reported bugs, including the sort order of folders
* Small improvements and minor bug fixes
* Updated build tools, libraries, and translations

If needed, there is always personal support available via [email protected]