# Cleanfox review (2026): is it any good? > Free tool for unsubscribing from newsletters and clearing inboxes Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cleanfox connects to a mailbox, lists the newsletters in it and lets you delete or block each sender in one click. It is free to use. The service is developed by NielsenIQ, a market research company, and the site says it keeps Cleanfox free by selling statistics compiled from the emails it scans. - **Category:** Email Apps - **Made by:** NielsenIQ - **Website:** https://cleanfox.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you don't want your emails scanned, as the site says it sells statistics compiled from them. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Cleanfox is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | All features at no charge; the service is funded by selling statistical data from scanned emails. | Read from https://cleanfox.io/en/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cleanfox before buying. ## Key features - **Newsletter detection:** After you connect a mailbox, Cleanfox lists the newsletters it finds so that each one can be reviewed in turn. - **Delete or keep, per sender:** For each newsletter you can delete future emails automatically, delete emails already received, or keep it. - **Deleted mail goes to the bin:** Removed emails move to the inbox bin and are emptied automatically after a few days, so a mistake can be restored. - **Several providers and apps:** It works with Gmail, Outlook and other providers, and there are Android and iOS apps as well as the web version. ## Good for - People with an inbox full of newsletters they never read - A one-off cleanup of an old mailbox without paying ## Worth knowing - Cleanfox is paid for by data: the site says it sells statistics compiled from the transactional emails and newsletters it scans. - Signing up joins NielsenIQ's online consumer panel, according to the site. - It cleans subscriptions only; it is not an email client and does not replace one. - The site says it is unable to connect to some providers. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Cleanfox finds the newsletters in your mailbox and lets you delete or keep each one, for no charge. It's paid for by selling statistics compiled from the emails it scans, and signing up joins NielsenIQ's online consumer panel. It cleans subscriptions only and isn't an email client. - **Value for money: A.** Everything is free. The cost is not money: the site says it sells statistics compiled from the transactional emails and newsletters it scans. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright, with all features at no charge and no paid plan. - **Features: C.** Newsletter detection, delete or keep per sender, deleted mail goes to the bin, and several providers. It does that one job, a smaller job than an email client, and the site says it can't connect to some providers. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect your mailbox first, though it's one-click per newsletter after that. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with Gmail and Outlook connections. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cleanfox's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email apps - Cleanfox's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 55 of the 70 other email apps we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 55 of 70) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Cleanfox has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Cleanfox is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 55 of the 70 other email apps we grade. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Filters that read every message as it arrives. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Gmail, Outlook **Tags:** Inbox filtering, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Clean Email](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clean-email): Inbox cleaner for bulk deleting, unsubscribing and auto rules. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clean-email-vs-cleanfox) - [Unroll.Me](https://toolgpa.com/tools/unroll-me): Free tool to block or roll up subscription emails. 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