Automation and scraping · Independent · 26 Oct 2026

labnol/unsubscribe-gmail

Gmail Unsubscriber is a Google Apps Script for unsubscribing from unwanted newsletters and other bulk emails.

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Gmail Unsubscriber. Clean your inbox by removing unwanted newsletters.
Verified26 Oct 2026

Radar check

What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.

Alive0

Last code pushed 4 Apr 2025, 19 months before this check.

Releases—

No releases published on GitHub; the code date above is the one to trust.

Maturity100

Public since October 2012, about 14 years.

Adoption64

1,570 stars and 115 forks.

Activity0

0 commits and 0 new issues in the last 90 days.

Community25

4 contributors. No pull requests merged in 90 days; changes go in directly. A small team carries it.

Security40

No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.

Licence MIT: permissive: use it for anything, keep the noticeSetup effort 3 of 5Payoff 4 of 5
How the bars are scored
  • Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
  • Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
  • Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
  • Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
  • Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
  • Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
  • Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.

Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.

In simple English

Your email inbox fills up with newsletters you never read. This script runs inside your Google account to find those emails. It clicks the unsubscribe links for you automatically. You do not need to pay anyone or install extra software on your computer. It keeps your data private because it stays inside your own Google Drive.

What it is

An open-source JavaScript (a programming language that runs in web browsers and servers) script that reads your Gmail messages and follows their unsubscribe links. It logs all your actions in a Google Sheet (an online spreadsheet tool made by Google).

What it is good for

Anyone who wants to clean up their personal or work inbox without giving a third-party company access to their emails.

Status

No code changes since 2025-04-04.

Stars1.6k
LicenceMIT
LatestNo tagged releasechecked 26 Oct 2026
Last code change2025-04-04
Written inJavaScript
Setup effort
3 / 5
Payoff
4 / 5
Good
  • Runs entirely inside your own Google account.
  • Does not sell your data or read your private messages.
  • Saves hours of manual clicking on old mailing lists.
Watch for
  • Requires manual setup in Google Apps Script (a cloud scripting language for building lightweight apps in Google Workspace).
  • Google may limit how many emails a script can process in one day.
  • Depends on mailing lists having working unsubscribe headers.
Replaces

manually clicking unsubscribe on every newsletter

Works well with

Google Sheets

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How to get it

Copy the code from the GitHub repository into your Google Apps Script editor and follow the author guide.

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