FairEmail, privacy aware email

4.7
28.1K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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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 marcel@faircode.eu.

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 marcel+fairemail@faircode.eu, and I will try to help you.
Updated on
5 Feb 2025

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 can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
25.3K reviews
Andrew Rossmann
27 January 2025
I changed from K9 mail to FairEmail. K9 became buggy and was not always updating in the background as of version 8.2, along with UI changes that made it harder to use. FairEmail has been working perfectly. The settings can seem overwhelming, but the defaults are good, with mail view settings defaulting to high privacy options. I paid for the Pro version to support it, and for a few extra features.
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Brad Nagel
5 September 2024
There is so much to like about this application. Lots of things to customize and tweak. You really can make changes so it works for your needs. A true power email application. The support Marcel provided for an issue I had was excellent. He eliminated possible issues quickly to point to what the real issue was with a simple setting change.
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Ric Bernat
4 January 2025
I was totally blown away when I started using this app. So much better than the other Android/ChromeOS email app I had been using for years. FairEmail has a simple, intuitive, clean interface, yet it has so much depth of features. The security and privacy features are finally tuned, and email organization and management is a pleasure. It's great to have an app with such a tight and powerful Focus on doing one thing right.
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What's new

This version was released to improve some things:

* Added resize to basic image editor
* Released expression conditions as non-experimental
* Small improvements and minor bug fixes
* Updated build tools and libraries
* Updated translations

If needed, there is always personal support available via marcel@faircode.eu