FairEmail, privacy aware email

4.7
30.3K reviews
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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
Jun 16, 2026

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
27.4K reviews
Ed Drozdowski
June 17, 2026
This email app is one of the most well thought out email apps in the market. It can do as little as you need or more importantly as much as you need. I have 5 different emails setup in this one app and it works perfect. You can monitor all emails in a unified inbox or separately one at a time. It is just so cool to me I had to give it a 5 star rating. say goodbye to Outlook and say hello to the future today. Go get it you will not be dissapointed.
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Amy Avila
May 29, 2026
10 STARS!!! I've been using this app for several years. The support is amazing and very quickly responsive when needed(which is rare). It loads my emails quickly and had had 0 glitches, as opposed to my last one. I highly recommend using this app Edited to add... I contacted support again, and he couldn't have been more helpful. He was so fast at answering my emails and was patient and kind. I seriously don't think there's another app out here like this. I would give more stars if I could!!!
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Luther Haynes
May 12, 2026
I can see where the people don't like it because of the other features & it does look confusing. Its the other menus but you need to take into consideration, that this is a fully functional system. The pro version will allow you to filter & sort emails into their own folders just like your regular mail system does & the ability to see the logs, awesome. It is a techie thing for the operations & the logs. Hoping that I will upgrade, you cannot seperate into folders unless its high $. I other ?'s.
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Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV
May 12, 2026
You can always contact me via marcel@faircode, Luther. Note that it is a one-time purchase, not a subscription!

What’s new

This version was released to improve some things:

* Adapted for Android 17
* Fixed all reported issues
* Added searching for important messages
* Small improvements and minor bug fixes
* Updated libraries and translations

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