{
  "id": 14049287,
  "title": "CleanMyMac can now purge years of Gmail clutter without reading your private messages — try for free",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/cleanmymac-can-now-purge-years-of-gmail-clutter-without-reading-your",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-12T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/cleanmymac-email-cleanup-tool-gmail-free-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gmail users now have a new tool to declutter their overflowing inboxes thanks to MacPaw's addition of the Email Cleanup feature to CleanMyMac. This smart pre-work filter focuses solely on Gmail accounts, enabling users to clear large volumes of unnecessary clutter, such as newsletters, promotions, spam, abandoned drafts, and unwanted sender lists, all without opening or reading the actual emails. By leveraging metadata analysis, Email Cleanup securely scans headers, file sizes, and dates, ensuring zero snooping while connecting to Gmail via official Google APIs. Users can mass-clear marketing emails, archive old conversations or unsubscribe from unwanted lists with a single button. The software also identifies and erases heavy attachments, helping users free up gigabytes of space from their Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos accounts. With full control over the procedure, users can review items by sender, year, category, or file size before taking action. Any deleted messages are routed to the standard Gmail Trash, providing a 30-day window for restoration. MacPaw offers a 7-day free trial of the full feature set on their Annual Plan for $3.33/month ($39.96 billed annually), while those seeking basic on-device Mac cleaning can choose the Essential Trio tier at $1.66/month ($19.95 billed annually).",
  "summary": "MacPaw's CleanMyMac now includes Email Cleanup, a smart feature that bulk-clears newsletters, spam, and large attachments to free up Gmail storage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}