MailTrackerBlocker for Mail on macOS

MailTrackerBlocker

Email tracker, read receipt and spy pixel blocker plugin for macOS Apple Mail

What is this?

MailTrackerBlocker is a plugin (mailbundle) for the default Mail app built-in to macOS. Email marketers and other interests often embed these trackers in HTML emails so they can track how often, when and where you open your emails. This plugin labels who is tracking you and strips out spy pixels out of the HTML before display, rendering the typical advice of disabling "load remote content in messages" unnecessary.

Browse your inbox privately with images displayed once again.

Be informed. Say No To Spy Pixels.

Blocked Trackers

ActiveCampaign Adobe Amazon SES AWeber Bananatag Boomerang Campaign Monitor Cirrus Insight Close Constant Contact ContactMonkey ConvertKit Critical Impact Emarsys Gem Getnotify GetResponse GitHub GrowthDot FreshMail Hubspot iContact Intercom Litmus Mailchimp Mailgun Mailjet Mailspring MailTrack Mandrill Marketo MixMax Mixpanel NetHunt Outreach phpList Polymail Postmark Return Path Sailthru Salesforce SendGrid Sendy Streak Superhuman Thunderhead Tinyletter Wix YAMM Yesware Zendesk Sell

How do I set this up?

For macOS 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra and 11 Big Sur users

Install from the link above then MailTrackerBlocker will be automatically enabled. Goto the next step.

For macOS 10.14 Mojave and 10.15 Catalina users

Install from the link above then enable the plugin by:

In Mail, open Preferences > General > Manage Plug-ins...
Check MailTrackerBlocker.mailbundle
Click Apply and Restart Mail

Please note that you'll need to do this everytime the plugin is updated. Goto the next step.

For macOS 12 and up users

Not supported. Please enable Mail's built-in Mail Privacy Protection instead.

How do I use this?

Look for the small icon button in the email viewer. Tap to see which trackers have been blocked. Check out the tracker report for an aggregated 30-day view of who's tracking you.

Disabling "load remote content in messages" with MailTrackerBlocker enabled is redundant; re-enable this option for the best experience.

Supporting this project

MailTrackerBlocker is an open source project that I've been maintaining for a while now. Has this project been useful at all? Consider buying me coffee! Check out my GitHub Sponsors profile for donation options. And of course, GitHub stars are always welcome too. Thanks for all the support!

Contact

See an issue? Report it. Feedback or comments? Tell me your story. @apparition47 @apparition47