EmailAlias & forwarding
DuckDuckGo Email Protection
Explore DuckDuckGo Email Protection for email aliases or forwarding and check destination inbox requirements.
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Email Protection
- Price and billing
- Free plan[1]Sources checked:
- Storage
- Not confirmed
- Phone verification
- Not confirmed
- Attachment size limit
- Not confirmed
Why consider it
Explore DuckDuckGo Email Protection for email aliases or forwarding and check destination inbox requirements.
- Receive email — Email Protection
- Reply to email — Email Protection
- Start a new email — Email Protection
- Multiple aliases — Email Protection
- Hide your main address — Email Protection
Before you choose
- Requires an existing inbox and the DuckDuckGo browser or extension to sign up; no separate inbox is provided.
- Replies from Duck addresses depend on the destination domain’s SPF configuration.
Recorded plans
Plan capabilities
| Plan capabilities | Email Protection |
|---|---|
| No account required | No [4]Sources checked: |
| No phone required | Not confirmed |
| No existing email required | No [1]Sources checked: |
| Receive email | Yes [1]Sources checked: |
| Reply to email | Yes Reply through received messages; replies are unsupported if the forwarding destination uses a custom domain without SPF records. [2]Sources checked: |
| Start a new email | Yes Requires sending from the forwarding mailbox to a specially formatted address; the documented method uses the personal Duck Address. [5]Sources checked: |
| Your own domain | Not confirmed |
| Catch-all on your domain | Not confirmed |
| Provider subdomain wildcard | Not confirmed |
| Multiple aliases | Yes [1]Sources checked: |
| Two-factor authentication | Not confirmed |
| Zero-access mailbox encryption | Not confirmed |
| End-to-end encryption available | Not confirmed |
| Hide your main address | Yes [1]Sources checked: |
| Attachments | Not confirmed |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed |
| IMAP access | Not confirmed |
| SMTP access | Not confirmed |
| API access | Not confirmed |
| Inbox protected by an access credential | Not applicable [3]Sources checked: |
| Extend address lifetime | Not confirmed |
| Messages expire within 24 hours | Not confirmed |
Official sources
- What is DuckDuckGo Email Protection? - DuckDuckGo Help Pages · 2026-11-02
- How do I reply from my Duck Addresses? · 2026-11-02
- Where is the inbox for my Duck Address? · 2026-11-02
- How do I get DuckDuckGo Email Protection? · 2026-11-02
- How do I compose a new email from my personal Duck Address? · 2026-11-02
- Does DuckDuckGo save my email messages? · 2026-11-02