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Profile and settings

Click your picture at the top right, then Profile and settings, or click Settings in the left menu. The page opens with your name, address and number.

Profile and settings

Profile picture​

Every account starts with a number bloom: a flower drawn from the digits of your number, with your initials (or the last two digits) in the middle. No two numbers bloom alike.

To use a photo instead:

  1. Press Photo and choose a JPEG, PNG or WebP picture. It is cropped square.
  2. Pick a style: Original, Oil painting, Pixel, Outline or Pencil sketch. The styles let people recognise you without showing your actual photo.
  3. Press Use this picture.

Choosing a style for a photo

The styles are made on your own computer or phone; only the picture you choose is uploaded, and location and camera details are removed from it. Press Number bloom at any time to go back to the flower.

Your name​

Type your name and press Save. People you email see it next to your number.

Language​

English is available now. Hindi (हिन्दी) and Tamil (தமிழ்) are shown as soon and can't be chosen yet.

Password​

You normally sign in with a code sent by text. A password lets you sign in without waiting for one.

  • Set a password (if you have none): type the new password twice (8 or more characters) and press Set password.
  • Change password: type your current password, then the new one twice, and press Change password. Changing it signs you out on your other devices.
  • Forgot it? Use Forgot password? on the sign-in screen (see Sign in and out).

Aliases​

An alias is an extra address for your account, for example asha.menon@phonemail.net. Mail sent to an alias arrives in the same conversations as mail to your number.

Aliases and notifications

  • Add: type the name part and press Add. It must be 3 to 30 letters, numbers, dots, dashes or underscores, with at least one letter, and can't start or end with a dot, dash or underscore.
  • Remove: press Remove next to it.
  • You can have up to 5 aliases. Each alias belongs to only one person, and a few names used by the service itself are reserved.

Notifications​

Press Turn on for this device to get a browser notification when new mail arrives, even when the PhoneMail tab is in the background. While notifications are on, PhoneMail stops sending you text alerts. Turn off on this device stops them.

Signature, undo send and shortcuts​

  • Signature: text added under every new email you write. Leave it empty for none, and press Save signature.
  • Undo send: how long an email waits after you press Send, so you can take it back: off, 5, 10 (the default), 20 or 30 seconds.
  • Keyboard shortcuts: tick or untick to use them on this computer (press ? to see them).

Blocked people​

Emails from people you block go straight to Spam, without an alert. Groups you share are not affected. Type a number or address and press Block, or block someone from the ⋮ More menu of your conversation with them. Unblock is next to each name.

Your data, devices and account​

Your data, devices and deleting the account

  • Download my data saves everything PhoneMail keeps about you, your account, groups, drafts and every email, as one file.
  • Sign out everywhere signs you out on every computer and phone.
  • Delete my account… erases your number, profile, aliases and your copy of every email. Confirm it with your password, or, if you have none, with a code sent by text. Emails you sent stay with the people who got them, shown as from "Deleted account". This can't be undone.