Proton Mail is the world’s largest end-to-end encrypted email service. Proton Mail makes sure no one can access your emails by using end-to-end encryption and zero-access encryption. All of Proton Mail’s encryption happens in the background, meaning anyone can use encrypted email, regardless of technical ability. Millions of journalists, activists, and everyday citizens around the world trust Proton Mail to protect their communications.

Proton Mail will always offer a free secure email plan that provides all the basic functionality you expect from your inbox with the same level of security as our paid plans. If you upgrade to one of our paid plans, you will receive advanced email features, such as the ability to add more than one email address, extra storage, custom email domains, and unlimited messages. You will also be supporting our mission to build a better internet with privacy as the default.

Secure email that protects your privacy

Keep your conversations private. Proton Mail is an encrypted email service based in Switzerland.

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End-to-end encryption

Proton Mail is a private email service that uses open source, independently audited end-to-end encryption and zero-access encryption to secure your communications.

This protects against data breaches and ensures no one (not even Proton) can access your inbox. Only you can read your messages.

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Free private email

Everyone has the right to privacy, which is why we make Proton Mail available for free. You can upgrade to a paid account to access more features and support our fight for a better internet.

Your data, your rules

Proton Mail is an encrypted email service that respects privacy and puts people (not advertisers) first. Your data belongs to you, and our encryption ensures that.

Swiss privacy

Proton is incorporated and headquartered in Switzerland. This means all your data is protected by strict Swiss privacy laws and Swiss neutrality.

Private email on the go with our mobile apps

The ease and security of Proton Mail, on all your devices.

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Web app

Our web app lets you experience a better, more private way of emailing, with a modern and easy-to-use interface.

Android app

Proton Mail for Android has everything you need to easily manage your inbox and is used and trusted by millions worldwide.

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iOS app

Whether you're on your iPhone or iPad, you can read and respond to emails securely with the Proton Mail iOS app.

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Bridge

Proton Mail Bridge integrates your Proton Mail account with your favorite email client while providing you with the security of encryption.

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Your inbox, your way

Personalize your inbox and get through your messages faster.

Switch to Proton in one click

Moving your existing emails, contacts, and calendars to your new secure inbox is easy. Our Easy Switch tool handles it all in a single click.

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Find anything with advanced search

Search the full contents of your emails to find the one you’re looking for. It all happens on your device, and your data is always encrypted.

Quickly unsubscribe from newsletters

Keep your encrypted inbox clutter-free and remove yourself from mailing lists with one click.

Your own address with your own domain name

Set up addresses with your own domain name for a personalized email address or get a @proton.me address.

Work faster with keyboard shortcuts

Designed to be intuitive, our optimized keyboard shortcuts help you get things done faster.

Use your favorite email client

With Proton Mail Bridge, you can use desktop clients via IMAP/SMTP like Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, or Mozilla Thunderbird while benefiting from Proton Mail’s end-to-end encryption.

Use Proton Mail with your email client

Proton Mail is trusted by tens of millions of people worldwide to keep their communications private.

Choose an email that is secure and private by default.

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Effortless organization

Powerful features and integrations

Built-in encryption

Helpful automation

Customizable inbox

Easy management of contacts

Intuitive and free

Our free email has a simple, user-friendly design, which makes it easy to read, organize, and write emails. Providing free encrypted email means everyone can control what happens to their data.

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An easy alternative

Proton is a simple move toward a better internet where privacy is the default, offering an all-in-one solution that includes encrypted email, calendar, contacts, file storage, and a VPN.

Protect your communications with an encrypted email service that is private by default.

Your calendar is a record of your life. Keep it private with our encrypted calendar.

Secure your files with encrypted cloud storage that gives you control of your data.

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Why use Proton Mail?

Protect your privacy

Block surveillance

Beat data breaches

Evade ads

Avoid phishing attacks

Stop trackers

Transfer your inbox to Proton Mail

Easy Switch lets you move existing emails, contacts, and calendars from any provider to Proton Mail

Migrate to Proton Mail

Secure your business

In addition to protecting millions of individuals, Proton secures more than 10,000 businesses, including many of the world’s largest public and private organizations.

Learn how Proton can improve the security of your business and comply with data protection and privacy laws.

Proton for Business

Online privacy, for your whole family

The Proton Family plan lets you protect your loved ones by giving them access to all Proton services and premium features.

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Have a question?

Proton provides customer support you can depend on.
We work across multiple time zones to provide 24/7/365 support. At Proton, it is always possible to reach a real person and get a real solution.

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