How to Stop Instagram Emails
Instagram sends far less email than most social apps, and nearly all of it comes from one screen. The trick is that Instagram's email notifications live in a different place than its push notifications, so turning off push alerts doesn't touch your inbox. You need the Email notifications group specifically.
The two layers that send you email
- In-app notification settings control push and in-app alerts — likes, comments, new followers. These don't email you, so they're not the target here.
- Email notifications is a separate group that governs what reaches your inbox: Feedback emails (surveys and rate-your-experience prompts), Reminder emails (come-back nudges about activity you missed), and Product and news emails (marketing and feature announcements).
Turn all three off and your inbox goes quiet except for security mail. Business and creator accounts have a few extra promotional categories, so check the whole list if you run one.
Turn off Instagram emails in the app
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Open your settings
Tap your profile picture (bottom right), then the menu (the three lines, top right), and choose Settings and privacy.
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Go to Notifications
Scroll to Notifications and open it. This screen holds both push and email controls.
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Open Email notifications
Look for the Email notifications entry (often near the bottom, under a heading such as Other notification types). Open it to see the email categories.
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Switch every category off
Turn off Feedback emails, Reminder emails, and Product and news emails. That covers all of Instagram's optional email.
Turn off Instagram emails on the web
If you'd rather do it in a browser, sign in at instagram.com, open Settings from your profile menu, then Notifications. Find the Email section and switch off the same categories — feedback, reminders, and product/news. The labels match the app, so this is a good backup if a toggle isn't showing correctly on mobile.
What you can't turn off
These always send while your account is open:
- Login and security alerts — sign-ins from a new device or location.
- Password and recovery mail — reset links and two-factor codes.
- Account and legal notices — changes to your account status or the terms of use.
These are the messages that let you catch a hijacked account early, so leave them alone rather than filtering them out.
The filter fallback for stragglers
If a survey or a creator-account promo still slips through, file it with a mailbox rule instead of chasing another setting. Instagram sends its mail from the mail.instagram.com domain, so a filter on the sender catches the notification and marketing mail cleanly.
Set up a rule that matches mail from mail.instagram.com and archives it or routes it to a folder you check when you like. Keep the rule from auto-deleting so a genuine security alert stays reachable. Our guide to unsubscribing from emails shows how to build these filters step by step in the major mail apps.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn off Instagram email notifications?
In the app: profile → menu → Settings and privacy → Notifications → Email notifications. Turn off Feedback emails, Reminder emails, and Product and news emails. On the web the same controls sit under Settings → Notifications.
What are Instagram feedback and reminder emails?
Feedback emails ask you to rate your experience or answer surveys. Reminder emails nudge you back into the app with activity you missed. Both are optional and switch off under Email notifications.
Which Instagram emails can't I turn off?
Security and account emails: new-device login alerts, password reset links, two-factor codes, and notices about your account or the terms. These protect your account and have no off switch while it's open.
Does turning off Instagram emails also turn off Facebook emails?
No. Even when the accounts are linked through Meta, each app keeps its own email settings. Turn Instagram email off in Instagram, and Facebook email off separately in Facebook.
Why is Instagram still emailing me after I turned notifications off?
A few queued emails arrive for a day or two, and business or creator accounts have extra categories. Recheck every group under Email notifications, then filter mail from mail.instagram.com for anything left.