Here’s how the Hide My Email feature works in iCloud+ for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

A couple of years ago Apple started a policy privacy protection user. A way to establish yourself as an alternative to Google or Amazon, which they do business on all data and information we provide to them directly or indirectly. This privacy protection included tools such as a VPN called private relay and others that are not so widely publicized. Two of them are related to email: Hide my email And Own email domain. And to use them, you only need iCloud+.

With Apple devices such as an iPhone or Mac, you get switch from iCloud to iCloud+. Mainly because Apple’s cloud offers 5GB of online storage for free. Very little for how we can use it today. So, to increase that 5GB to around 50GB or more, you have no choice but to subscribe to iCloud+ at an affordable price. cost €0.99 per month.

And to add value to iCloud+, we find the privacy tools mentioned above. Today we will devote space to one of them, intended for protect your email online. A communication system that we all use at work and/or at home that can cause us some problems if we are not careful.

What is the “Hide my email” option for?

Brief explanation of why this is needed Hide my email For keep your email address private staff.” Currently, your email address is used not only to send and receive email messages, but also to register in all kinds of services and sites. This could become a privacy issue because someone with bad intentions could link your address to disreputable sites. Or use your password to log into your profiles on social networks or other services where you used the same password.

Apple allows you to use this feature to “create unique and random email address which forwards messages to your personal email account to you don’t have to give your address real email when you fill out forms or sign up for online newsletters or when you send email. So separate and store separately all the profiles and accounts you create online. And you will not allow anyone to connect one with the other.

On which devices can I use this feature?

As is usually the case, many Apple exclusives are usually related to its ecosystem of devices. In this case, Hide my email can be used directly from iPhone, iPad And Poppy. And if you’re also using Android and/or Windows, you can access it from the iCloud website.

On the other hand, this feature is associated with official applications such as the browser. Safari and mail manager Email. Essentially, these apps are where you are going to enter your email address and check the messages you receive. Although this also works for compatible third party apps.

Set up “Hide My Email”

As we saw earlier, to use the function Hide my email you need to be subscribed to iCloud+. From there, you’ll find a dedicated section on iPhone and iPad if you’re going to Settings and you are logged into your Apple profile after logging in with your ID. Within iCloud go to the section iCloud+ and you will see several options. Between them Hide my email. Once inside, if you are accessing for the first time, you will only find the option Create a new address.

On Mac you’ll have to take a similar route: System settings > your Apple profile > iCloud > iCloud+ > Hide my email. When clicked you will see a menu for Create a new address and thus use this email address instead of your real address. Finally, with iCloud.com you will need to go to the website, sign in using your Apple ID and go to iCloud+ features. Inside you will find Hide my email.

To start using this privacy feature, we need to create our first email address. So we just need to follow the route that we saw before and tap or click on the link. Create a new address. You will see a random iCloud subdomain address, a fully functional address that redirect received and sent messages with your real email address.

If you are already satisfied with the first suggested address, click on Continue. If you don’t like it, you can change it by clicking on Use a different address. Or, if you’d rather not have this feature for now, select the option Not now. Once you find the correct address, you can mark it and add an additional note to remember what the address is for.

First steps with a new address

Now that you have your first email address to protect your real address, you can choose Which email address should I forward messages to? what are you getting. If you have multiple addresses configured, of course. You can also edit and change the label and note. Or directly click on Deactivate email address if you no longer wish to receive messages sent to this address.

From now on, if you want register on a website or online service, use this address instead of the one you usually use. As with temporary emails, this is a functional email address. And as we saw earlier, you can use the function Hide my email from applications such as Mailto send or reply to a message, or from Safarito register or fill out the form. Forget about junk mail and spam and protect your privacy by separating your online accounts into different random addresses. You can create more addresses as we saw above.