Which emails to tag with TicTag?

TicTag is used to identify emails with a limited lifespan. Here are concrete examples of emails worth tagging — far from exhaustive. When in doubt, use a longer duration or don't tag.

The 3 TicTag tags

Select the lifespan suited to the type of email. The shorter the duration, the greater the impact.

TicTag1Y — 1 year
Lifespan: 1 year

Single-use or very temporary emails. Once read or used, they have no further purpose.

  • Password reset
  • Validation and verification codes
  • Delivery notifications
  • Registration confirmations
  • Automatic emails (alerts, reminders)
  • Payment notifications
  • Messages related to a one-off project
  • Newsletters and promotions
  • Invitations to a past event
  • Cancellation notifications
  • Temporary reminders
  • … and many more!
TicTag3Y — 3 years
Lifespan: 3 years

A large part concerns transactions and contracts with no further value after a few years.

  • Quotes and commercial proposals
  • Short subscriptions and contracts
  • Subscription confirmations
  • Order confirmations
  • Electronic tickets (transport, events)
  • Short warranties (products, services)
  • Intermediate commercial exchanges
  • … and many more!
TicTag5Y — 5 years
Lifespan: 5 years

Even important emails eventually lose their usefulness. The 5-year tag is the most cautious for documents you want to keep for a while.

  • Expired contract confirmations
  • Finalised commercial exchanges
  • Low-stakes invoices
  • All emails useless beyond 5 years
  • … and many more!

Emails NOT to tag

Some emails must be kept indefinitely. Do not tag them:

  • Identity documents — copies of ID cards, passports, etc.
  • Long-term contracts — property, loans, life insurance.
  • Sensitive personal emails — important correspondence, memories.
  • Legal evidence — any document that could be needed in a dispute.

Do you send transactional emails?

TicTag is aimed primarily at businesses that send transactional emails — confirmations, notifications, newsletters, reminders… These are millions of messages sent every day, useful at the time, but accumulating indefinitely in your recipients' inboxes. By tagging them, you give recipients the means to clean up. Get help to tag.

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The best waste is the one never created

Tagging your emails is great. Sending fewer is even better. Before hitting send, a few seconds of reflection can be enough to avoid sending unnecessary emails.

TicTag supports digital sobriety — it doesn't replace it.

Practical guides

How to tag

Practical guide to integrating TicTag tags into your emails.

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Delete emails

Learn to easily find and delete tagged emails.

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What is the impact?

Discover the real impact of unnecessarily storing billions of emails.

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Act for the planet, tag your emails

Every tagged email is an email that can be deleted without hesitation. A simple gesture, a collective impact.

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