Can we get true disposable / burner addresses with auto-expiration triggers?

Feature Request

I love Proton Pass and SimpleLogin aliases, but honestly, for quick throwaway stuff, managing aliases feels like way too much friction.

There are so many times where you literally just need to receive one single email and you are done. Think downloading a random whitepaper or ebook, grabbing a PDF manual from some gated site, getting a Wi-Fi portal code at a hotel, or testing a one-time trial. Using a permanent alias means I now have to remember to go back into my dashboard later, find it, and manually disable or delete it just so it doesn't clutter everything up.

It would be awesome if Proton Mail / Proton Pass had a native "burner address" option where you could set automatic expiration rules, like:

  • Burn after 1 email received (or a custom count like 3 or 5)
  • Burn after 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 24 hours
  • Whichever comes first (e.g. expires after 1 email or after 30 mins)

Once it triggers, it just quietly kills the address, blocks or drops any future mail sent to it and automatically generates a new one. No manual cleanup needed, no inbox junk months later.

Right now I still catch myself using random temp-mail sites just because it's faster for one-off downloads, which defeats the point of having everything inside Proton. Anyone else feel like this would be a super handy feature?

Posted Sep 8, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC

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