Free tool
Disposable email checker
Paste an email to see if it's disposable, temporary, or fake. Checked against 11,000+ known throwaway domains (refreshed daily) plus a live mail-server lookup. No signup, no cost.
What the checker looks at
Disposable domains
Matches against thousands of known temporary / throwaway providers and their alias domains, refreshed regularly.
Mail server (MX)
A live DNS lookup confirms the domain can actually receive email. No MX means the address is undeliverable.
Role-based address
Flags
info@,admin@, and similar addresses that rarely belong to one real person.Free provider
Identifies Gmail, Outlook, and other legitimate free providers — not blocked, but worth scoring a little tighter.
Need the full picture at signup?
This tool checks the email and its domain. The Vouchley API also scores IP reputation, VPN, proxy, Tor, datacenter IPs, and AI-bot behavior — everything you need to stop fake signups in one API call. From $19/month with 100 free credits to start.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this disposable email checker free?
- Yes, completely free with no signup. Enter any email address and the checker tells you whether it's a disposable / throwaway address, whether the domain has a working mail server, and whether it's a role-based or free-provider address.
- How does the checker detect disposable emails?
- It matches the email's domain against Vouchley's published list of thousands of known disposable and temporary email providers — Mailinator, 10MinuteMail, Guerrilla Mail, temp-mail, and many more, including their alias domains — and then does a live MX-record lookup to confirm the domain can actually receive mail.
- Can I check if an email is fake or temporary?
- Yes. Temporary and throwaway addresses are exactly what this tool flags. A result of "Block" with the disposable flag set means the address is a temporary inbox that will stop working shortly after signup — a strong signal the signup is not a real, reachable user.
- Does this verify that the mailbox actually exists?
- It verifies the domain has valid MX records (so it can receive mail), but it does not open an SMTP connection to confirm the specific mailbox exists — that requires the full Vouchley API. For most signup-fraud use cases the disposable and MX signals here are what matter most.
- How do I block disposable emails on my own signup form?
- Call a verification API at signup and reject addresses flagged as disposable. The Vouchley /v1/verify endpoint does the disposable check plus IP, VPN/proxy, domain-age, and bot signals in one call, returning a score and an approve/review/block recommendation.