Disabled Alias Email But Spam Still Coming In

Hey there Zurclocred,

When you turn off an iCloud email alias, the email sent to the address should be returned to the sender. The disabled setting should take affect right away but any emails already sent to the address will still be there. Make sure you’re following the steps here to turn off or delete the alias:

"1. In Mail on iCloud.com, click the Settings button at the top of the Mailboxes list, then choose Preferences.

2. Click Accounts, select an iCloud Mail alias in the list, then do any of the following:

•Turn off an alias: Select “Disable alias.”

• Turn on an alias: Deselect “Disable alias.”

• Delete an alias: Click “Delete alias,” then click Delete.

3. Click Done."

You can read more here:

Add and manage email aliases for iCloud Mail on iCloud.com

If it’s not working, try turning the account back on, then turning it back off. Sometimes that can resolve issues like the one you’re describing.

Take care.

Hello Zurclocred,

To verify, you used the steps above to disable the alias, but you still seem to be receiving emails that were addressed to that alias. Is that right?

If that's correct, we recommend using this link to get in touch with us directly so we can further look into this behavior: Apple Support

Take care.

I have the same problem. It's not as frequent, since I deleted the alias about 10 years ago, but I was surprised to receive an email to my junk addressed to my old alias which should no longer exist, so somehow it got through to my main email address but tagged to the old alias, which made me feel very creepy.

I deleted the Alias 10 years ago, and I even recently switched computers to a new one for a second time so I've switched things on and off a few times now since then with backups being transferred etc -

so either way it scared me that something with that old address got through.

Thanks