James Ivings
Co-founder of Leave Me Alone. Full-time maker and world traveller with Danielle 👫
gmail
How to stop a spam bomb in Gmail with filters
Hundreds of newsletter confirmations an hour? Here's the Gmail filter that quarantines the flood without deleting anything, and what to check before you touch it.
September 16, 2026 7 min read 
James Ivings
privacy
Why we're partnering with Ente
We've teamed up with Ente, the open source, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos. Here's the deal, and why we picked them.
August 18, 2026 5 min read James Ivings
behind the scenes
How we made our SaaS homepage cookie-free 🍪
Discover how we made our SaaS homepage cookie-free, enhancing privacy and streamlining the user experience.
November 3, 2025 7 min read James Ivings
behind the scenes
Internationalizing our website with GPT-3
Discover how we used GPT-3 to internationalize our website and quickly generate multilingual content with a simple script.
January 4, 2023 10 min read James Ivings
privacy
De-Googling: Migrating from Google Photos to Nextcloud
In this guide, I share how I'm De-Googling my digital life by migrating from Google Photos to Nextcloud for better privacy and data control.
July 1, 2021 8 min read James Ivings
privacy
How to send privacy friendly emails
Learn how to send privacy-friendly emails by following a 'code of ethics' for email senders that ensures both privacy and respect.
December 4, 2020 6 min read James Ivings
case studies
How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work?
Learn how the Gmail unsubscribe button functions and how to ensure it shows up for your mailing-list emails, making unsubscribing easier.
May 29, 2020 7 min read James Ivings
tips and tricks
How to block email trackers and read receipts
Discover how to block email trackers and read receipts, and protect your privacy from tracking pixels and email monitoring.
March 28, 2020 5 min read James Ivings
tips and tricks
Should I unsubscribe from emails in my spam folder?
Learn why unsubscribing from emails in your spam folder might not be the best choice and discover how to manage spam more effectively.
March 17, 2020 5 min read James Ivings
tips and tricks
Introducing the "tracker" and "unread" tags to help you unsubscribe
If you've logged into Leave Me Alone recently, you may have noticed some new tags: 'tracker' and 'unread'—designed to help you unsubscribe more efficiently.
March 15, 2020 2 min read James Ivings
case studies
Do companies who spam you with post also spam you with email?
We teamed up with our friends over at PaperKarma to figure out quite how strong the correlation was between email subscriptions and real life paper mail.
February 26, 2020 6 min read James Ivings
coding
Teaching new languages to our unsubscriber bot
Improving our unsubscriber bot by using term frequency analysis to teach it new languages.
June 3, 2019 8 min read James Ivings
