How to insert an unsubscribe link?

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Yet Another Mail Merge is not an Email service provider (ESP) per say. It is an add-on that sends emails via your Google account. So it is your responsibility to add an unsubscribe link to your emails if you think it is needed.

For now on, there is no built-in unsubscribe feature in the add-on. We recommend using Google Form to let people tell you they don't want to receive your emails anymore. People will fill the form, submit their email address and you will be able to remove those email addresses from your mailing list to stop sending them emails.

Below is a step-by-step guide to create a Google Form and add the link in your email template.

Step 1: Use Google Form

Create a very simple form with Google Form, and insert a text field. Ask your contacts to fill it with their email address:

The result will appear as follows:

Step 2: Insert the link to this Google Form in your draft

Once you have created your form, add a small text in your draft with a link to your Google Form:

Step 3: Collect all emails in a spreadsheet and clean your data

Make sure your Google Form is connected to a spreadsheet. If not, click on "Responses" then "Choose response destination..." to link your Form to a spreadsheet.

All the responses/emails of your contacts who decided to unsubscribe will appear in this spreadsheet. Then all you have to do is to remove those contacts from your database to stop sending them emails.