unsubscribing
Leaving a list
Unsubscribing is the act of removing oneself from a mailing list, subscription service, or recurring communication: I've been unsubscribing from all these marketing emails.
The word belongs to the digital age, where newsletters, streaming services, and notification systems require active opt-out.
She spent an hour unsubscribing from accounts she'd forgotten she had.
Periodic organizational publication
- mailing listCompiled recipient addresses
- emailDigital written communication
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
inbox · opt-out · preferences · promotional · updates · alerts · digest · junk mail
Revoke or terminate
- membershipState of belonging
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- SpotifyMusic streaming platform
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
billing · auto-renew · trial · premium · account · service · monthly · annual
Cease tracking online
- muteWithout voice or sound
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
- feedSupply with sustenance
algorithm · engagement · content creator · influencer · channel · podcast · YouTube · Patreon
Withdrawal from involvement
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- movementChange in position
ideology · disillusionment · distancing · renouncing · abandoning · leaving · stepping back · disconnecting
newsletter
Periodic organizational publication
- mailing listCompiled recipient addresses
- emailDigital written communication
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
spam · inbox · opt-out · preferences · promotional · updates · alerts · digest · junk mail · bulk mail
cancel
Revoke or terminate
- membershipState of belonging
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- SpotifyMusic streaming platform
recurring · billing · auto-renew · trial · premium · account · service · monthly · annual · downgrade
unfollow
Cease tracking online
- muteWithout voice or sound
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
feed · algorithm · engagement · content creator · influencer · channel · podcast · YouTube · Patreon · followers
disengagement
Withdrawal from involvement
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
movement · ideology · disillusionment · distancing · renouncing · abandoning · leaving · stepping back · disconnecting · cult
- digital habitsscrolling, screen time, binge-watching, doom scrolling, doomscrolling
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
- simple tasksblinking, breathing, clapping, nodding, shrugging
- viewing habitswatching, binge-watching, channel surfing, viewing, marathon viewing
- minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
- phone habitsdoom scrolling, phone charging, do not disturb, bedtime mode, selfie taking
unsubscribingsubscribing
Agreeing to receive regularly
signing up · enrolling · registering · joining · opting in
unsubscribingopting in
Choosing to participate
following · tuning in · engaging · connecting · re-engaging
describe, subscriber, subscribe, subscription, prescribe, ascribe, inscribe, postscript, transcribe