A former rental can get mail for every tenant who ever lived there, sometimes years later. Here’s a plan: 30 minutes to start, a few weeks to finish.
The plan
- List every name that isn’t yours. Collect a week or two of mail first. Informed Delivery previews make this faster.
- Send personal mail back. Write “Not at this address,” leave the address readable, and put it back. Each kind of mail →
- Ask the biggest advertisers to drop the names, as the current resident, by email or web form. Copy our request →
- Track it for 8–12 weeks. Note when you asked each company. Still coming after 12 weeks? Ask again and keep a copy.
- Know what won’t stop: “Postal Customer” flyers, political mail, and mail from companies your household uses.
Your own move adds a second wave
Buying puts your name and lender in public records, and your change of address updates mailing lists. In a former rental, you’re likely fighting both. Where the new mail comes from →
Or let us do it: Move-in Reset
Move-in Reset finds every former resident’s name in your daily mail preview, asks each mailer to drop them from your address, and follows up until the mail stops, without touching mail you want.
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