Gmail Generator — Unlimited Dot and Plus Aliases of Your Address
This Gmail generator turns one Gmail address into hundreds or thousands of different-looking addresses that all deliver to the same inbox. It uses two tricks Gmail supports officially: dots inside the name are ignored, and anything after a plus sign is ignored too. Type your Gmail name, choose the tricks, and copy or download the list.
Number of addresses for generator: 128
generato.r@gmail.com
generat.or@gmail.com
generat.o.r@gmail.com
genera.tor@gmail.com
genera.to.r@gmail.com
genera.t.or@gmail.com
. . .
g.e.n.e.r.a.to.r@gmail.com
g.e.n.e.r.a.t.or@gmail.com
g.e.n.e.r.a.t.o.r@gmail.com
How the Gmail generator works
Gmail reads an address in its own way. Before it decides which inbox a message belongs to, it throws away two kinds of decoration. Every alias in the list is your real address with some of that decoration added.
- Dots don't count.
annasmith@gmail.com,anna.smith@gmail.comanda.n.n.a.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.comare one and the same inbox. Google says so in its own help pages. - Everything after a plus doesn't count.
annasmith+shop@gmail.comandannasmith+news@gmail.comland inannasmith@gmail.com, but the tag stays visible in the To line, so you can sort by it. - gmail.com and googlemail.com are the same. Every Gmail account receives mail on both endings, which doubles the list.
- Capital letters don't count either.
AnnaSmith@gmail.comis the same inbox — but most sign-up forms lower-case addresses anyway, so the generator doesn't bother with capitals.
How many aliases you get
Between every two letters of your name there is a gap that either has a dot or doesn't. A name with n letters has n − 1 gaps, so the number of dot variants is 2n−1:
| Letters in the name | Dot variants | With both domains |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 32 | 64 |
| 8 | 128 | 256 |
| 10 | 512 | 1,024 |
| 15 | 16,384 | 32,768 |
| 20 | 524,288 | 1,048,576 |
| 30 | 536,870,912 | 1,073,741,824 |
Plus tags multiply that again: every tag you add gives a full new set. The generator builds only the page you are looking at, so even a billion addresses won't slow it down.
Dot, plus or googlemail — which to use
| Dot trick | Plus trick | googlemail.com | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looks like a different address | yes | yes, but the + gives it away | yes |
| Accepted by sign-up forms | almost always | some forms reject + | almost always |
| Shows who used the address | hard to tell variants apart | yes, the tag is a label | no |
| Easy to filter in Gmail | no | yes | yes |
| How many | 2n−1 | unlimited | ×2 |
Rule of thumb: use the plus trick when you want to know who sends what, and the dot trick when a form refuses the plus sign.
How to use it, step by step
- Type your Gmail name — or paste the whole address; the generator keeps only the part before
@and drops existing dots and tags. - Choose gmail.com, googlemail.com or both.
- Tick the tricks you want. For the plus trick, type your own tags (
shop, news, travel) or leave the field empty to get ready-made ones. - Press Generate, then copy the page or download the whole list as CSV.
The settings are kept in the page address after #, so you can bookmark a list and open it again — that part of the address isn't sent to any server either.
What it's good for
- Finding out who leaked your address. Sign up as
you+shopname@gmail.com. If spam arrives at that exact alias, you know which company lost or sold it. - Sorting mail automatically. In Gmail, create a filter with
to:(you+news@gmail.com)and send everything from newsletters straight to a label. - Testing sign-up flows. Developers and testers can register many test accounts while all confirmation emails arrive in one real inbox.
- Keeping receipts apart. One tag for shopping, one for travel, one for subscriptions — searching later takes seconds.
Where it doesn't work
- Work and school Google accounts. The dot rule is for
@gmail.comand@googlemail.comonly. On a company or school domain,anna.smith@company.comandannasmith@company.comare different addresses. - Forms that reject the plus sign. It's a valid character, but some sites still refuse it. Use a dot variant instead.
- Sites that clean addresses before checking them. Larger services remove dots and tags, see your real address, and tell you it is already registered. Our Gmail address normalizer does the same cleaning, so you can check a list yourself.
- A new Google account. An alias is your existing inbox under another name. It doesn't create a mailbox, and it gives you no new password or storage.
- Staying anonymous. Every alias leads straight back to your real Gmail. When a sign-up must not be linked to you at all, use a generated email address on our main page — it has no connection to your accounts.
Using Outlook, iCloud, Proton or Fastmail? They have their own rules — plus and dot tricks beyond Gmail. And if you want one address per website, see a separate email address for every website.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Gmail dot trick real?
Yes. Google's own help pages say that dots don't matter in Gmail addresses: every dotted version belongs to the same account.
Does the Gmail generator create new Gmail accounts?
No. It creates alternative spellings of an address you already own. All mail goes to that one inbox.
Do I need to set anything up in Gmail?
No. Dots, plus tags and googlemail.com work for every Gmail account out of the box.
Is it allowed?
Using your own address in different spellings is a built-in Gmail feature. What you do with it is still bound by each site's rules — for example, many services allow only one free trial per person.
Why does a site say my alias is already registered?
The site strips dots and tags before comparing addresses, so it sees your real address. Aliases won't help there.
Can I reply from an alias?
Replies normally go out from your main address. Gmail can send as another address you own, but that is a separate setting in Gmail, not something an alias does by itself.
Do you store the addresses I generate?
No. The list is built in your browser and never reaches our server.
Why is my name cut to 30 characters?
Gmail names are at most 30 characters long, so a longer one can't be a Gmail address.
Does this work for Google Workspace addresses?
The plus trick usually does. The dot trick doesn't: on a work or school domain, a dot changes the address.
Sources: Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses · Create task-specific email addresses.