# Reclaim your inbox as Claude sweeps out the promo clutter

> It works right inside your own browser tab, using the logins you already have.

Claude in Chrome works inside your logged-in Gmail. It finds promotions, stale newsletters, and old notifications, groups them by sender, and waits for your OK before it deletes or unsubscribes.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/inbox-cleanup-claude-chrome/
- Category: Handle life admin fast
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: Claude
- Time: About 15 minutes
- Effort: Advanced
- Note: Needs a paid Claude plan and desktop Google Chrome. Review the list before you approve any bulk changes.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Help me clean up my Gmail. Find emails I probably don't need: promotions from stores and brands, newsletters I haven't opened in [NUMBER OF MONTHS, e.g. 3] months or more, automated notifications like old shipping updates and past calendar reminders, and marketing emails from software companies. Don't touch emails from real people, anything with an attachment, or anything from [IMPORTANT SENDERS, e.g. my bank, my clients' domains]. Group what you find by sender with a count for each. Show me the list and wait. For senders I mark 'unsubscribe,' use the unsubscribe link. For ones I mark 'delete,' move them to trash. Don't delete or unsubscribe from anything I haven't approved.
```

## Step by step

1. Install Claude in Chrome from the Chrome Web Store and sign in.
2. Open Gmail in Chrome, then open the Claude side panel.
3. Paste the prompt and review the list it builds by sender.
4. Mark what to keep, then confirm the cleanup.

## What you'll get

A sender-by-sender list of inbox clutter and a cleanup that only happens after you approve it.

## Good to know

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Claude. On this page, Claude opens with your prompt already typed in. Needs a paid Claude plan and desktop Google Chrome. Review the list before you approve any bulk changes.

**How long does it take?** About 15 minutes. It's rated "Advanced". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 2 blanks: number of months and important senders. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A sender-by-sender list of inbox clutter and a cleanup that only happens after you approve it.

Idea spotted on the official docs, shared by Anthropic (Claude Academy): https://academy.claude.com/use-cases/clean-up-promotional-emails. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.