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App, client, instructions• As an external recipient, can I re-access my emails later?• Can I add alias email addresses in Tuta Mail? • My Tuta app on Android was disabled, but I don't see a new version on F-Droid. What can I do?• What browsers does Tuta support? Via what browsers can external recipients check their encrypted emails?• Are email addresses stored automatically in contacts when sending an email?• Can I use a custom email domain with Tuta?• Is there a dark theme in Tuta?• Where can I get the Tuta desktop client?• The development goes on. What comes next?• Are there email limits to protect Tuta from being abused by spammers?• Can I receive notifications to another email account about incoming emails?• Where can I request a new feature for Tuta?• Can I use a third-party email app like Thunderbird?• How to import your data to Tuta• Does Tuta support inbox rules for filtering incoming emails?• Calendar event alarms on my iOS device are no longer being received. What can I do?• How can I change the language in Tuta?• What is the maximum size for emails and attachments?• Is it possible to merge several Tuta email addresses in one account?• How can I use Tuta with multiple users at the same time?• Push notifications on my Android phone are being delayed. What can I do?• Can I store my data locally so that I have access when offline?• Why does Tuta Mail not use PGP?• Can I use plus addresses for my Tuta email address?• Does Tuta offer full-text search?• Why do I see "Could not access secret storage" in the desktop client?• Where do I find the Settings?• Can I change the signature in a free account?• Can I change the notification sound for the Android app?• Does Tuta use a spam filter?• Is it possible to edit Tuta emails (HTML editing)?• Are emails in Trash and Spam folder deleted?• Where can I get the Tuta app?• How do I update Tuta?• What are the benefits of adding another user to my account?• Why does the Tuta app ask me to update WebView? • How can I zoom in on the Tuta app?
How to use Tuta• Setting up a second factor (2FA) in Tuta• When do I need encrypted emails?• How to add custom domain(s) to Tuta Mail• Login, shortcuts & header info• Navigation menu• Navigation menu: Calendar• Navigation menu: Contacts• How can I use Tuta in my organization or company with my custom email domain?• How do I reset my password or second factor?• How to improve my search results?• Instruction on updating WebView on Android
Emails• Encrypted email to an external recipient• Multi-select, drag & drop, mark unread of mails• Email handling• Navigation menu: Emails and Folders• Report an email for phishing• Spam detection rules• Insert a template into an email• Load external pictures• Allow emails blocked due to spam
User Settings• Appearance: language, theme, time format• Login info and session handling• All settings options for your emails• My templates: Creating email templates
Admin Settings• Setting the administrator for users• Global settings• How to create a user• Payment• Subscription: Book Extra Features for your Tuta email account• Upgrade Free account• Manage an existing user• Whitelabel Tuta with your branding• Shared Mailboxes
Local Admin Settings• Create a local admin group• Login with the local admin• Manage an existing local admin group
Desktop Clients• How do I register the desktop client as the default email app?• How do I install the Tuta desktop client?• What can I do if my browser does not recognize the desktop client as my mailto app?• Does the Windows desktop client include MAPI support?• How can I receive notifications with the desktop client?• How do I uninstall the desktop client?• How do I verify the signature of the desktop client?

App, client, instructions

As an external recipient, can I re-access my emails later?

Yes, you can always access the emails sent via Tuta through the link from your latest notification email. Old notification links from the same sender are de-activated for security reasons. Your exchanged password, however, stays unchanged as long as the sender does not change it. If you have saved the password upon accessing your confidential emails in your browser, you do not have to re-enter it.

Can I add alias email addresses in Tuta Mail?

Email aliases are additional email addresses that you can use with the same mailbox without having to switch accounts. Additional email addresses are included in all paid plans of Tuta. If you upgrade to any of our paid plans, you can add alias email addresses.

Find out more about Tuta aliases in our How-to (create an alias, change default sender, etc.). Learn here what the purpose of an email alias address compared to a user is and how aliases can increase your security.

My Tuta app on Android was disabled, but I don't see a new version on F-Droid. What can I do?

You need to update your F-Droid repository to see the newest version of the Tuta Android app.

What browsers does Tuta support? Via what browsers can external recipients check their encrypted emails?

Tuta supports the current version of the following browsers:

  • Firefox (desktop)
  • Opera (desktop, Android)
  • Chrome (desktop, Android)
  • Safari (desktop, iOS)
  • Microsoft Edge (desktop)
Are email addresses stored automatically in contacts when sending an email?

Yes, email addresses are automatically added to your encrypted Tuta address book when sending an email unless you deactivate this feature. You'll find details here.

Can I use a custom email domain with Tuta?

Yes, any paid subscription of Tuta comes with custom email domain support and unlimited email addresses for custom domains. Multiple domain support is also available in Tuta. Please check our pricing page for details.

Please refer to our how-to to learn how to add your own email domains to your Tuta account and how to make sure that your records (MX, SPF, TXT, DKIM, DMARC, CNAME) are set up correctly in your DNS as well as how to activate/deactivate catch-all and more.

In addition, you can watch this YouTube tutorial to learn how to set up your own domain in Tuta.

Is there a dark theme in Tuta?

Yes. Before logging in, click on 'More' and 'Switch color theme' to switch to the dark theme. This works in all Tuta clients (web, desktop, apps). Alternatively, you can go to 'Settings' -> 'Appearance' to switch to the dark theme. To add a custom theme, you need to book the Unlimited business plan.

Where can I get the Tuta desktop client?
The development goes on. What comes next?

Please have a look here and here.

Are there email limits to protect Tuta from being abused by spammers?

Yes, Tuta uses different variables to calculate email limits for individual accounts. This is necessary to protect our free and anonymous email service from spammers who try to abuse Tuta. If spammers were able to abuse Tuta, it would harm all Tuta users - ie Tuta domains could end up on email spam lists, which we have to prevent under all circumstances.

If you receive the following message in your Tuta account "It looks like you exceeded the number of allowed emails. Please try again later.", the anti-spam protection method has stopped your account temporarily from sending new emails. Please wait a day or two to send new emails again.

If you need to send more emails immediately, please upgrade to any of our paid plans as limits for paying users are much higher. Simply click on 'Plan' in your side menu bar of Tuta.

Please note that Tuta is not meant for sending out mass mailings such as newsletters. Please read our Terms & Conditions for details.

Can I receive notifications to another email account about incoming emails?

Yes, with a paid subscription you can set up email notifications to any email address under 'Settings' - 'Email' - 'Notifications'. You will be informed about new emails once until you log in. Only if you have logged in to view this email, Tuta will send another notification to keep notification emails to a minimum.

As a Free user, you can receive push notifications in the browser, the Android & iOS app as well as the desktop clients.

Where can I request a new feature for Tuta?

You can request and discuss new features with us and other users in our Reddit community. You can check whether someone has already requested this feature and whether we have already added it to our Roadmap.

Can I use a third-party email app like Thunderbird?

No, this is not possible for security reasons. Tuta does not support the use of third-party email clients or the protocols IMAP/POP3/SMTP as we cannot guarantee end-to-end encryption of your data. Instead, Tuta offers email desktop clients for Linux, macOS and Windows as well as a web client and apps for Android and iOS. We aim to provide all required functionalities with our own apps, for instance, offline access to your encrypted data is possible with our apps.

How to import your data to Tuta

Emails: You can export/download individual emails or batch-export emails by using multi-select. Email import is not yet possible. We plan to support email import as well as an even easier export function with our new secure desktop clients.

Contacts: You can import and export contacts via vCard.

Calendars: You can import and export calendars via .ics. Login with a browser and click on the three-dot button next to the calendar you wish to import data to or you wish to export.

Does Tuta support inbox rules for filtering incoming emails?

Yes, Tuta supports an unlimited number of inbox rules / filters for paid accounts. Check our how-to to see how to set up inbox rules.

Calendar event alarms on my iOS device are no longer being received. What can I do?

In case the Tuta app is forced closed, iOS does not let the app receive new alarms via silent notifications. To receive calendar event notifications again, please open the app so that it stays in the background.

How can I change the language in Tuta?

The language in Tuta is taken automatically from your browser or system settings. Please change the language there. Alternatively, you can go to 'Settings' -> 'Appearance' to switch the displayed language for Tuta.

We also invite you to join our translation project to improve Tuta in your native language!

What is the maximum size for emails and attachments?

The size of emails with attachments sent via Tuta is limited to 25 MB at the moment.

Is it possible to merge several Tuta email addresses in one account?

Yes, you can add existing email addresses (e.g. Alice2, Alice3) as aliases or users to a paid account (Alice1):

  1. Delete the email accounts (e.g. Alice2, Alice3)
  2. Upon deletion, it is important to enter the 'Target account address' (Alice1).
  3. Then login to the stated target email account (Alice 1). Go to Settings → Email → Email aliases. Click on 'SHOW EMAIL ALIASES', click on the plus symbol, and add the deleted email address(es) here. Alternatively, you can add the address(es) as user(s) under Settings → User management by clicking on 'Add user'.

Please note: You are only transferring the email addresses. Emails and contacts stored in the deleted accounts (Alice2, Alice3) are being deleted. Please export important emails before deleting the accounts.

How can I use Tuta with multiple users at the same time?

In the mobile app, you can currently only login with one user. To switch to another user, you must log out and log in again. You can login with multiple users in the browser by opening several tabs or windows. In the desktop clients, you can also open several windows to login with multiple users.

Push notifications on my Android phone are being delayed. What can I do?

Please check the app settings on your phone. As we do not use Google's push notifications service, battery optimization must be disabled for Tuta to receive push notifications instantly.

This is necessary to offer you an open source email service free from any links to Google.

Can I store my data locally so that I have access when offline?

Yes, the Tuta mobile apps for iOS and Android as well as the Tuta desktop clients can store a local copy of your mailbox.

To activate local storage of data, please store your password within the client. By default, all contacts, calendars, and all emails sent and received within the last 30 days are then stored locally.

With all of Tuta's paid subscriptions you can increase the timeframe for which emails should be stored under Settings -> Email -> Local data. Please note that the emails must be loaded once to create the local copy.

Why does Tuta Mail not use PGP?

Current encryption standards like PGP and S/MIME have several issues that we plan to address with Tuta. These standards do not support forward secrecy and are not resistant to attacks from quantum computers.

In addition, it is important to us that the subject line in emails is also encrypted. That's why we have developed a solution that is also based on recognized algorithms (RSA 2048 and AES 256) and that automatically encrypts the subject, the content and the attachments. We have replaced RSA with ECDH (x25519) Kyber-1024 to achieve quantum-resistant encryption.

In the future, we plan to support forward secrecy. You can find more information on why Tuta does not use PGP here.

We also see the importance that Tuta needs to be interoperable with other encryption solutions. We will develop an API so that Tuta users can communicate with users of other secure services confidentially in the future.

Can I use plus addresses for my Tuta email address?

No, Tuta does not support plus addressing (xyz+username@tutanota.com) for Tuta domains. If you want to register with different plus addresses at different sites, you can upgrade to a plan that supports alias email addresses (limited to the number of aliases you book). Alternatively, you can use a custom email domain with catch-all to create an unlimited number of plus addresses for incoming emails.

Does Tuta offer full-text search?

Yes, Tuta comes with full-text search of your encrypted mailbox. In the free version, the search is limited to four weeks into the past due to heavy server load caused by the encrypted search feature. Learn here how you can improve your search results. The spam folder is excluded from the search.

Search is executed locally via an encrypted search index to guarantee the security and privacy of your data as well as your search queries. As the search index needs to be stored in your browser, it does not work in private mode/incognito mode. Read here how our innovative full-text search on encrypted data works.

Why do I see "Could not access secret storage" in the desktop client?

Tuta desktop app uses a system keychain to be able to encrypt sensitive details such as credentials and alarms. On Linux there must be an app installed that provides secret storage (org.freedesktop.secrets interface). This is usually set up together with the rest of the desktop environment but sometimes it requires manual setup. Installing GNOME Seahorse and configuring keychain there should be sufficient. KeePassXC is another provider which can be used but it must be additionally configured.

Where do I find the Settings?

The Settings are in the navigation menu to the left.

Can I change the signature in a free account?

Yes, you can change the signature in Settings -> Email. Every account can change their signature. To support our free and secure email service, please leave the link to our homepage in your signature.

Can I change the notification sound for the Android app?

Yes, users have full control over notifications through the app system settings. On your phone go to 'Apps', select 'Tuta', and change the notification setting for new emails.

Does Tuta use a spam filter?

Yes, Tuta uses a spam filter to keep your mailbox free from spam. We are improving this filter continuously. Should you receive spam emails in your inbox, you can also configure your own spam rules here to deny or allow certain email addresses or domains. If a sender is blocked (rejected) by the spam filter, you can change the settings to allow the sender for your account.

In paid accounts, only admins can create spam rules that are being applied across all users.

Is it possible to edit Tuta emails (HTML editing)?

Yes, Tuta supports HTML editing options (embed images, add lists, bold, italics, underline, monospace, add hyperlinks, align the text left, center, right, justified, change text size, remove all formatting). These are explained in our how-to along with lots of information on email handling.

Are emails in Trash and Spam folder deleted?

Yes, all emails in Trash or Spam are automatically deleted 30 days after the emails were moved to these folders. You can also manually empty these folders with one click. Please note: Emails deleted from Trash or Spam folders are physically deleted and can't be restored.

Where can I get the Tuta app?

You can download the Tuta app from the following stores:

In addition to that, you can also directly download and install the APK for Android. Keep in mind that you will not get updates automatically if you install the app manually instead of using an app store. You can add our blog to your RSS-reader with this link to get notified about updates: RSS-Feed

How do I update Tuta?

Web: The web version of Tuta is automatically updated whenever you reload the page. If an update is released while you're using Tuta, you will see a pop-up notification prompting you to update. All you have to do is click on "Refresh" to update. If Tuta does not update in your browser, you can trigger a manual update by loading Tuta in private/incognito mode of your browser.

Desktop: The desktop app automatically checks for updates by default. Whenever it finds an update, it is downloaded in the background and you receive a push notification. Under Settings -> Desktop, you can activate/deactivate automatic updates or manually check for updates

iOS/iPadOS: Please use the App Store to check for Tuta updates.

Android: If you're using the Google Play store, please check there for updates.

F-Droid: Please make sure that you open F-Droid and navigate to the updates page. Swipe down anywhere on the screen to sync your repositories. Once done, you will be able to see any available updates for Tuta.

Please note: Our system sends update notifications via email whenever we detect an active session from an outdated client. Please go to Settings -> Login and close any unused sessions under Active Sessions.

Download: You can download the Tuta clients here.

What are the benefits of adding another user to my account?

If you add another user to your account (family member, partner, team member, etc.), you get the following benefits:

  • Share alias packages,
  • Share storage packages,
  • Use the same admin settings such as Spam rules and custom domains,
  • Reset passwords or second login factors for each other (admin status required).

Here are more details on user management. If you do not need these sharing options, you can also upgrade accounts individually. Please check our pricing calculator for details. 

Furthermore, we have recently added a sharing feature for the encrypted calendar which we will extend in the future. Sharing of entire calendars only works with other paid Tuta accounts.

Why does the Tuta app ask me to update WebView?

WebView is a system app on Android devices which allows us to display web content inside the Tuta app. Newer versions let us use newer technologies to make the app smaller, faster, more beautiful, and more reliable. If you experiencing issues or bugs with the Android app, updating WebView has a good chance to help.

Here are instructions on how to update WebView on your phone.

How can I zoom in on the Tuta app?

In the apps, you can zoom with a double tap. We plan to improve this behavior further.

On desktop, you can zoom with Ctrl/Cmd + scroll.

How to use Tuta

Setting up a second factor (2FA) in Tuta

We recommend setting up 2FA because of its security benefits. Learn in our online security guide how 2FA helps you to keep your emails safe from hackers.

Registering your second factor

You can connect your second factor with Tuta in Settings -> Login. As admin you can setup second factors for your users in Settings -> User management.

Tuta currently supports the following second factor types:

  • Security keys (U2F), e.g. Yubikey. U2F is supported in all Tuta clients.
  • TOTP with an authenticator app such as FreeOTP+, andOTP, Authenticator, Authy etc. If setting up a second factor with TOTP fails, please make sure that the time is synced between your devices.

Second factors can be added by administrators and users, but only admins can remove assigned second factors.

Note: If you lose your second factor, you will no longer be able to login to your account. To prevent this, you can add multiple second factors. Additionally, please note down the recovery code shown to you when adding a second factor.

Authenticating with your second factor

During login you have to authenticate with one of your second factors. Alternatively, you may also accept that session from another logged in client. If your browser does not support the second factor you had registered, you can only accept the session from another client.

How to reset your second factor if you lose it

For resetting your second factor, you will need your personal recovery code and your password. You can view and also update your recovery code in Settings -> Login.

If you have lost your second factor, click on More -> Lost account access on the login page. There you will have to enter your recovery code as well as your password to delete all your second factors.

When do I need encrypted emails?

Email encryption is needed whenever you want to send a confidential email. That is whenever your email contains personal information that should not become public. The following examples show the differences between end-to-end encrypted, confidential emails and emails that are not being end-to-end encrypted in Tuta.

In this YouTube tutorial we demonstrate how you can send an encrypted email in seconds.

Alice is registered with Tuta, Bob may be registered with Tuta or an external recipient and Carol is not registered with Tuta. In any case, all emails (including attachments) are stored encrypted on the Tuta servers. Independent of the end-to-end encryption, the transport between the client and Tuta servers is secured with TLS to maximize security.

Sending and receiving end-to-end encrypted emails
The email is encrypted on Alice's client, stored encrypted on the server and can only be decrypted by Alice or Bob.

Sending and receiving end-to-end encrypted emails

Sending non-confidential emails
The email is sent via SMTP to the recipient. Still, the sent email is encrypted for Alice on the server and then stored.

Sending non-confidential emails

Receiving non-confidential emails
When the SMTP email is received by the Tuta server, it is encrypted for Alice and then stored on the server.

Receiving non-confidential emails

How to add custom domain(s) to Tuta Mail

If you own one or more domain names that you want to use with Tuta, you can add these domains to your paid subscription of Tuta. The setup wizard for your custom email domain will guide you through the process in just four small steps. In each step, the wizard will explain, which configuration changes you have to make. If you don't have a Tuta account, you can register here.

The setup wizard for your custom email domain can be found in 'Settings' -> 'Global settings' -> 'Custom email domains' by clicking the '+' button.

Check out this YouTube tutorial to learn how to set up your own domain in Tuta.

In order to send and receive emails with your custom domain in Tuta, you need to configure the following types of DNS records in the settings of your domain name provider. Prior to configuring those DNS records, the wizard will allow you to create new users or email aliases for your custom domain in order to have a smart switch to receiving emails in Tuta.

  • a TXT record to prove that you are the owner of the domain
  • an MX record with any priority
  • a TXT record for SPF
  • CNAME records (_domainkey) for DKIM
  • CNAME records for MTA-STS
  • a TXT record (_dmarc) for DMARC is recommended

The exact values that these DNS records should point to will be shown to you in the setup wizard.

The MX record is necessary to relay emails for your domain to the Tuta servers. The SPF TXT record marks the Tuta server as a valid sender of emails from your domain. The _domainkey and _dmarc records make sure your emails are signed with DKIM and sender spoofing of your domain's email addresses can be detected automatically by the recipient mail servers. The MTA-STS records make sure that transport encryption and authentication are used between different mail servers.

Tuta will indicate if the DNS records are fine for all your domains or if there is something that has to be changed.

Please note that with some domain name providers, it may take up to a few hours before changes to your DNS records become visible for other mail servers. You can check your DNS settings here.

Login, shortcuts & header info

Tuta login

  • Login to our mail client here.
  • Please enter your full email address and password and click 'Log in'.
  • If you tick 'Store password', your password will be stored in the browser for easier login. Only choose this option if you are using your own device.
  • Click on 'More' to see more options. 'Sign up' to register a new account, 'Switch color theme' to switch to the dark theme (shown in the screenshot above), and 'Lost account access' to open a help article on how to recover your account.
  • If you have saved your password, you will see two more options under 'More': 'Different account' to login with another Tuta email address and 'Delete credentials' to delete the password you have previously saved in the browser.

Tuta shortcuts

  • Tuta supports lots of keyboard shortcuts. You can display all shortcuts available in any given section of Tuta by pressing F1 (fn+F1). You can also use HTML shortcuts to design your mails such as Ctrl+b, Ctrl+i, Ctrl+u. Watch our YouTube tutorial on shortcuts here.
  • Show header info: You can show the email header of received emails by pressing H.
  • Tuta strips headers from emails sent to protect your privacy.
  • If the technical sender is different from the header info, Tuta warns you about this. The differing sender information could be a sign that this email is coming from a scammer.
Navigation menu

Tuta side menu bar

In addition to the top menu - search field, Emails, Contacts, Calendar - there is a menu on the left side of your mailbox. These items are explained further down in the How-to.

  • Click on 'Premium' to easily upgrade to a paid plan.
  • Click on 'Invite' to open a pre-written email in Tuta, which you may use to invite your friends to join Tuta. Please do so! :)
  • Click on 'Settings' to open the Settings menu.
  • Click on 'Logout' to log out. Please note: If you have previously saved the password, you are now logged out, but the password is still saved in your browser. To 'unsave' the password, please log out. The login screen appears, click on 'More' and 'Delete credentials'.
Navigation menu: Calendar

Tuta calendar

You can access the encrypted calendar in Tuta directly via the top menu bar. You can choose between monthly and daily view. When you click on a date, the calendar switches to week view. If you double-click on a date, you can create a new event.

Encrypted calendar: create event view

Navigation menu: Contacts

Contact list

  • Each time you send a mail to a new email address, this address is automatically saved to 'Contacts'. This can be changed here → 'Create contacts'.
  • Select a contact and you will get the option to edit (pen symbol to the right) or delete (trash symbol to the right) this contact. You can also send an email to this contact by clicking on the mail button next to the contact's email address.
  • You can add new contacts by clicking on 'New contact' in the top left corner. When you create a contact, you can enter all necessary information (see screenshot below).
  • The three dot button next to 'All contacts' allows you to import or export contacts via vCard and to merge contacts automatically.
  • You can also merge contacts manually: Press Ctrl while selecting two contacts that should be merged. At the top right two buttons appear: 'Delete' and 'Merge'. Click 'Merge' to merge the selected contacts.
  • Contacts are sorted alphabetically according to their First Name.
  • Your entire address book is encrypted, thus, no one can access your contact database stored in Tuta.

Create a contact

Create contact view.

How can I use Tuta in my organization or company with my custom email domain?
  1. Register a paid Tuta account here. This will create your initial administrator user mailbox. Once you have added additional users to your account, you can mark all - or just some - as admins. Your administrator(s) can configure all general settings and manage users, e.g. reset their passwords. As we at Tuta can not reset passwords, we recommend having at least two admins and/or to note down the recovery code during the signup process. You have to choose one of the Tuta domains for your initial admin user email address. You can later add an alias of your custom email domain to this user.
  2. Add your custom email domain in "Settings" -> "Global settings" -> "Custom email domains". You have to set a DNS record for your custom email domain in order for us to verify that the domain is yours. You will find the exact instructions in Tuta when setting up your domain but you can also read about it here.
  3. Add users (i.e. mailboxes) for your domain in "Settings" -> "User Management". If you have a large number of users, you can import a CSV file containing the user name, email address, and password. This is useful to automatically create all users in one single step.
  4. Set the DNS records (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC) for your custom email domain in order to be able to send and receive emails with your custom domain in Tuta. If it does not work, you will see a list of missing or bad DNS records in "Settings" -> "Global settings" -> "Custom email domains".
  5. Provide the user passwords to the users, so they can log in to their mailboxes.

Please note that we do not support email import, yet. We plan to enable import in the coming months. For now, we recommend keeping your old mailboxes as a reference when moving to Tuta from another provider or storing all emails locally.

On our business site, there is a summary of all available features of Tuta's secure business emails.

How do I reset my password or second factor?

When you create a new Tuta account, our secure password reset feature empowers only you to reset your account yourself. Please make sure that:

  • You write your password down and keep it somewhere safe.
  • You write down your recovery code to never lose access to your Tuta account.

In case you can't login to Tuta, please make sure that:

  • You have entered your email address with the correct ending, e.g. ".de" or ".com".
  • The caps lock key is disabled.
  • The time on your TOTP device is synchronized correctly (only applies if second factor authentication with TOTP fails).

We do not know your password and can't modify your second factors. However, there are different ways on how to regain access to your mailbox in case of a lost password or a second factor.

Administrator is available

If you are a member of an organization or a business: Ask your administrator to reset your password. Each administrator can reset the passwords of other users and admins. If you want to make sure to never lose your paid account, it's best to have at least two administrators.

Recovery code is available

Your recovery code is your personal code for resetting your account. If you did write it down when you created your account, you can reset your password or second factor using your personal recovery code by clicking on More > Lost account access on the login page.

You can view and also update your recovery code in Settings > Login. You can also find more information on this secure reset feature on our blog.

With 2FA enabled, you will need 2 out of 3 to reset your Tuta account:

Click here to reset your password. You will need your second factor (if 2FA is enabled) and your recovery code.

Click here to reset your second factor. You will need your login password and the recovery code.

Please note: If you lose your password and your second factor, there is no option to reset your Tuta account with the recovery code.

How to improve my search results?

To search your encrypted mailbox, simply click on the top search field or press F.

It is very important to know that you can search for multiple words at once, for instance, the sender's email address, keyword, and file ending. Such a search could look like this: alice@tutanota.de meeting notes pdf

Tuta search field

When you press enter, Tuta takes you to a more detailed search mask. The free search feature goes back one month into the past.

Detailed search mask

The detailed search mask lets you specify the time frame which should be searched (one month for free users). The unlimited search feature also lets you filter your search, e.g. who sent the email, to whom did you send the email, was the search query contained in the subject or in the body, and what folder should be searched.

As all data in Tuta is encrypted, using our innovative search feature causes a lot of traffic. This is why unlimited search is only available to paying users. Learn here how you can benefit from extra features by upgrading.

Please note: You can only search emails and contacts, thus, the search field is not shown when you are browsing the 'Settings' of your mailbox.

Instruction on updating WebView on Android

To update WebView it is enough to install or update one of the following apps:

For some specific Android installations (e.g. custom Android ROMs, some LeEco devices) the procedure might be different or might not work. Please refer to your device or OS vendor for instructions.

Advanced: Changing WebView provider

If you do not want to use Google-provided WebView, it is possible to install some other app (like Chromium or another WebView build) which can be used instead. Please refer to these instructions. Please note that we can only support Chrome/Chromium based WebView.

Emails

Encrypted email to an external recipient

When sending an encrypted email to an external recipient, you need to specify a password when composing the email.

Writing an email

Once set, the password will be automatically saved along with the contact in your Tuta address book, which makes your encrypted address book the password manager for your external contacts. Next time you write an email to that recipient, you simply specify the email address and Tuta automatically enters the password. The password needs to be exchanged via a second channel. If you would like to change the password, you can either do this within the contacts view or when composing a new email to this external recipient.

The external recipient

  • receives a notification email with a link to Tuta (browser opens up),
  • enters the exchanged password,
  • can read the automatically decrypted email, reply confidentially, export all exchanged messages, and save them locally.



Note: The link within the notification email contains a salt which is needed for decryption along with the password. Thus, someone who wants to intercept your encrypted messages needs the exact link and the password. (An old link gets deactivated as soon as you send a new email to the same email address.)

Watch our YouTube tutorial on how to send an encrypted email to external recipients.

Multi-select, drag & drop, mark unread of mails

Multi select

  • You can use multi-select on desktop (press Shift or Ctrl while selecting and deselecting specific mails) and mobile (activated by a long press).
  • You can move all selected mails with drag & drop to any folder.
  • You can drag and drop all selected emails to your local file system by pressing ctrl or alt while dragging. In the desktop clients, you can decide whether to export emails as msg or eml files under 'Settings' -> 'Desktop' -> 'Email export file format'.
  • You can click the symbols displayed to the right: 'Cancel', 'Move', 'Delete', or the three dots. When you click the three dots, you can choose one of the following options: 'Mark unread', 'Mark read', or 'Export'.
  • In the Tuta app, you can swipe a mail left, then it goes to Trash. If you swipe a mail right, it goes to Archive.
Email handling

Mail menu items

When you select an email, these options show up at its top.

  • The top email menu has the following options:

    • Arrow left = reply - Shortcut: Press R.
    • Double arrow left = reply all - Shortcut: Press ⇧ + R.
    • Arrow right = forward
    • Folders symbol = Move this email to a folder. When you click this symbol, a folder list opens where you can choose a folder to move the email to. You can also move a mail with drag & drop in the browser.
    • Delete symbol = The email is moved to Trash.
    • Three dot symbol = You can mark the email unread or export it.
  • If you want to print an email as a pdf, you can use the browser function for printing.

Sender

  • In an opened email, you can click the sender. A pop-up opens where you can show and edit this contact in your address book.
  • You can also click on 'Add inbox rule' (part of all paid plans) or 'Add spam rule' so that future mails from this contact are automatically moved to a specific folder.

Add rule

  • With a paid subscription, you can also click 'Add inbox rule' to send all new emails from this sender to a particular folder. Find more details on 'Inbox rules' under the section 'Email'.

Sending of emails

Write a mail

Condensed email window.

  • Click on 'New email' in the top left corner to compose a new email.
  • When you enter an email address into the 'To'-field, Tuta shows you the preview of matching email addresses from your address book. You can hit 'Enter' to choose the first email address shown or you can keep on typing.
  • Once you have entered an email address in the 'To'-field, the 'Confidential'-button appears in the 'Subject' line. Click on it to send this mail not end-to-end encrypted. You may also switch the default to encrypted/not-encrypted here in your Settings→ 'Default delivery'. Emails to other Tuta users are always end-to-end encrypted; there is no option to disable this.
  • Below the recipient's email address of an encrypted mail, you enter the 'Password' for the recipient, which you need to share with your recipient via a different channel.
  • Attach files by clicking on the file symbol in the subject line or by using drag & drop.
  • Write your email like you are used to from other webmail services. When you click 'Send', Tuta automatically encrypts the subject, body, and attachments for you.

Writing an email

Enlarged email window.

  • Click on 'Show' in the 'To' field to enlarge/reduce the options shown. After enlarging it, you can enter Cc- and Bcc-recipients.
  • If you have added an alias in 'Settings', you can also change the email address you want to send from by clicking on the pen symbol next to the 'Sender' email address. You can change the default sender here in your Settings→ 'Default sender'. This makes your alias the default sender, the Tuta address will still remain the main account address (name in tab) which can't be changed.
  • External recipients of an end-to-end encrypted email receive a notification mail from your Tuta email address. You can choose the language of this notification email by clicking on the pen symbol on the right (in this screenshot: English is chosen).

Text editing tools

When writing an email you can use these text editing tools

Please use mouse-over in the web client to see what symbol represents what function. The Tuta text editing tools enable you to embed images, add lists (bullets and numbers), change texts to bold, italics, underline, monospace, add hyperlinks, align the text left, center, right and justified, change the text size, and remove all formatting from selected text.

Navigation menu: Emails and Folders

Depending on the width of your browser Tuta displays the left Settings menu, your folder list, your mail list, and the selected mail.

Mail folders

  • To add folders, please click the plus symbol in the left folder view. A pop-up opens where you can enter the folder name. The newly created folder will be sorted alphabetically under 'Your Folders'. You can add as many folders as you need.
  • To edit this folder later, click on the folder. Then click the symbol with the three dots next to the folder. You can 'Rename' this folder, or 'Delete' it.
  • Please note: If you delete a folder all mails are immediately physically deleted. Make sure to have selected the right folder before hitting 'Delete'.
  • If you are in the 'Trash' or 'Spam' folder, you can click the 'empty folder' symbol next to the folder to completely empty this folder. When you click this symbol, all mails are physically deleted. Physical deletion means that these mails can never be restored, not by you, not by us. They are wiped from our servers.
  • Spam folder: Tuta automatically puts suspected spam into this folder. If you delete a mail from this folder, it does not go to Trash, but it is physically deleted.
Report an email for phishing

To report an email for phishing, please click on the three-dot button to the right in an opened phishing email. Then click on 'Report this email' and then 'Report phishing'.

Report phishing

Spam detection rules

Spam detection in Tuta is multi staged. For incoming unencrypted SMTP emails, the received email is checked against DNS spam lists first. In the second stage, we filter emails by executing content checks and mark emails as spam or not. Emails that have been marked as spam will be moved to the spam folder of your mailbox. In the third stage, we filter spam on the base of user defined email sender lists. This list provides the possibility to classify email addresses as spam or not as spam. The check is active for all incoming emails and can be configured by the administrator. The rules are valid for all users.

As an administrator for a Tuta account you can configure the email address list here in Settings.

Within a received email, please click on 'Show more', then click on the From address to assign the email address, the domain, or the top level domain with one of the following spam rules:

  • Not spam - Emails from this sender email address are always stored in the inbox.
  • Always spam - Emails from this sender email address will always be stored in the spam folder.
  • Discard - Emails from this sender email address will be silently discarded. The sender does not get any information about it.

The "No spam" rule has a higher priority than "Always spam" and "Discard" has the lowest priority.

You can set spam rules for sender addresses (highest priority), domains (lower priority), and top level domains (lowest priority). To add a spam rule for a domain, just enter the domain like xyz.com without putting an @ in front. This rule will also apply to emails sent from a subdomain. To add a spam rule for a top level domain, just put in com - for example - no dot is needed before this.

Rules for domains are restricted. You are not able to assign the rules "Always spam" and "Discard" to Tuta domains, neither to your custom domains.

You also have the option to allow all emails. To do this, create a spam rule and put in an asterisk * where you would usually put in the email address that the rule should apply to.

Insert a template into an email

Insert a template

To insert a template into the mail editor, please login to Tuta in the browser or in one of the Tuta desktop clients:

  1. Type "#" and the shortcut you defined when creating the template.
  2. Hit tab.
  3. The template gets inserted into the mail editor automatically.

If you have created several language versions for this template, you can choose the correct one after hitting tab (step 2).

Alternatively, you can access your templates by typing ctrl+space, or from the editor toolbar. There you can search for the correct template and insert it.

Load external pictures

View images in Tuta

Tuta blocks automatic image loading to protect your privacy. To load external images, please click on 'Show' above the mail body to load the image for now or on 'Always trust sender' to always load all images sent from this email address. Please note that you have to allow images from a trusted sender on all your devices at once. In the case that mail authentication fails or is non-existent, images will not be loaded even if the sender has been allow-listed. Inline images are displayed directly as no external content needs to be loaded.

Allow emails blocked due to spam

How to receive blocked emails
How to receive blocked emails.

Go to 'Settings' -> 'Global Settings' -> 'Rejected email senders' to check whether any email to your account has been blocked due to the sender being listed on a spam list. You can click 'Refresh' to refresh the list in case you are waiting for a registration email. If a blocked email is shown here, you can allow the sender so that emails from this sender will reach your inbox in the future.

User Settings

Appearance: language, theme, time format

Appearance

In Settings -> Appearance, you can change the language of Tuta, switch to the light or dark theme, change the time format and the start of the week of the calendar.

Login info and session handling

Login

'Login' shows you several info items about your Tuta account.

  • 'Login credentials': You can check your email address, your password, and your recovery code. When clicking on the pen symbol next to 'Password', you can change your current password to a new one. The pen symbol next to 'Recovery code' lets you view and update your recovery code. For this, you need to enter your password. As we can't reset your password, it is important that you keep your recovery code somewhere safe.
  • 'Second factor authentication': Click the plus symbol to the right to add a second factor. Tuta supports U2F and TOTP for 2FA. Once added all second factors are displayed here. You can delete them by clicking the cross symbol next to each added key.
  • Activate session handling to see who has accessed your Tuta account. This information is stored encrypted and automatically deleted after one week.
  • 'Active sessions': This shows you the IP address currently being logged in to your account. We only store client and IP addresses encrypted so no one but yourself can access this information. Here you can remotely close sessions, for instance when you have lost your mobile phone and you are still logged in on your phone.
  • 'Closed sessions': Click on 'Show' to see from where you have logged into your account recently. This lets you check whether someone else tried to access your Tuta account.
All settings options for your emails

Sending mails

Here you can configure how you want to send your mails.

  • 'Default sender': All mails you send are being sent with this email address. If you have aliases added to your account, you can change the default sender address by clicking on the pen symbol. You can also change the sender every time you are composing an email.
  • 'Email signature': You can either use the 'Default' signature when sending mails or by clicking the pen symbol to define your personal signature or use no signature at all.
  • 'Default delivery': Click the pen symbol to decide whether new mails should be sent end-to-end encrypted ('Confidential') or not end-to-end encrypted ('Not confidential') by default. You can always change this for individual mails when writing an email.
  • 'Formatting': Click the pen symbol to decide whether all mails should be sent including HTML formatting or converted to plain text.
  • 'Create contacts': Click the pen symbol to decide whether contacts should be created when sending mails ('Activated') or not ('Deactivated').
  • 'Search mailbox': Click the pen symbol to decide whether the search feature for your encrypted mailbox should be 'Deactivated' or 'Activated'. Please note: Search in Tuta needs to be handled locally on your device as all data on our servers is encrypted. Thus, enabling search consumes memory on your device and might consume additional traffic.
  • 'Report spam': You can choose between 'Always ask', 'Always report', or 'Never report'. Reported emails are transmitted to us in plain text, i.e. not encrypted end-to-end.
  • 'Autoresponder': Here you can activate or deactivate your autoresponder. A personalized out-of-office notification can be entered upon activation.
  • 'Conversation thread': You can decide to 'Show all emails together in thread' (conversation view) or to 'Show selected email only' (no conversation view).

Email alias addresses

  • 'Email addresses': Click on 'Show' to add alias email addresses or activate/deactivate existing aliases. Click on the plus symbol to add aliases. A pop-up opens where you can type the alias you want to add. Click on the three-dot button to choose the domain for your alias. This can be any of the Tuta domains or of your own domains that you have added to your Tuta account. Before doing this, you need to upgrade to a paid subscription. Please note: Aliases with a Tuta domain can only be disabled, but not removed. Deactivated aliases must remain linked to your account in case you want to activate them again in the future. When you are using your own domain with Tuta, you can delete aliases with your own domain and create new ones.

Inbox rules

  • 'Inbox rules' (filter): Click on 'Show Inbox Rules' and then on the plus-button. A pop-up with three options opens: 'Field', 'Value' and 'Target folder'.

    • Field: Click on the pen symbol to define what field should be used for the inbox rule 'Sender', 'To recipient', 'Cc recipient', 'Bcc recipient', 'Subject contains', or 'Header contains'.
    • Value: You can enter text such as an email address, a domain name, or the required content of the subject or header.
    • Target folder: Click the pen symbol to define what folder the specified mails should be moved to automatically upon hitting your inbox. Before being able to add inbox rules, you need to upgrade Tuta.
  • For inbox rules we support JavaScript regular expressions. You have to enclose the expression with slashes / like the literal definition of regular expressions. More information can be found here.

  • 'Notifications': Click on 'Show' and the plus symbol. A pop-up opens where you can enter an email address that should be notified once a new mail arrives in your Tuta mailbox.

Push notifications

  • Tuta allows you to receive push notifications via other email addresses and via its Android and iOS apps. Push will be sent to your phone even when you are not logged in.
  • To manage what email addresses and mobile devices should (or should no longer) receive push notifications, click here→ 'Notifications'.
  • You can also allow your browser to send push notifications for Tuta in your browser settings, but only when you are logged in.
My templates: Creating email templates

My templates

Please login to Tuta in the browser or in one of the Tuta desktop clients. In Settings -> My Templates you can create templates to answer repetitive requests faster. Click on 'New template' to create a new template.

Pop-up for template creation

For your template, enter a Title, a Shortcut, select the language (here: English), and the content. When using templates, you will need the shortcut to find the correct template. The content will be added to the mail editor automatically.

Here we explain how to add templates to an email or you can watch our YouTube tutorial on email templates.

Admin Settings

Setting the administrator for users
  • The global admin can create a local admin group to add as well as manage administrators of users and contact forms. Please refer to 'Create a local admin group' for details.
  • The user who creates another user or contact form becomes the administrator of the created entity. More precisely, the admin group in which the user is a member will become the admin of the entity. If the user is a global admin, then the entity is administrated by the global admins. If the user is a local admin (i.e. member of a local admin group), then that local admin group becomes the admin.
  • The global admin can change the administrator of a user by selecting a local admin group under 'Administrated by'.
  • Local administrators only see those users and contact forms that they administrate.
  • Even if an entity is administrated by a local admin group, the global admins can still administrate the entity.
  • A contact form is always administrated by the administrator of its receiving mailbox. So if a global admin changes the receiving mailbox of a contact form, the admin of this user mailbox becomes the administrator of the contact form.
Global settings

Global settings

  • 'Spam rules': Click on 'Show' to show all defined spam rules. Click the plus symbol to add rules. You have the option between 'No spam', 'Always spam', or 'Discard' depending on a specified email address or domain name. Please find more details on the configuration of spam lists in our FAQ.
  • 'Custom email domains': Click on 'Show' to show all added custom domains. Click the plus symbol to add your custom domains. You can add as many domains as you need. Details on using custom email domains with Tuta can be found in our FAQ. Next to each custom email domain is a three dot symbol. When you click it, you can 'Set a catch all mailbox' or 'Delete' this domain. If you select 'Set a catch all mailbox', you have to choose to which email address (=which inbox) catch-all mails should go to. This is usually your main admin, but can be any user that you have added to your account. All emails that are being sent to your own domain that do not match any existing email address will be delivered to the catch-all mailbox.
  • 'Security': By Clicking the pen symbol, you can force your users to change their password after an administrator has reset the password. Please note: Only administrators of paid accounts can reset the passwords of their own users, e.g. all users of a custom domain. Tuta as the mail service provider cannot reset your passwords for security reasons.
  • 'Audit log': This log is only visible to admins of paid Tuta accounts. It contains important administrative actions, e.g. if you have added a second factor to one of your user accounts, or if you have changed the password of one of your user accounts.
How to create a user

User management

  • Click 'Add user' at the top of the user list. A pop-up opens where you can enter the 'Name' of the user, his 'Email address' and a 'New password' for logging in.
  • Please note: Each user gets their own mailbox and login so each user costs extra. If you simply want to add another email address, you can also add the address as an alias email address which is already included in all paid subscriptions.
Payment

Payment

Go to Settings -> Payment to view and update your payment details.

  • 'Invoice data': Click on the pen symbol to update your address in case you are paying by invoice.
  • 'Payment method': Click on the pen symbol to choose another payment method. You can pay by Credit card or PayPal. Business users can also choose 'Purchase on account'.
Subscription: Book Extra Features for your Tuta email account

Subscription

  • Click on 'Upgrade' to upgrade your free Tuta account to Premium, Teams or Pro. Look at the screenshot below to view the upgrading process.

Once upgraded you can add 'Extensions':

  • Please note: When you want to downgrade back to the free version, you have to disable all these extensions as they are only available to paying Tuta users. This means, for example, that all your aliases must be deactivated. They will still be linked to your account so that you can reactivate them when you upgrade again at a later stage.
  • 'User accounts': You can manage your current user by clicking on the pen symbol or you can add more users to your account by clicking on the plus symbol.
  • 'Storage capacity': Click on the pen symbol to switch to another storage package in your account.
  • 'Email aliases': Click on the pen symbol to switch to another alias package.
  • 'Groups': Click on the plus symbol to add a local admin. Refer to 'Local admin' to learn how to set up a group.
  • 'Whitelabel': Click on the pen symbol to add the whitelabel feature to your account. This allows you to customize your account: login via your website, add custom logos & colors.
  • 'Sharing feature': Click on the pen symbol to book the sharing feature, which lets you share data (e.g. the calendar) with other Tuta users.
  • 'Business feature': Click on the pen symbol to book the Business feature, which lets you send out of office notifications, send calendar invites and add multiple domains to your account.
  • 'Contact forms': After adding whitelabel, you can also add a contact form to your website. This allows visitors of your website to directly get in touch with you via Tuta's end-to-end encrypted contact form.
  • 'Delete Account': Here you can delete the account. Your email address and aliases will be deleted and can't be reactivated. If you want to use your Tuta email addresses in another account, it is important to enter the 'Target account address' here. Then you can add the deleted email addresses to the stated target email account.
  • Downgrade back to Free: You can unsubscribe from Premium, Teams or Pro here. Next to 'Subscription', click the pen icon and select the Free plan.

Upgrade

  • Choose whether you are using Tuta for 'Private' use or for 'Business' use. This differentiation is necessary for tax regulations.
  • Choose whether you want to pay 'Yearly' or 'Monthly'. When you choose 'Yearly', you get two months for free.
  • Click on 'Select' of the package you want to upgrade to. This takes you to the payment procedure.

Payment

  • Choose your payment method: Credit card or PayPal. Note: When choosing Tuta for Business, you can also pay via invoice. The invoice will be sent to your Tuta account and must be paid within two weeks time. In case of no payment being made, two reminders will be sent before the account is closed.
  • Enter your payment details.
  • Choose your country of residence.
  • Click 'Next'.

Confirm

  • Once all payment data is entered, a booking summary will be shown.
  • Check the summary and click 'Buy' to complete your order.
Upgrade Free account

Upgrading Free account

To upgrade a Free account (or downgrade), please go to Settings -> Plan -> Plan and click on the pen symbol. Then you can pick another plan (picture below).

Under Settings -> Plan, you can also sign the 'Order processing agreement' if you need to comply with the GDPR, switch your 'Payment interval' from monthly to yearly, check your price per year, and add more 'Extensions' or order gift cards.

Pick a Tuta subscription

Manage an existing user

User management

  • Click the user you want to manage to see all available 'User settings'.
  • Click the adequate pen symbol to change the 'Sender name', the 'Password', the 'Global admin' status (Yes/No), 'Administrated by' (Global admin/Local admin), and the 'Status' of this user (Activated/Deactivated).
  • Please note: Users can not be deleted. If you deactivate users, you are no longer billed for these. You can also add the email address(es) of deactivated users as aliases to your account.
  • Global admins can access the user management and change the passwords of users that they have added to their account. Local admins see only the users that they have been assigned to administrate. They can manage these users, including changing their passwords. Changing passwords for other users only works within one paid account. We at Tuta have no access and cannot reset passwords.

User management

  • 'Second factor authentication': Click the plus symbol to the right to add a second factor for this user. Tuta supports U2F and TOTP for 2FA. Once added all second factors are displayed here. You can delete them by clicking the cross symbol next to each added key.
  • 'Groups': Click on the plus symbol to add this user to a group. This option is only displayed once you have added a Group to your account. Refer to 'Groups: Local admin' to learn how to set up a group.
  • 'Contact forms': Click on the plus symbol to add this user to a contact form. This option is only displayed once you have added a contact form to your account. Refer to 'Contact forms' to learn how to set up a contact form.
  • 'Email aliases': Click on 'Show Email Aliases' to add alias email addresses or activate/deactivate existing aliases. Please note: Aliases with a Tuta domain can only be disabled, but not deleted. When you are using your own domain with Tuta, you can delete aliases with your own domain and add new ones.
  • 'Notifications': Click on 'Show' and you will see all email addresses and the IDs of mobile devices (via the Tuta app) that receive push notifications about new mails received in the mailbox of this user. You can delete an entry if you do not wish to receive notifications to a particular email address or mobile device anymore.
Whitelabel Tuta with your branding

When you order the Whitelabel feature, you have two options: The Whitelabel feature is already included in the Pro subscription. Alternatively, you can order it separately in your paid account. Your whitelabel domain can be any subdomain, and might look like 'secure.mycompany.com' or 'email.mycompany.com'. In order to setup whitelabel you must be able to set the CNAME DNS entry.

How to whitelabel your secure Tuta mailbox for business use

Whitelabel

  • 'Status': Click the pen symbol to activate the Whitelabel feature for your Tuta account.
  • 'Custom notification emails': Click the plus symbol to add a custom notification email for external recipients. When configuring the custom notification email, the admin can add a {sender} placeholder in both subject and body of the email to include the sender name. The admin must include a {link} placeholder in the body of the email where the link to the encrypted mailbox of the external recipient is automatically being added.
  • 'Whitelabel domain': Click the pen symbol to activate the Whitelabel feature. A pop-up shows up where you have to add your domain (shown in the screenshots):

Activate whitelabel automatic

  • Choose a subdomain, at which you would like to reach the Tuta login. Create the subdomain by setting the CNAME DNS entry to point to login.tutanota.com at your domain hoster. The DNS entry should look like this: '< subdomain_name > CNAME login.tutanota.com'. Depending on your hoster you might have to set the fields 'name' to '< subdomain_name >', 'type' to 'CNAME' and 'value' to 'login.tutanota.com'. Keep in mind that the DNS changes may take a while until propagated.
  • Enter this subdomain under 'Whitelabel domain'.

Whitelabel domain customizations

  • 'Custom logo': Click the pen symbol to upload your logo. It will be shown in the top left corner (38x280 pixel) when you load Tuta on your website.

Custom colors

  • 'Custom colors': Click the pen symbol to set the colors according to your own corporate design. If you don't set a color, the default color from the Tuta style sheet will be taken.
  • 'Custom meta tags': Click the pen symbol to enter a meta tag: You can enter HTML code here to add a headline, text and a favicon.
  • 'Link to legal notice': Here you can add a link to your Imprint.
  • 'Link to privacy policy': Here you can add a link to your Privacy Policy.
  • 'German language file': Selects the form of address for the login page on your website if someone opens it with a browser using the German language (Du/Sie).

Now you can open your website in your browser and see the Tuta login with your customizations.

Shared Mailboxes

Shared mailboxes are mailboxes that are shared between multiple users on the same Tuta account. Each user sees the shared mailboxes and all their folders below their personal mailbox in the mail view in Tuta.

  • Each user of a shared mailbox can send and receive emails with the email address of the shared mailbox.
  • To send an email from the shared mailbox, open any folder in the shared mailbox and click the "New Email" button.

Important information on shared mailboxes

  • Shared mailboxes are available in all business plans as well as family plans or private plans with multi-user support

  • Shared mailboxes can be created by admins of an account in Settings -> Shared mailboxes and the admins can add and remove users from that shared mailbox

  • Shared mailboxes are available at the same price as an additional user. They come with the same amount of additional storage as any user on the same plan.

  • The admin of the shared mailbox can change the sender name

  • Shared mailboxes can be deactivated and reactivated in a similar way as users

  • Some limitations for shared mailboxes:

    • It is not yet possible to send end-to-end encrypted emails to external recipients (password-protected emails)
    • Alias email addresses are not yet supported within shared mailboxes
    • Configuring signatures is not yet supported
    • Autoresponders are not yet supported

Local Admin Settings

Create a local admin group

Local admin

  • Click on 'Add group' at the top of the group list. A pop-up shows up. The group type can be chosen as 'Local admin'. Choose 'Local admin' if you want one of your users (e.g. a project manager) to administrate all users working on this particular project. Set a name for this group. Click OK. You have created a local admin group. Refer to 'Manage an existing local admin' to find out how to add users to this group.
Login with the local admin

Manage users

Local admin

  • Go to Settings → User management. You can see all the users that this local admin administers. Please refer to the section 'Manage an existing user' to see all available administrative options.

Manage groups

Local admin group

  • Go here in Settings .
  • Click the local admin you want to manage.
  • Manage a local admin: To the right you have several options to manage this local admin. The local admin has less options compared to the global admin who originally set up this group. You can see this by comparing the local admin options:

Local admin

  • 'Name': Click the pen symbol to change the name of the group.
  • 'Status': Click the pen symbol to activate/deactivate this group.
  • 'Group members': Click the plus symbol to add as many group members as you like. This should be at least one as the Group member is the local admin of all added administrated groups.
  • 'Administrated groups': This list contains all users administrated by the local admin added under 'Group members'. The local admin cannot add anything here.
Manage an existing local admin group

Local admin

  • Click the local admin group you want to manage. To the right, you have several options to manage this group:
  • 'Name': Click the pen symbol to change the name of the group.
  • 'Administrated by': Local admin groups have to be administrated by a Global admin.
  • 'Status': Click the pen symbol to activate/deactivate this group.
  • 'Group members': Click the plus symbol to add as many group members as you like. This should be at least one as the Group member is the local admin of all added administrated groups/users.
  • 'Administrated groups': This list contains all users administrated by the local admin(s) added under 'Group members'.
  • Log in with the group member account (here: Bob) to see all the Settings options of the local admin.

Desktop Clients

How do I register the desktop client as the default email app?

Windows: Go to Settings > Apps > Default Apps to choose Tuta as you default email app.

Mac: Go to Settings -> Desktop -> set "Default email handler" to "Registered".

Linux: This depends on your distribution. Please refer to the relevant documentation. Useful keywords are "mailto handler", "protocol handler"

On all platforms, you may have to tell applications like your internet browser to use the system default mail app.

How do I install the Tuta desktop client?

Mac: Double-click the installer and follow the instructions on your computer.

Linux: After downloading, right click the AppImage and give it execute permission. Alternatively, run chmod +x tutanota-desktop-linux.AppImage from a terminal window. Now you can run the App like any other executable, no further installation is required. You may want to let it integrate itself with your desktop and app launcher.

Windows: Double-click on the Tuta app and follow the instructions on your computer.

Enterprise mode (Windows): The desktop client can be installed on Windows in "enterprise mode" by passing the following flags to the installer:

  • /S - Install silently (no wizard)
  • /allusers - Install for all users on the system rather than just the current user (requires privilege escalation)
  • /disableAutoUpdates - Disable automatic updates (updates would need to be done manually by an admin)

The application may also be uninstalled silently, by passing /S to the uninstaller (in the installation directory under Program Files).

What can I do if my browser does not recognize the desktop client as my mailto app?

Sometimes the browser does not recognize the newly installed Tuta desktop client as the default mailto app. If clicking a mailto-link does not open an email in the desktop client, please make sure that the Tuta desktop client is activated as the default email app in your system settings as described above.

If everything is set up correctly, these instructions might help to troubleshoot:

Firefox

  • Enter "about:preferences" in the address field.
  • Go to "Applications" -> mailto set to "Tuta Desktop" or "Standard"
  • Enter "about:config" in the address field
  • Set "network.protocol-handler.expose.mailto = true"
  • Set "network.protocol-handler.external.mailto = true"

Chrome

  • Enter "chrome://settings/handlers" in the address field
  • Deactivate all handlers for emails
Does the Windows desktop client include MAPI support?

The Windows desktop client comes with MAPI support. Via the context menu of a file -> Send to... -> Email recipient - you can directly attach files to a new email.

In various programs (Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader, SAGE50) you can use the "Send document as mail" function and attach the currently opened file to a new email. You can find more details on our blog.

How can I receive notifications with the desktop client?

You need to activate the 'Run in background' option to receive notifications from the desktop client. This option appears in your notification area on Windows and in the Tray on Linux.

When it is active, the desktop client will not terminate when all windows are closed and instead remain in the background to provide desktop notifications in case of incoming email or calendar alarms.

If you can't see the tray icon on Linux despite the app running and the 'Run in background' option being set to 'Yes', please refer to your distribution's documentation to enable tray icons or AppIndicators. On MacOS, this option is not visible, and the dock icon is always used to provide a context menu.

If you still do not receive notifications, please check that you do not have focus mode, alarms only, or do not disturb modes on. You can also check the desktop settings of the client.

How do I uninstall the desktop client?

Windows: Hit the windows key, type "apps", choose the entry "Apps & Features". In the settings window, search for "Tuta Desktop". Click it and then click the "Uninstall" Button.

Mac: Right-click the Application in the Applications folder and select "Move to bin". To remove the app cache as well, you need to delete the directory ~/Library/Application Support/tutanota-desktop/, for example via the terminal:

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/
rm -r ./tutanota-desktop

Linux:

  • Delete the AppImage, then delete the file ~/.local/share/applications/appimagekit-tutanota-desktop.desktop and the directory ~/.config/tutanota-desktop/ if they're present.

  • If you want to remove the icons, too, open a terminal window and type

cd ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/
ls **/*/appimagekit-tutanota-desktop.png
  • Make sure the output only lists tutanota-desktop image files, then type
rm  -i **/*/appimagekit-tutanota-desktop.png
How do I verify the signature of the desktop client?

The Tuta desktop applications for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS are signed. The signatures make sure that the desktop clients as well as any updates come directly from us and have not been tampered with. Upon every update, the desktop client automatically checks that the signature is valid.

You can verify the authenticity of your manually downloaded installer with the OpenSSL utility yourself as well. It should be installed on most Linux and Mac systems, but needs to be added to Windows, you can get OpenSSL via this link.

The installer signatures are provided as separate files:

For further details, please refer to GitHub, lines 12 to 21.