Where
Settings→Email Compliance
Your role needs
Update access to Email Compliance
update-companies. Admin have it by default.If you cannot find this in your sidebar, your workspace may have a custom menu configuration. Contact support and we will check it for you.
Before you begin
- Nothing beyond the permission above. This is one workspace-wide switch, not a per-account or per-campaign one. Turn it on once and every email account in the workspace sends with it.
Turn it on
1
Open Email Compliance
Go to . Above the switch sits a banner headed Why this matters: the product’s own summary of why Gmail and Yahoo want a visible unsubscribe option.
2
Turn on Unsubscribe Link
Switch Unsubscribe Link on. The label beside it changes from Disabled to Enabled, and the section expands.That alone covers the automatic side. Once you save, every email sent afterwards carries the
List-Unsubscribe and List-Unsubscribe-Post headers, which is what Gmail and Yahoo read to put their own one-click Unsubscribe button in the toolbar.3
Add an opt-out message (optional)
If you also want opt-out wording in the body, type it in Opt-out Message and put the literal token
{url} where the link should sit. The field takes HTML (its own placeholder example wraps the token in an anchor tag), and what you type is appended to the bottom of the email body as written.Leaving the field empty is a valid choice: the one-click button comes from the headers, not from this message, so it works either way. An empty field just means no footer text goes out. Text in the field that does not contain {url} fails validation and blocks saving.4
Save your changes
Choose Save Changes. It only appears once something differs from what is saved, and it stays disabled while the opt-out message has text in it but no
{url}. Cancel puts both fields back to the saved values.Saving with Unsubscribe Link switched off clears the stored opt-out message along with the headers. Switch it back on later and the field starts empty.
What happens next
A confirmation reads “Email compliance settings saved successfully”.
Troubleshooting
Save Changes stays disabled
Save Changes stays disabled
The opt-out message has text in it but no
{url}. Type the token exactly like that where you want the link, or clear the field completely. An empty message is valid too, and unlocks the button.Recipients aren't seeing my opt-out message
Recipients aren't seeing my opt-out message
A blank field sends no footer text, on purpose: the one-click button in Gmail and Yahoo comes from the headers, not from this message, so it keeps working with nothing typed. If you did write a message, confirm you chose Save Changes: navigating away discards unsaved edits.
An email I already sent has no unsubscribe link
An email I already sent has no unsubscribe link
Headers and message are built as each message is sent, from the setting as it stands at that moment. Turning this on changes email that goes out afterwards; it does not touch anything already delivered. Warm-up messages between mailboxes never get either one.
Related
How unsubscribe works
The one-click headers, the footer link, and what an opt-out does to the lead.
The unsubscribe page your recipients see
The confirmation form and success state behind your opt-out link.
Acceptable use for outreach
What you may not send, and how fast an opt-out has to be honoured.