Ask a sender to remove a painful marketing category
You can ask to stop a category of advertising without describing your loss. Name the product category and the printed recipient record, then say what you want changed. Use the sender’s own contact route. A brief request avoids repeating private family details to a customer-service team.
Write the request
- Describe the category in plain words taken from the mailing itself, such as the product or service it advertises.
- Copy the name and address exactly as printed so the sender can find the record.
- Find the sender's contact route yourself, from its website or the return address, rather than a number printed in the ad.
- If you have an account with this sender, say that the request covers this advertising only.
Reading the reply
A sender may make a broader or narrower change than the one you asked for, so read any reply for what it says it will do. A request doesn't guarantee the mail stops, and other senders may still send the same category. If you're handling mail addressed to someone else, confirm you have their permission or the authority to act first.
Sample category request
Example for your own use. Replace the bracketed details and review what you share.
Reuse it for the next sender
File the reply with the original mailing. If the same category arrives later from another company, copy the request, change the sender name and date, and send it through that company's own route.
Official source
Have an unwanted advertisement ready?
Photograph one piece you are authorized to handle, with the sender and full mailing label visible. Review the details before submitting. The first request is free; the sender controls the response.
Try one request free