How to Stop Publishers Clearing House Mail
Ask Publishers Clearing House customer service to remove the exact name and address printed on the mailing. Email, data-sale, and account-deletion forms solve different problems.
Ask PCH customer service to stop postal promotions
- Keep one recent PCH mailer. Find the recipient name, complete delivery address, and any customer or order number printed on it.
- Open the official Publishers Clearing House privacy policy.
- Use the Consumer & Privacy Affairs contact published in section 8 and ask to be removed from postal promotional mail.
- Give the name and address exactly as printed. Save the date and any confirmation or case number.
Be specific about paper mail. PCH operates several communication channels, and a request about email alone does not identify the postal record you want suppressed.
Email unsubscribe is not a paper-mail opt-out
An unsubscribe link in a PCH promotional email applies to email. Use it when unwanted email is also a problem, but do not treat it as confirmation that a postal record was removed. It does not replace a customer-service request for envelopes, sweepstakes notices, catalogs, or order offers delivered by USPS.
Privacy choices are separate
PCH's privacy policy describes choices about personal-information use and state privacy rights. Those choices are not labeled as a direct-mail suppression form. Make the postal-mail request separately so customer service can match the mailing label.
PCH also offers account deletion. Deleting an account can affect login access and stored activity, so do not use that broader step when your only goal is to stop promotional mail.
Mail for someone else
If PCH mail is addressed to a previous resident or someone who died, say that in the request. Do not sign in to that person's account or claim to be them. Provide the printed name and delivery address only as needed to identify the postal record. See the guides for previous-resident mail and mail for someone who died.
Watch for prize scams
Stopping promotional mail is not the same as responding to a prize notice. The FTC's current prize-scam guidance says real prizes are free and specifically warns that scammers may impersonate Publishers Clearing House. Do not send bank information, Social Security numbers, gift cards, or money because a letter or caller says you won.
Where Junk Mail Magic fits
If you have the mailer but do not want to sort through the contact routes, photograph one piece. Junk Mail Magic uses the sender and mailing label to prepare a focused removal request. Do not submit a check, payment slip, account password, or other financial information.
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