How to Stop Receiving Catalogs

Overwhelmed with the amount of mail that lands in your mailbox and goes straight into your recycling bin? Now there's a website where you can pick and choose which catalogs you still want to receive: CatalogChoice.org. You can even save a few trees in the process-by cutting down on your junk mail. Here is how to reduce the clutter.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• A Catalog Choice account

1. CatalogChoice

   Go to the Catalog Choice website (see Resources below). Click the Get Started button to register your account

2. After you've established an account, log in. When logged in, choose Find your catalog. Search for any catalog that you presently receive that you no longer want. Click decline and fill in the details. Catalog Choice will contact the merchant on your behalf and request that they no longer send you their catalog.

3. You can edit choices you've made if you change your mind later or if the catalogs still continue to arrive. Log in and choose Review and manage your declined catalogs. In this area of the site you can view and modify your past opt-outs and let Catalog Choice know if you continue to receive catalogs you don't want.

4. Members of this site have already opted out of over 12,000,000 catalogs. That's a lot of saved trees!

Tips & Warnings

• Have the catalog on hand that you want to stop receiving so you'll have the proper information to give to Catalog Choice when you opt out.

Resources

• Catalog Choice