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Notion shutting down its AI-powered email client, including Mac and iOS apps

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Why This Matters

The discontinuation of Notion Mail highlights the evolving landscape of AI-driven productivity tools, emphasizing a shift towards automation and AI management of email workflows. For consumers and the tech industry, this underscores the growing importance of AI in streamlining communication, even as specific services are phased out. It also reflects how companies are refining their focus on core features and AI capabilities to enhance user experience.

Key Takeaways

Last year, Notion expanded its productivity suite to include Notion Mail, an AI-powered email client. Today, the company announced that it’s shutting down the Notion Mail inbox service this fall.

Notion Mail will stop working on September 22

Notion is primarily a notes and tasks platform with AI features included. In addition to the flagship Notion app, the company also offers Notion Calendar, Notion Mail, and Notion Web Clipper.

But later this year, Notion Mail is going away. The service only launched in April 2025, but it will be discontinued later this year on September 22.

Here’s the statement from Notion, which explains why it’s shutting down Notion Mail this fall:

We’re winding down the Notion Mail inbox across web, desktop, and iOS on September 22. We launched Notion Mail with a belief that your inbox should think like you—more personal to how you work and over time, more capable with AI. As Notion agents have gotten more capable, we’ve seen more users hand off email workflows to them. Today, more than half of Notion Mail users manage emails without ever opening their inbox. So, we’re going all in on using agents to run your inbox. We’re grateful to each and every one of you for building your routine around Notion Mail and trusting us with something that mattered as much as your email. More to come!

The company provides three dates in a help article that goes into more detail about the upcoming shutdown:

Starting June 25: Export your Notion Mail-only data through the app or on web.

Export your Notion Mail-only data through the app or on web. September 21: Last day to save anything you want to keep.

Last day to save anything you want to keep. September 22: Notion Mail shuts down. Any data you haven’t saved will be permanently deleted.

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