Copying an Alias Address

To use an alias on a website, copy the full address from the dashboard and paste it into the email field there. Click the address on its card, or the copy icon in list view, and it lands on your clipboard with a brief confirmation (the tooltip) that shows the copy worked.

No alias yet? Start with How to Set Up an Email Alias. You can only copy an alias that already exists.

How do I copy an alias from the alias card?#

The card is the quickest way to copy. Copying works in both grid and list view; only the control differs.

1. Open the Aliases page. Go to Aliases in your dashboard.
2. Find the alias you want. Search for it, or scroll down a long list until you spot it.
3. Copy it. In grid view, click the alias address itself. Hovering shows a "Click to copy" tooltip. In list view, click the copy icon button beside the address instead.
4. Check the confirmation. A brief confirmation (the tooltip) shows the copy worked.

What lands on your clipboard is the full address, such as shop-orders@aliasfleet.me, or your custom domain when the alias uses one. There is no need to type the address out by hand.

How do I copy an alias from the detail page?#

The detail page copies the same address, with more space to look it over first.

1. Open the alias. Click View on the card, or click into the alias, to reach its detail page.
2. Look near the top. The full alias address sits at the top of the page.
3. Click the alias address itself. Click any address to copy it. A "Click to copy" tooltip confirms it, and the full address copies to your clipboard, with the same brief confirmation (the tooltip) as the card.

Use the detail page when you want to check the alias before pasting it somewhere new: that it forwards to the right inbox, and that it is still active.

How do I copy an alias on mobile?#

On a phone or tablet, copying works the same way. The only difference is how you confirm the copy.

1. Open the Aliases page in your mobile browser. Sign in as usual.
2. Tap the copy control. In grid view, tap the alias address. In list view, tap the copy icon beside it.
3. If nothing copies, long-press the address. Hold the address text until your phone shows its own copy option, then tap Copy.

Mobile browsers guard clipboard access more tightly than desktop browsers, so the long-press fallback is worth knowing. You can usually select the address text manually, so you usually have a way to copy it.

Where do I paste the copied alias?#

Paste it anywhere a site asks for your email address. The usual spots are:

• Sign-up forms. A new account, a newsletter signup, or a free trial form. Paste the alias into the email field instead of your real address.
• Checkout pages. An online shop that wants an email for order updates or a receipt.
• Account settings. An existing account where you want to swap your real address for an alias.
• The browser extension. If you use the extension, you may not need to copy at all. Open Aliases for this Site in the extension popup and click an address to fill the field directly. See Using the Browser Extension.

Give every site its own alias. When one of them starts sending spam, you will know which alias to pause and which site handed your address on. See How to Use Email Aliases: 12 Practical Examples for what this looks like in practice.

What happens after I paste an alias?#

Forwarding starts at once. Pasting the alias somewhere needs no extra activation step, and nothing else to set up on the AliasFleet side.

• If the alias is active, mail sent to it lands in your destination inbox, like mail to any other address.
• If the alias is paused, mail to it bounces back to the sender. Check the Active toggle on the alias card first if you are unsure. See Activating and deactivating an alias.
• A first email can land in spam. If a confirmation email does not show up, check your spam folder and mark it as not spam.

How do I know the copy worked?#

Paste into the destination field and read the address back before you submit the form. The pasted text should match the alias exactly, character for character, including the domain after the @. One wrong character sends the email somewhere else, or nowhere at all. For a sign-up form, the confirmation email is the real test: check your destination inbox for the confirmation email.

What if the copy button does not work?#

Browser clipboard access sometimes fails, usually because the browser blocked clipboard permission for the site, or because the page sits in a restricted context. Work through these in order.

1. Check clipboard permission. Your browser may have blocked clipboard access for the site. Allow clipboard access for AliasFleet in your browser settings, then try the copy control again.
2. Select the text manually. Click and drag across the alias address to select it, then copy with Ctrl+C (or Cmd+C on a Mac). This skips the copy button entirely.
3. On mobile, long-press. Hold the address text until your phone shows its copy option, then tap Copy.
4. Paste into a plain text field first. Still unsure the copy worked? Paste into a notes app or a blank text field. If the full address shows up, the copy worked and the problem sits in the destination form, not the copy.

If the copy button keeps failing after all that, manual select-and-copy usually still works, because you can usually select the address text manually.