Register with Your Choice Preference Service and opt out of Royal Mail's Door to Door Service.
Unaddressed mail is mail that does not contain your name or address details and can include marketing materials such as flyers, circulars, supermarket leaflets and free newspapers. (Some people call this type of mail, junk mail).
Organisations that may send you unaddressed mail include local authorities, central government, utility companies, public service organisations, charities, political parties, local education bodies, local shops and providers of local services.
There are two steps that can be taken to reduce this type of mail.
Opt out of the Royal Mail’s Door to Door service
Door to Door is the Royal Mail’s service that delivers unaddressed mail. Registering to opt out of this service will stop these items being delivered to your door within six weeks.
Opting out will stop all unaddressed items from being delivered by the Royal Mail but it will not stop the 75% of unaddressed mail that is delivered by other distributors. Registering to opt out of the Royal Mail’s Door to Door service is free of charge.
To find out more or to register, you can:
Visit: www.royalmail.com
Email: optout@royalmail.com
Call: 08457 950 950
Write to: Freepost RRBT-ZBXB-TTTS, Royal Mail Door to Door Opt Outs, Kingsmead House, Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1RX
If opting out of the Royal Mail’s door to door service by telephone, householders should select option 1 for business customers.
Register with the ‘Your Choice’ preference scheme
The ‘Your Choice’ preference scheme allows you to ask distribution companies that are members of the Direct Marketing Association to stop delivering unaddressed mail to your home.
To find out more or to register, you can:
Visit: www.dma.org.uk
Email: yourchoice@dma.org.uk
Call: 020 7323 4165
Write to: Your Choice Preference Scheme, Direct Marketing Association (UK) Ltd, DMA House, 70 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SS
Letter templates
The following letter template will help you compose your letter requesting to opt out of the Royal Mail’s Door to Door service and to register with the DMA’s Your Choice preference scheme.
- To opt out of the Royal Mail’s Door to Door service
- To register with the ‘Your Choice’ preference scheme
