Take Action: Win an EDDM Opt-Out
There is no household opt-out from Every Door Direct Mail. Here is what you can do about that, starting with the petition.
By Jake WaitzmanUpdated Sources linked throughout
Short answer: Sign the petition asking the Postal Service for an EDDM opt-out. Then ask the advertisers who mail you to list your address as Do Not Deliver, tell your members of Congress you want an opt-out, share the petition, and use the opt-outs that do work on addressed junk mail.
Ask USPS for an EDDM opt-out
The petition asks the Postal Service to create an official way to opt out of Every Door Direct Mail and other ECRWSS saturation mail. Email has an unsubscribe link and phones have Do Not Call. Your mailbox has no equivalent.
2,693 signatures on Change.org since January 2020
What can I do about EDDM mail?
Six things, in the order we'd do them. The first four push for an opt-out for everyone; the last two cut the junk mail you can stop on your own.
Sign the petition for an EDDM opt-out
If you do one thing, do this. Jake Waitzman, who runs this site, started the petition on Change.org in January 2020, and every signature is a public, countable request for an EDDM opt-out. Signing happens on Change.org, under Change.org's privacy policy.
Ask EDDM advertisers to list your address as Do Not Deliver
USPS tells EDDM advertisers that when a customer asks to be removed, they should list that address in the “Do Not Deliver Address” column of the facing slip that goes to the post office with each mailing. It works one sender at a time, and only if the sender agrees.
When a flyer arrives, contact the business by email, phone or its website and ask. Here is how to stop EDDM mail, with a letter you can copy.
Tell your members of Congress you want an EDDM opt-out
Congress, or the Postal Service on its own, could create a household opt-out. Most offices take messages through a form on their website and ask for your address to confirm you live in the district or state.
A message you can adapt
Subject: Please support an opt-out from Every Door Direct Mail
Dear [Representative or Senator] [last name],
I live in [city, state], and I'm writing about Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM), the U.S. Postal Service program that delivers advertising addressed to “Postal Customer” to every address on a carrier route. Households have no way to opt out of it.
USPS delivered nearly 3 billion EDDM pieces in fiscal 2025, according to its own Postal Facts, and the Postal Service's household survey found that households throw away 39% of the advertising mail they receive without reading it.
Phones have the Do Not Call Registry and email has an unsubscribe link. Please support a way for households to opt out of EDDM and other saturation advertising, through legislation or by urging the Postal Service to create one.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Street address, city, state, ZIP]Share the petition
Send it to friends, family and neighbors, or post it where your neighbors talk. Each link below goes straight to the petition on Change.org.
Or copy the short link: change.org/zerojunkmail
Stop the junk mail you can
EDDM is the one kind of junk mail with no opt-out. Much of the rest can be cut: OptOutPrescreen.com (free) ends prescreened credit and insurance offers, Catalog Choice (free) stops catalogs one at a time, and DMAchoice, run by the Association of National Advertisers, filters promotional mail from companies that check its list. None of them touches EDDM, because EDDM uses no mailing list.
Work in a legislature? Start with the toolkit
The legislative toolkit has a model bill, the EDDM Consumer Choice Act, with section-by-section analysis, talking points, answers to industry arguments and PDFs to print.
Where does an EDDM opt-out stand?
As of October 2026, we know of no pending federal bill or Postal Service proceeding that would create one. USPS already has a per-address “Do Not Deliver” process for EDDM; today only advertisers can use it. The petition asks the Postal Service to give households a way to opt out themselves.
Questions about taking action
Does signing the petition stop EDDM mail?
No. The petition asks the Postal Service to create an opt-out; it doesn't remove your address from anything. To stop a particular advertiser now, ask it to list your address as Do Not Deliver on its USPS paperwork.
Does it cost anything to sign?
No. After you sign, Change.org may ask you to chip in to promote the petition. That is optional, and any payment goes to Change.org to advertise the petition, not to Zero Junk Mail.
Who started the petition?
Jake Waitzman of Birmingham, Alabama, started it on Change.org in January 2020 and runs Zero Junk Mail.
Can my city or state ban EDDM?
Not directly. Cities and states cannot regulate what the Postal Service delivers, which is why the petition asks USPS itself and the legislative toolkit drafts a federal bill.
Sources
- USPS: Every Door Direct Mail (Do Not Deliver Address instructions), accessed October 2026
- USPS Postal Facts: Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM), updated May 15, 2026
- USPS Household Mail Survey, FY2025 (PRC filing 139604), filed April 1, 2026