How To Email & Messaging Email Cleanup Utilities for Windows Share Pin Email Print Email & Messaging Tips & Tricks Gmail Tips & Tricks Yahoo Tips & Tricks Outlook Tips & Tricks Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Key Concepts VoIP by Heinz Tschabitscher An independent writer who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. Updated February 10, 2019 Forwarded emails frequently contain characters in all the wrong places. Fortunately, there are Windows utilities that will remove these annoying characters and reformat the mail for easier reading and further usage. 01 of 05 slimail - Email Cleanup Service What We Like Watch video links instantly. Cleans up subject lines. Removes duplicate emails. What We Don't Like Not encrypted. Not popular. slimail not only cleans up all those fun forwards you receive (no more wading through long boring paragraphs to find a tiny link), it also blocks duplicate messages, simplifies subjects, lets you block content while you're away and comes with a rating system. It's really a pity slimail cannot clean existing email accounts. You get a new address instead, which forwards to your current one. 02 of 05 Clippy - Email Cleanup Tool What We Like Convenient. Easy to use. What We Don't Like Requires using clipboard. Outdated interface. No longer updated. Clippy cleans text from emails in countless flexible ways, and you can combine its actions in any way you like or need. Unfortunately, this does not include re-wrapping quoted text, though. 03 of 05 StripMail - Email Cleanup Tool What We Like Includes webmail browser extension. Removes spaces and extra characters. Indenting makes emails easier to read. What We Don't Like Requires use of clipboard. Outdated interface. StripMail is a solid program for cleaning up emails. StripMail's formatting capabilities could still need improvement, though. 04 of 05 eClean 2000 - Email Cleanup Tool What We Like Integrates with Outlook. Use from system tray. Indents forwarded emails. Removes extra paragraph lines. What We Don't Like Outdated interface. Not integrated with webmail. eClean 2000 cleans broken forwards perfectly out of the box and can configured to suit your requirements with numerous options. eClean 2000 is not so well suited for formatting replies, though. 05 of 05 emailStripper - Email Cleanup Tool What We Like Free to use. Restores forwarded formatting. Easy to use. What We Don't Like Requires using clipboard. Messy user interface. EmailStripper is really easy to use, and although it lacks sophisticated features usually produces great results cleaning up and fixing forwarded emails. Continue Reading