How to Set Up USPS Informed Delivery to See Your Mail Before It Arrives

USPS Informed Delivery emails you photos of your incoming mail each morning — free. Here's how to sign up and start using it.

In this guide (5 steps):

1.Go to the USPS Website
2.Create a USPS.com Account
3.Verify Your Identity
4.Enable Informed Delivery
5.Check Your Daily Email

Go to the USPS Website

~15s

Open a web browser and go to informeddelivery.usps.com. This is the official USPS enrollment page. You can also reach it through usps.com by clicking "Register/Sign In."

Quick Tip

Use a computer or tablet for the initial signup — identity verification is easier on a larger screen.

Create a USPS.com Account

~15s

Click "Sign Up For Free." Enter your name, email address, home address, and create a password. Your home address must be the address you want mail notifications for.

Warning

Use your real home address — USPS verifies that you live there as part of the identity check.

Verify Your Identity

~18s

USPS will ask identity verification questions — questions about your address history and personal background that only you would know. Answer each question carefully. If you pass, you are enrolled immediately.

Quick Tip

If online verification does not work, USPS will mail you a physical code. Enter that code at USPS.com within 30 days to complete enrollment.

Enable Informed Delivery

~15s

After your account is created, go to your Account Dashboard and look for the Informed Delivery section. Click "Get Started" or "Activate Informed Delivery." Confirm your address and choose to receive daily email digests.

Check Your Daily Email

~19s

Starting the next business day, you will receive a morning email before 9:00 AM when mail is arriving. The email shows photos of letter-sized mail. Packages appear as text entries. Click any item for more tracking details.

Quick Tip

Download the USPS Mobile app for iPhone or Android to see your Informed Delivery dashboard on your phone anytime.

You Did It!

You've completed: How to Set Up USPS Informed Delivery to See Your Mail Before It Arrives

Need more help? Get Expert Help from a TekSure Tech

USPS Informed Delivery is a free service from the United States Postal Service that sends you an email every morning showing grayscale photos of the letter-sized mail pieces scheduled to arrive that day. Packages are listed as well, though photos are not always available for every parcel.

This service is genuinely useful. You can see if an expected check, prescription, or important document is coming that day. If mail goes missing, you have a record that it was scanned and scheduled for delivery. And if you're traveling, a family member can monitor your mail remotely.

Informed Delivery is available to most US residential addresses. To sign up, you create a free USPS.com account and verify your identity online. Identity verification is required because the service shows images of your private mail — USPS needs to confirm you actually live at that address.

The verification process is straightforward for most people. You answer questions about your identity and address history. In some cases, USPS may mail you a physical verification code instead of allowing instant online verification.

Once enrolled, you receive a daily email digest before 9:00 AM on days when mail is expected. There is no limit to how many devices can access the account. You can also manage your Informed Delivery preferences through the USPS app for iPhone and Android.

This is a completely free service — no credit card, no subscription, no strings attached.

Rate this guide

How helpful was this guide?

USPS

mail

Informed Delivery

government

free service