The Spam folder

Keep spam out of your inbox without losing real messages

Any form on a website attracts spam: SEO offers, crypto schemes and web designers who think your site looks dated. Hi Widget now sends messages from bots to a Spam folder instead of your inbox, and you can mark anything else as spam in one click. Nothing is deleted, so a real message caught by mistake is one click from coming back.

Published 26 September 2026 - 3 minute read

Where spam goes now

Your inbox has three tabs: All, Unread and Spam. Messages in Spam stay out of everything else: the inbox, the unread badges, your dashboard counts and charts, and your CSV exports. Your numbers show real enquiries only.

The Hi Widget inbox with the Spam tab selected, listing three spam messages The Spam tab collects everything filtered or marked as spam, from all your widgets.

Messages from bots are filtered for you

Every message sent through the widget goes through a check for automated messages, run by Cloudflare’s Turnstile in the background. There’s no puzzle for your visitors to solve.

A message that fails the check isn’t rejected. It goes to Spam, with a note saying why, and you don’t get an email about it. We file rather than block because some real people fail the check too, for example when a browser extension stops the check from running. Their message still reaches you, and you can move it back.

Mark a message as spam

Anything that gets through, such as a person pasting the same sales pitch into every form they find, can be moved with one click. Open the message and click Mark as spam.

A message in Hi Widget with the Mark as spam button next to Delete Mark as spam is next to Delete on every message.

Get a message back

Open the message from the Spam tab. A note at the top says why it’s there. Click Not spam and it goes back to your inbox as unread, so you don’t miss it.

A message in the Spam folder, with a yellow note explaining it failed the automated message check and a Not spam link The note says why a message is in Spam. Not spam puts it back in the inbox.

Why spam isn’t deleted

Filters make mistakes. A deleted message that should have reached you is a lost customer, and you’d never know it happened. Keeping spam costs nothing, and it means the worst a mistake can do is make you look in one more folder. When you’re sure, you can still delete it.

Frequently asked questions

Is spam deleted automatically?

No. Spam is kept in the Spam folder until you delete it, so a real message that was caught by mistake is never lost.

Do I get an email about messages that go to Spam?

Not for messages that fail the bot check. They’re filed quietly, so your notifications stay for real enquiries.

Which plans include the Spam folder?

All of them, including Free.

Who can mark a message as spam?

Anyone on your account can move a message to Spam or back. Deleting a message is still for account admins only.

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The Spam folder is on every plan, including Free. No credit card required.