**End of support notice:** On October 30, 2026, AWS will end support for Amazon Pinpoint. After October 30, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Pinpoint console or Amazon Pinpoint resources (endpoints, segments, campaigns, journeys, and analytics). For more information, see [Amazon Pinpoint end of support](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/pinpoint/migration-guide). **Note:** APIs related to SMS, voice, mobile push, OTP, and phone number validate are not impacted by this change and are supported by AWS End User Messaging.

# Enabling and disabling the email channel
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To send email for campaigns and journeys in the current project, you first have to enable the email channel for the project. If you don't plan to send email for any campaigns or journeys in a project, you can disable the email channel for the project. 

Note that you don't need to enable the email channel to send transactional emails, which are emails that are typically sent only once in response to a specific action. For information about sending transactional email, see [Sending email in Amazon Pinpoint](channels-email-send.md).

**To enable the email channel for a project**

1. Open the Amazon Pinpoint console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/).

1. On the **All projects** page, choose the project that you want to enable the email channel for.

1. In the navigation pane, under **Settings**, choose **Email**.

1. On the **Identities** tab, choose **Edit**.

1. Select **Enable the email channel for this project**.

1. If you haven't verified an email identity yet, complete the appropriate procedure in [Verifying email identities](channels-email-manage-verify.md). Otherwise, choose the identity that you want to use.

1. Choose **Save**.

The process for disabling the email channel is similar. If you disable the email channel, you can't send emails for any campaigns or journeys in the project. However, you can send transactional emails from your Amazon Pinpoint account.

**To disable the email channel**

1. Open the Amazon Pinpoint console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/).

1. On the **All projects** page, choose the project that you want to disable the email channel for.

1. In the navigation pane, under **Settings**, choose **Email**.

1. On the **Identities** tab, choose **Edit**.

1. Clear **Enable the email channel for this project**, and then choose **Save**.