Clarify syncs email and calendar data to automatically create records, enrich contacts, and enable team visibility. You have full control over what data gets synced through blocklists.
💡 Which folders sync: Clarify syncs email from all folders except Trash, Spam, and Drafts. This includes Sent, Archive, Gmail labels, and any custom folders. Deleted emails won't appear in Clarify.
How blocklists work
Blocklists filter out emails from specific addresses or domains before they're imported into Clarify. When an email or domain is blocked:
Emails from those addresses won't appear in Clarify
Records (contacts, companies) won't be created automatically
Associated items like meetings won't be synced
⚠️ Blocklists only apply going forward. Adding an address or domain stops future emails from syncing. It does not remove emails already in Clarify, and it does not delete contacts or companies that were created earlier. You can delete contacts and companies yourself in the app, and you can delete emails from your own connected account - an email synced from a teammate's account can only be deleted by them. For a large cleanup of already-synced email, contact support with the domains or addresses you want to keep. Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.
⚠️ If you want to exclude internal meetings and emails, do not add your own company domain to the blocklist (e.g. *@company.com) as this will exclude all meetings and correspondence.
If you do not want internal meetings and emails captured, ensure your domain is listed as a Company domain and your Exclude internal communication is set to All.
Automatically filtered emails
Some emails never sync to Clarify no matter how your blocklists are set. Before those rules are applied, Clarify automatically skips machine-generated mail - bulk and notification emails (anything with an unsubscribe link, including LinkedIn alerts), calendar invites, and auto-replies - so your CRM stays focused on real conversations.
For the full list of what's filtered - and how to bring LinkedIn conversations into Clarify through the Kondo integration - see Email and calendar sync troubleshooting.
💡 Clarify campaigns always sync: Emails sent from your Clarify campaigns - and the replies they receive - always sync, even if they match a blocklist rule or one of the automatic filters above. This keeps your outbound and its responses complete in your CRM.
Configuring your blocklist
Turn on Block specific senders in Settings → Workspace → Email and meetings, then add the addresses or domains you want to block. Both exact matches and wildcards are supported. Turning the toggle off clears the addresses you've added; Clarify asks you to confirm first. Only workspace admins can change the blocklist - members can see it but the input is read-only for them.
This gives you precise control over what information flows into your Clarify workspace while maintaining security and relevance.
💡 Domain entries do not include sub-domains. *@company.com blocks mail from company.com and nothing else - mail from news.company.com still syncs. To cover sub-domains, add *@*.company.com as well.
Keep both. The wildcard form matches sub-domains at any depth, but it does not match the bare domain, so one is not a replacement for the other.
The same form blocks a whole top level domain: *@*.edu blocks every address ending in .edu, and because * matches any characters including dots, *@*.edu.au also matches deeper sub-domains like [email protected].
Email and meeting filtering
Exclude internal communication
Use this setting to control which internal communications sync back to Clarify. Clarify treats anyone on your Company domains as internal. Choose to exclude nothing, emails only, meetings only, or all internal communications.
Capture private meetings
Calendar events marked Private are not synced. Turn this on to sync them.
When this setting is off, a private event is filtered out before it reaches Clarify, so no meeting record is created for it at all. It does not sync as a meeting that simply goes unrecorded.
Two things to know:
Only events explicitly marked Private are filtered. If your calendar's default visibility is set to private but the event itself is not marked Private, it still syncs.
Filtering happens at sync time, so it is not retroactive. Occurrences that already synced before you marked a series Private stay in Clarify - remove them with the "..." menu on the meeting record.
Capture solo meetings
Control whether invites where you are the only meeting attendee are syncing to Clarify.
ℹ️ Why it matters: Single-person meetings are excluded by default as they typically represent personal appointments (meeting blocks, errands, etc.) rather than business interactions relevant to your CRM
When this setting is off, a solo event is filtered out before it reaches Clarify, so no meeting record is created for it at all.
Filtering happens at sync time, so it is not retroactive in either direction:
Solo meetings that synced earlier stay in Clarify after you turn the setting off - remove them with the "..." menu on the meeting record.
Turning the setting on does not pull in solo meetings that were skipped before. Only events that sync from that point forward are included.
Capture email attachments
Clarify ingests attachments from incoming emails and adds them to associated records. On by default - turn it off here if you do not want attachments ingested. Only applies to emails received after enabling - existing emails are not backfilled.
Supported file types include PDFs, spreadsheets, images, and markdown files. Binaries, executables, and inline images (e.g. email signatures) are excluded. Attachments over 25 MB are skipped; the email itself still syncs normally.
When an email has a valid attachment, an attachment indicator appears on the email. Click it to preview the file directly in Clarify - or download it.
Ingested attachments also appear on the Attachments tab of any record associated with the email sender - People, Companies, and Custom Objects. Each entry shows the filename, upload date, sender name, and source ("via email").
⚠️ Attachment visibility: Email attachments follow the same access rules as the parent email - if a teammate can't see an email, they can't see its attachments either. Manually uploaded attachments are different: they're visible to anyone who can see the record they were uploaded to.
Record creation
Don't create people from certain senders
Turn this on to stop Clarify creating people from senders that match your list. The email or meeting still syncs. Clarify just doesn't create a new contact or company from that sender.
An entry can be the part of an address before the @ (for example, noreply), a full address, a domain such as @assistant.gong.io, or a pattern such as *@*.vendor.com to cover sub-domains as well. Only workspace admins can change the list. Like the sender blocklist, turning this setting off clears the list, with a confirmation.
You do not need to add notetaker bots. Clarify already skips the addresses that tools such as Gong, Fireflies, Grain, Avoma and Metaview use to join meetings.
Create new records
The Create new records setting controls when Clarify automatically creates contacts and companies:
Always: Records are always created from emails and meetings
Selective: Records are created from meetings, and from emails sent by you or by anyone on one of your Company domains - in practice, the mail your team sends
Disabled: Records are never created from emails or meetings
Why this matters: This keeps your CRM clean by only including relevant business communications.
Turning record creation off does not stop your existing contacts from updating. On Disabled, Clarify still files new emails and meetings against contacts you already have - it only stops creating new ones. Your history keeps building on the records you have chosen to keep.
What this setting does not cover:
Records created before you change it. The setting applies to email and meetings that sync after the change. Contacts and companies that already exist stay in Clarify, including any created by the first sync when you connected your email. Delete any you don't want from their list.
Companies created from a contact's work email. When a contact with a work email address is added to Clarify, for example by importing a list, Clarify creates a company for that email domain and links the contact to it, whatever Create new records is set to. Personal addresses such as Gmail don't create a company.
ℹ️ Meetings and emails share one setting. There is no option that creates contacts from meeting attendees while ignoring the mail you send: Always and Selective both create contacts from meetings, and Disabled switches off both sources. If you send high volumes of one-off outbound mail, set this to Disabled and add the contacts you want by hand - see Adding contacts by hand below.
Adding contacts by hand
When you add a contact yourself, Clarify looks back through the email and calendar data it has already synced and attaches anything matching that person’s email address - past emails and past meetings both. This happens whatever Create new records is set to, including Disabled.
That makes Disabled a practical setting rather than an all-or-nothing one: keep automatic creation off, add the handful of people you want to track, and their history comes with them.
⚠️ Add the contact with their email address. Matching is done on email address, so a contact created without one gets nothing attached. Adding the address later attaches the history at that point.
For the same reason, removing every email address from a contact detaches their emails and meetings. Correct or add addresses rather than clearing them.
Access
Access lets you share your synced emails and meetings with a teammate, so they can stay informed without needing to be CC'd on every thread. For the full picture of who can see what across Clarify, see Sharing and permissions.
This page controls your emails and meetings as a whole. To share one individual meeting rather than all of them, open the meeting and use Share. For a single email, see Share individual emails below. See Understanding Meeting Visibility.
Access sharing is available on any paid plan, and you can set it up during a reverse trial. If your workspace moves to the free plan when the trial ends, the Access section is replaced with an upgrade prompt, so you can't view or change your sharing settings until you upgrade.
Granting access
To grant a teammate access to your emails or meetings:
Go to Settings → Account → Email and meetings
Under the Access section, switch on Meetings and recordings or Emails (both are off by default)
Select the teammates you want to grant access to
Delegates can be added or removed at any time from the same settings page.
💡 Calendar or email disconnected? The Access toggle still appears, with a note that new meetings or emails aren't syncing. Sharing works on data that has already synced, so you can still manage who sees it.
The same page has a Shared with you section. Its Delegated sending access list shows the accounts teammates let you send from. Sending access is separate from Access: it lets you send as that teammate, not read their inbox. See Delegated sending.
What delegates can see
Granting access gives a teammate full visibility into everything you see - including emails, meetings, recordings, transcripts, and AI summaries.
Email and meeting access are configured independently - grant a teammate access to your meetings without sharing your emails, or vice versa.
A teammate you've granted access to can view your data but cannot change your Access settings or extend your access to other people.
Share individual emails
To share one email, or a batch of them, without opening up your whole mailbox:
One email: open it from a record's Messages tab and select Share at the top right. Add teammates, or share it with everyone at your workspace.
Several emails: on a record's Messages tab, tick the emails you want, then select Share in the actions bar.
Some workspaces still show the tab as Emails.
Worth knowing:
You share your own copy. Everyone on a thread has their own copy in Clarify, so you can only share the one synced from your mailbox. If you select emails that came from a teammate's mailbox, they are skipped.
Teammates get view access. They can read the email but cannot share it with anyone else.
Nobody is notified. To point a teammate at one email, use Copy link in its Share panel and send it to them.
Sharing a batch covers the emails you selected. Emails sent or received later are not included, so share again to add them.
To stop sharing one email, open its Share panel and remove the person.
Workspace-wide visibility
Workspace admins control who can see email and meeting data across the entire workspace from Settings → Workspace → Email and meetings. Emails and meetings have separate controls:
Emails - choose who can see emails and their content in this workspace
Meetings - choose who can see meetings, recordings, transcripts, and AI summaries in this workspace
Each can be set to Participants only (default) or Everyone. Participants only means each new email or meeting is visible only to the people on it, unless someone shares it further. One exception: teammates can still see that a meeting happened, when, and who attended, even when it isn't shared with them. They see Title hidden instead of the title, and the recording, transcript, summary and notes stay closed to them. Everyone means each new email or meeting is visible to every workspace member as it syncs. Either way, a change applies from that moment on: emails and meetings already in Clarify keep the access they had. Anyone on a meeting can still make that one meeting private from its Share panel.
Each member can also choose a different default for their own new meetings and emails under Default sharing in Settings → Account → Email and meetings: Workspace default, Everyone or Participants only. An email follows its mailbox owner's choice. On a meeting with several teammates, the most open choice wins. Like the workspace setting, it applies only to meetings and emails that sync from then on.
⚠️ The two settings are independent - changing one does nothing for the other. Only workspace admins can change them. A workspace API key can only read the content of emails and meetings shared with the whole workspace. To read everything you can see, use a personal API key.
For per-person sharing - granting a specific teammate access to your meetings or emails only - use Access above.
FAQs
Can a teammate I've granted access to share my emails or meetings with others?
No. A teammate you grant access to can view your data but cannot change your Access settings or extend your access to other people.
Can I revoke access after granting it?
Yes. Go to Settings → Account → Email and meetings and, under Access, remove the teammate.
I used to be able to see all my teammates' emails or meetings. Now I can't - what happened?
Workspace-wide visibility is now self-serve. A workspace admin can enable it in Settings → Workspace → Email and meetings by switching from Participants only to Everyone. That covers emails and meetings that sync from then on. Ones already in Clarify keep the access they had. If you need access to a former teammate's emails or meetings after they've left the workspace, contact support and we can help.
Does granting someone access to my meetings also let them see my recording transcripts and summaries?
Yes. Granting meeting access gives delegates full visibility into everything you see - including meeting recordings, transcripts, and AI summaries.
Does the Access setting affect what Rep sees when a teammate uses it?
Yes. If you've granted a teammate access to your emails or meetings, Rep will surface that data when they ask questions - so they can query your meeting history or email context through Rep, just as they can view it directly.
Can my teammates see my emails?
By default, emails are private to their participants - only users who were directly on a thread (sent, received, or CC'd) can see it in Clarify.
To open access for the whole workspace, a workspace admin can set Emails to Everyone in Settings → Workspace → Email and meetings. This applies to emails that sync after the change. Emails and meetings are controlled separately, so you can open one without the other. For per-person sharing, use Access above. To share just one email, see Share individual emails.
Does enabling email attachments backfill my existing emails?
No. Only emails received after enabling the setting will have their attachments ingested.
Who can turn on email attachment ingestion?
Any workspace member. The toggle is in Settings → Workspace → Email and meetings, in the Record creation section: Capture email attachments.
What happens if an email attachment is over 25 MB?
The email syncs normally - the attachment is skipped. Nothing surfaces to you when this happens.
Are email signature images or logos ingested?
No. Inline images embedded in email bodies (such as signature logos) are not treated as attachments and are not ingested.
Can teammates see my email attachments?
Email attachments follow the same visibility rules as the email they came from. If a teammate doesn't have access to an email, they won't see its attachments. Manually uploaded attachments behave differently - they're visible to anyone who can see the record.
Can Rep read or analyze attachment content?
Yes. Rep can read the contents of attachments on a record - images, PDFs, and text files - when you ask it questions about that record.
Does email attachment ingestion work for both Gmail and Microsoft?
Yes.
If I turn off record creation, do my existing contacts stop updating?
No. New emails and meetings still attach to contacts you already have. Disabled only stops Clarify creating new contacts and companies.
I added a contact by hand. Will their past emails and meetings appear?
Yes, as long as you added their email address. Clarify matches on the address and attaches the email and calendar history it has already synced. Anything a blocklist filtered out was never stored, so it cannot be attached.
Can I create contacts from meetings but not from the emails I send?
Not with the current settings - meetings and emails are controlled together. The closest approach is to set Create new records to Disabled and add the contacts you want by hand, which brings their history with them.
Troubleshooting
Seeing "Need admin approval" from Microsoft when connecting your email?
That screen is a Microsoft 365 tenant-level restriction - not a Clarify issue. Your company's IT admin needs to approve Clarify in the Microsoft admin center before your account can connect.
Whole team is blocked: Ask your admin to find Clarify under Enterprise applications in the Microsoft admin center and grant tenant-wide consent.
Teammates are connected but you're not: Your admin likely approved Clarify for specific users only. Ask them to check the "Assignment required" setting on the Clarify enterprise app - if enabled, they'll need to add your account to the permitted users list.
💡 If your IT admin needs the full list of Microsoft Graph permissions Clarify requests, contact support and we'll share them.
Seeing 'Sync failed' after connecting Google?
This usually means a permission was unticked on Google's consent screen during the initial connection. Email send and Calendar read can connect successfully while Email read fails - that's the signature of a partial OAuth grant. Clicking Retry on the banner refreshes the token but doesn't re-prompt the consent screen, so the missing permission stays missing. To surface the consent screen again, you need to fully disconnect and reconnect.
To fix it:
Disconnect your Google account in Clarify (open Connectors from the left sidebar → your Google tile → Disconnect)
Click your Google tile again and connect to start a fresh connection
On Google's consent screen, leave Select all checked - or at minimum, tick "View your email messages and settings"
The banner should clear within a few minutes
If reconnecting with all permissions checked still shows the banner, reach out to support.



