Manage Unsubscribed Customers
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The GDPR requires – among other things – that entities who send commercial emails get consent to do so and allow recipients to opt out of future emails. It also gives your customers the option to opt out of all campaigns being sent. If a customer unsubscribes from further Square Marketing emails from you, they’ll be automatically opted out.
If a customer has requested to be manually unsubscribed:
Go to Customers > Customers from your online Square Dashboard.
Locate the customer who wants to unsubscribe.
Click ••• then click Unsubscribe Email.
Click Confirm.
Note: Customers can only be unsubscribed using the above method. If a customer wants to resubscribe, refer to the customer information collection tools.
Export Customer List
If you export your customer list to a different service, like MailChimp or Constant Contact, you’ll need to make sure customers who opted out from your campaigns are also removed from those services’ lists. In these cases, you can view the subscription status for manually added customers by exporting your customer directory to a CSV file.
To do so:
Go to Customers > Customers from your online Square Dashboard.
Click Directory.
Click Export Customers and choose to export All Customers or Specific Groups.
Click Export.
A CSV file will download to your computer, which you can open using Excel or other common spreadsheet software. The spreadsheet shows information from customers who were manually assigned to a transaction or who were manually imported via your dashboard. If customers opt out of your emails, their email subscription status will display as Unsubscribed under the ‘Email Subscription Status’ column.
Note: The spreadsheet will not include customer names automatically collected from transactions swiped through the newest version of the Square Reader. This information will only show in the Transactions tab of your online Square Dashboard.
Learn more about how to manage your Customer Directory.