5 Tools That Help to Keep Work Email From Taking Over Your LifeThese apps may help prevent the need for an actual law, such as the one France has proposed to protect workers' "right to disconnect."

An earlier version of this article published May 31, 2016.

Thanks to our mobile devices, it can be tough to actually carve out some time when you aren't thinking about your job. Every message can feel like it requires an instant response.

That's why France passed alawthis week that requires companies with more than 50 employees to set up fixed times when work emails and other communicationcannot be sent. France isn't the only nation to approach remote work in this wayIn 2012, Brazil passed a law requiring companies toprovideovertime pay to employees who were answering emails from their bosses when they were supposed to be off the clock.

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Some companies have built tech to make sure they stay disconnected during their time off. German car manufacturer Daimler has anoptionfor its employees called "Mail on Holiday" that deletes any email that is sent while the user is on vacation. Inspired by the car company's move,Huffington Postfounder and former editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington had the site's tech team develop a similartool.

A 2014 Galluppollfound that a third of full-time American workers said they frequently checked their mail after hours. And about half of the employees who make the practice a habit were more likely to say they were stressed out the day before.

To prevent that stress from impeding productivity, here are some tools to help ensure email doesn't take over your life.

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1. Inbox Pause

Inbox Pausefrom productivity software startupBoomerangadds a blue pause button to users' email. Once that button is selected, any emails that are sent go into a label until they are ready to be read, and the sender will get a message that their note won't arrive in the recipient's inbox.

2. Mailstrom

Mailstromwants to help users tailor their inboxes to their needs, and includes functions such as Chill, which allows the recipients to decide when they want to read incoming mail. An Expire option sets a timer for notes from specific senders to stay in an inbox.

3. SaneBox

This paid email managementservicehas options such as a snooze folder for non-urgent mail and a SaneBlackHole to unsubscribe to that newsletter once and for all.

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4. Unroll.me

Thisstartup旨在打击所有的随机的垃圾邮件和newsletters that mysteriously have your name and contact information. The tool organizes your subscriptions in one message to make it easier to organize your inbox, or you can simply banish the unwanted ones altogether.

5. Cold Turkey and Freedom

It's one thing if you want to go on vacation and not be bothered, it's another if you just can't stop yourself from checking your phone every time a notification pops up. Services such asCold TurkeyandFreedomallow users to do a full social media, email and Internet blackout so they can actually enjoy their time off -- or count the days until it's over.