diff --git a/alerts/class-alert-type-email.php b/alerts/class-alert-type-email.php
index 1d1e0cc1a..0a35c5ba4 100644
--- a/alerts/class-alert-type-email.php
+++ b/alerts/class-alert-type-email.php
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class Alert_Type_Email extends Alert_Type {
 	 */
 	public $name = 'Email';
 
+	/**
+	 * Meta key that stores the last time an alert sent an email.
+	 */
+	const LAST_SENT_META_KEY = '_wp_stream_email_last_sent';
+
 	/**
 	 * Alert type slug
 	 *
@@ -62,6 +67,10 @@ public function __construct( $plugin ) {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function alert( $record_id, $recordarr, $alert ) {
+		if ( ! $this->is_send_allowed( $alert ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		$options = wp_parse_args(
 			$alert->alert_meta,
 			array(
@@ -120,9 +129,61 @@ public function alert( $record_id, $recordarr, $alert ) {
 		$edit_alert_link = admin_url( 'edit.php?post_type=wp_stream_alerts#post-' . $alert->ID );
 		$message        .= __( 'Edit Alert', 'stream' ) . "\n<$edit_alert_link>";
 
+		$this->update_last_sent( $alert );
+
 		wp_mail( $options['email_recipient'], $options['email_subject'], $message );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the throttle allows this alert to send another email.
+	 *
+	 * @param Alert $alert Alert object.
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function is_send_allowed( $alert ) {
+		$interval = $this->get_throttle_interval();
+
+		if ( $interval <= 0 ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$last_sent = (int) get_post_meta( $alert->ID, self::LAST_SENT_META_KEY, true );
+
+		return ( time() - $last_sent ) >= $interval;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Stores the time of the last email sent by this alert.
+	 *
+	 * @param Alert $alert Alert object.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function update_last_sent( $alert ) {
+		if ( empty( $alert->ID ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		update_post_meta( $alert->ID, self::LAST_SENT_META_KEY, time() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the minimum number of seconds between two emails sent by one alert.
+	 *
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public function get_throttle_interval() {
+		/**
+		 * Filters the minimum number of seconds between two emails sent by the same alert.
+		 *
+		 * Set it to 0 to send an email for every matching record.
+		 *
+		 * @param int $interval Minimum number of seconds between two emails. Default 300.
+		 */
+		$interval = (int) apply_filters( 'wp_stream_alert_email_throttle', 300 );
+
+		return $interval;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Displays a settings form for the alert type
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/test-class-alert-type-email.php b/tests/phpunit/test-class-alert-type-email.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e6b521e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/test-class-alert-type-email.php
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+<?php
+namespace WP_Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Class Test_Alert_Type_Email
+ *
+ * @package WP_Stream
+ * @group alerts
+ */
+class Test_Alert_Type_Email extends WP_StreamTestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * Holds the alert type object under test.
+	 *
+	 * @var Alert_Type_Email
+	 */
+	protected $alert_type;
+
+	/**
+	 * Holds an alert post ID used by the tests.
+	 *
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	protected static $alert_post_id;
+
+	public function setUp(): void {
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->alert_type = new Alert_Type_Email( $this->plugin );
+
+		if ( empty( self::$alert_post_id ) || ! get_post( self::$alert_post_id ) ) {
+			self::$alert_post_id = self::factory()->post->create(
+				array(
+					'post_type'   => Alerts::POST_TYPE,
+					'post_status' => Alerts::STATUS_ENABLED,
+				)
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function tearDown(): void {
+		remove_all_filters( 'wp_stream_alert_email_throttle' );
+		delete_post_meta( self::$alert_post_id, Alert_Type_Email::LAST_SENT_META_KEY );
+
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+
+	public function test_send_allowed_when_no_email_was_sent_before() {
+		$alert = $this->plugin->alerts->get_alert( self::$alert_post_id );
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $this->alert_type->is_send_allowed( $alert ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_send_blocked_within_throttle_interval() {
+		$alert = $this->plugin->alerts->get_alert( self::$alert_post_id );
+
+		$this->alert_type->update_last_sent( $alert );
+
+		$this->assertFalse( $this->alert_type->is_send_allowed( $alert ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_send_allowed_after_throttle_interval() {
+		$alert = $this->plugin->alerts->get_alert( self::$alert_post_id );
+
+		update_post_meta( self::$alert_post_id, Alert_Type_Email::LAST_SENT_META_KEY, time() - 301 );
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $this->alert_type->is_send_allowed( $alert ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_send_allowed_with_zero_throttle() {
+		add_filter( 'wp_stream_alert_email_throttle', '__return_zero' );
+
+		$alert = $this->plugin->alerts->get_alert( self::$alert_post_id );
+
+		$this->alert_type->update_last_sent( $alert );
+
+		$this->assertTrue( $this->alert_type->is_send_allowed( $alert ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_alert_sends_one_email_and_throttles_the_second() {
+		reset_phpmailer_instance();
+		$mailer = tests_retrieve_phpmailer_instance();
+
+		$alert             = $this->plugin->alerts->get_alert( self::$alert_post_id );
+		$alert->alert_meta = array_merge(
+			(array) $alert->alert_meta,
+			array(
+				'email_recipient' => 'admin@example.org',
+				'email_subject'   => 'Stream alert',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->alert_type->alert( 0, $this->dummy_record_data(), $alert );
+
+		$this->assertCount( 1, $mailer->mock_sent );
+
+		// A second trigger inside the throttle window sends no further email.
+		$this->alert_type->alert( 0, $this->dummy_record_data(), $alert );
+
+		$this->assertCount( 1, $mailer->mock_sent );
+	}
+
+	public function test_alert_sends_every_email_with_zero_throttle() {
+		add_filter( 'wp_stream_alert_email_throttle', '__return_zero' );
+
+		reset_phpmailer_instance();
+		$mailer = tests_retrieve_phpmailer_instance();
+
+		$alert             = $this->plugin->alerts->get_alert( self::$alert_post_id );
+		$alert->alert_meta = array_merge(
+			(array) $alert->alert_meta,
+			array(
+				'email_recipient' => 'admin@example.org',
+				'email_subject'   => 'Stream alert',
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->alert_type->alert( 0, $this->dummy_record_data(), $alert );
+		$this->alert_type->alert( 0, $this->dummy_record_data(), $alert );
+
+		$this->assertCount( 2, $mailer->mock_sent );
+	}
+
+	private function dummy_record_data() {
+		return array(
+			'object_id' => null,
+			'site_id'   => '1',
+			'blog_id'   => get_current_blog_id(),
+			'user_id'   => '1',
+			'user_role' => 'administrator',
+			'created'   => gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ),
+			'summary'   => '"Hello Dave" plugin activated',
+			'ip'        => '192.168.0.1',
+			'connector' => 'installer',
+			'context'   => 'plugins',
+			'action'    => 'activated',
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/uninstall.php b/uninstall.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13bc621d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uninstall.php
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Uninstall cleanup for WP Stream.
+ *
+ * Removes alert configuration, plugin options, user meta, and scheduled jobs.
+ * The activity log tables wp_stream and wp_streammeta are kept, log data is
+ * not deleted because the removal is irreversible.
+ *
+ * @package WP_Stream
+ */
+
+if ( ! defined( 'WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN' ) ) {
+	die;
+}
+
+if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_stream_uninstall_delete_site_data' ) ) {
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes all Stream data stored for the current site.
+	 *
+	 * Runs inside the blog switch loop on multisite, so the data below is
+	 * read and removed per site, and caches are invalidated on the site that
+	 * owns them.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	function wp_stream_uninstall_delete_site_data() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		// Remove all alert posts of every status. Core API keeps hooks,
+		// post caches, and object caches in sync.
+		$alert_ids = $wpdb->get_col(
+			$wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = %s", 'wp_stream_alerts' )
+		);
+		foreach ( $alert_ids as $alert_id ) {
+			wp_delete_post( (int) $alert_id, true );
+		}
+
+		// Remove all Stream options, including transients and legacy keys.
+		// delete_option() invalidates the alloptions cache on every site.
+		$option_names = $wpdb->get_col(
+			$wpdb->prepare(
+				"SELECT option_name FROM {$wpdb->options} WHERE option_name LIKE %s OR option_name LIKE %s",
+				$wpdb->esc_like( 'wp_stream' ) . '%',
+				$wpdb->esc_like( '_transient_wp_stream' ) . '%'
+			)
+		);
+		foreach ( $option_names as $option_name ) {
+			delete_option( $option_name );
+		}
+
+		// Remove the legacy WP-Cron purge event for this site.
+		wp_clear_scheduled_hook( 'wp_stream_auto_purge' );
+
+		// Remove the recurring purge / reset jobs. WP-Cron events live in the
+		// per-site cron option. Action Scheduler tables are per-site, and the
+		// AS API is only loaded when another plugin or Stream itself provides
+		// it, so the tables are cleaned directly as a fallback.
+		$stream_scheduled_hooks = array(
+			'stream_auto_purge_action',
+			'stream_auto_purge_batch_action',
+			'stream_auto_purge_reaper_action',
+			'stream_erase_large_records_action',
+		);
+		if ( function_exists( 'as_unschedule_all_actions' ) ) {
+			foreach ( $stream_scheduled_hooks as $stream_scheduled_hook ) {
+				as_unschedule_all_actions( $stream_scheduled_hook );
+			}
+		} else {
+			foreach ( $stream_scheduled_hooks as $stream_scheduled_hook ) {
+				wp_clear_scheduled_hook( $stream_scheduled_hook );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+if ( is_multisite() ) {
+	$stream_site_ids = get_sites(
+		array(
+			'fields' => 'ids',
+			'number' => 0,
+		)
+	);
+	foreach ( $stream_site_ids as $stream_site_id ) {
+		switch_to_blog( (int) $stream_site_id );
+		wp_stream_uninstall_delete_site_data();
+		restore_current_blog();
+	}
+
+	// Network options live outside the per-site loop. delete_site_option()
+	// covers wp_stream, wp_stream_network, wp_stream_db*, and any leftover
+	// Stream keys that were written via update_site_option().
+	$stream_network_option_names = $wpdb->get_col(
+		$wpdb->prepare(
+			"SELECT meta_key FROM {$wpdb->sitemeta} WHERE meta_key LIKE %s OR meta_key LIKE %s",
+			$wpdb->esc_like( 'wp_stream' ) . '%',
+			$wpdb->esc_like( '_site_transient_wp_stream' ) . '%'
+		)
+	);
+	foreach ( $stream_network_option_names as $stream_network_option_name ) {
+		delete_site_option( $stream_network_option_name );
+	}
+} else {
+	wp_stream_uninstall_delete_site_data();
+	// delete_site_option() works on single site too.
+	delete_site_option( 'wp_stream_network' );
+	// Network options that use update_site_option outside the settings class.
+	delete_site_option( 'wp_stream_db' );
+	delete_site_option( 'wp_stream_db_connectors' );
+	delete_site_option( 'wp_stream_db_registered_connectors' );
+}
+
+// User meta is global, so it is cleaned once. delete_user_meta() keeps the
+// user meta cache in sync, unlike a direct query against the table.
+global $wpdb;
+$stream_user_meta_keys = $wpdb->get_results(
+	$wpdb->prepare(
+		"SELECT user_id, meta_key FROM {$wpdb->usermeta} WHERE meta_key LIKE %s OR meta_key LIKE %s OR meta_key IN ( 'stream_live_update_records', 'stream_last_read', 'stream_unread_count', 'stream_user_feed_key' )",
+		'%' . $wpdb->esc_like( 'wp_stream' ) . '%',
+		'%' . $wpdb->esc_like( 'edit_stream_per_page' )
+	)
+);
+if ( $stream_user_meta_keys ) {
+	foreach ( $stream_user_meta_keys as $stream_user_meta_key ) {
+		delete_user_meta( (int) $stream_user_meta_key->user_id, $stream_user_meta_key->meta_key );
+	}
+}