How To Block Emails On Gmail

Zap those unwanted messages for good

If you’re active online, keeping your Gmail address hidden is quite difficult. Someone’s going to add you to their email blast list, or they’ll start emailing you directly. There also might be a time when you don’t want to receive emails from someone you’ve previously talked to.

While Gmail gives you an option to unsubscribe from newsletters, and it has a good spam filter, it’s messages like these that make it through the filter, and then end up in your primary inbox. But don’t worry, there’s a solution to this. All you have to do is block the email sender. Here’s how to block emails on Gmail.

How To Block Emails On Gmail Web

You can block emails directly from the email interface (just like you can on Instagram and Facebook). There’s no need tocreate a special filterto send an email address to the Spam folder. The block email feature in Gmail will do it for you.

How To Block Emails On Gmail On Mobile

The process of blocking emails on the Gmail app foriPhoneandAndroidis very similar.

How To Unblock An Email Sender

Want to receive emails from a blocked sender? You can reverse your decision and unblock an email sender at any time.

Now, the email address won’t be marked as spam. New messages from the email will now end up in the Inbox instead of the Spam folder.

You won’t find the same option in the Gmail app for iPhone and Android. To unblock a sender on mobile, you’ll need to find an email from the sender. Then tap theMenubutton from the email and choose theUnblock (Sender)option to unblock them.

How To Unsubscribe On Gmail On The Web

If you’re receiving too many emails from a newsletter, you can unsubscribe from it instead of blocking the sender.

To do this using the Gmail web client, use the following steps.

Now you have successfully unsubscribed from the email and you won’t receive any new emails from the newsletter.

How To Unsubscribe On The Gmail App

Similarly, you can unsubscribe using the Gmail app on your iPhone or Android smartphone as well.

Now you have unsubscribed from the email and you won’t see any new updates from the newsletter.

Now that you have blocked annoying emails on Gmail, do you think it will help you get to Inbox Zero? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

If you don’t want anything to do with Gmail anymore, you can easilydelete your Gmail accountas well.

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