How To Block An Email Address In 2023

How to Block Emails on Gmail

Gmail does a good job of sorting your incoming mail and placing them in the right places, including moving spam messages to the Spam folder. Still, some spam and unwanted emails can get through and clutter your Inbox.

Probably the easiest way to stop seeing unwanted emails is to block a message so that Gmail automatically delivers messages from the sender’s address to the Spam folder. We have a quick video tutorial that shows how to block unwanted emails so that you won’t see them in your Gmail inbox:

To block someone on Gmail using the Gmail web app and to block emails on Android phones using the Gmail mobile app, follow these steps:

1. Open a message from the sender you would like to stop.
2. Click More (the three vertical dots next to the Reply button) and select Block [sender’s name].
3. A pop-up window will appear and ask you if you want to Block the sender’s address and move all future messages from it to the Spam folder. Click Block to confirm.
4. A confirmation message appears, telling you that you’ve successfully blocked the sender.

Should you ever decide to unblock the sender, open any message you’ve received from it, click More and select Unblock [sender’s name]. If you can’t find any message from the sender, click Settings (the gear icon) and select the See all settings. Go to Filters and Blocked Addresses, find the address you would like to unblock, and select the unblock link to the right of it.

The problem with spammers is that they often keep randomly generating new addresses, forcing users to block each new spam message individually. It probably won’t surprise you much to learn that many people simply give up after a while and live with an inbox full of spam emails.

The good news is that Gmail makes it easy to create rules to block an entire domain name. Here’s how to block unwanted emails in a single step:

1. Click Show search options (located on the right side of the search bar).
2. Type the desired email address under From. Keep in mind that you don’t have to type the entire address and can enter only the domain name.
3. Click Create filter, which is located in the lower-right corner and may be greyed out.
4. In the dialog box that appears, select Delete it to automatically delete all emails from the desired address.
5. Click Create filter.

How to Block Emails on Yahoo

Yahoo gives you the option to block as many as 500 addresses. When you block an address on Yahoo, all messages from it get automatically moved to the Spam folder, leaving you with a clean inbox.

Here’s how to block emails on Yahoo:

1. Log in to your Yahoo account.
2. Hover the mouse cursor over the Settings icon and select More Settings from the pop-up menu.
3. Choose Security and privacy from the left pane.
4. Next to Blocked addresses, select Add.
5. Under Add an email address to block, type the address you would like to block.
6. Click Save.

To unblock an email address on Yahoo, you simply navigate to the Blocked Addresses category again and choose which sender you want to unblock.

If you use the Yahoo Mail app on your mobile device, follow these steps:

1. Open the Inbox folder and choose the message you want to be blocked. Alternatively, use the Search icon on the top of the screen to type in the mail address of the unwelcome sender.
2. Mark the empty checkbox by the chosen message and click More on the actions bar at the bottom of the screen.
3. Choose Mark as spam option.
4. The messages from this sender are blocked now and sent to the Spam folder automatically.

How to Block an Email Address in Outlook

Here’s how to block emails on Outlook:

1. Go to your inbox.
2. Select any message from a sender you would like to stop.
3. Hover over the top toolbar and select Junk or Spam. Then select Block.
4. Confirm your choice by clicking OK.

The Outlook mobile app doesn’t have an option to block senders. Instead, send emails that you don’t want to hit your inbox to Spam by marking those messages as spam (tap the three vertical dots and select Move to Spam button).

If you would like to have more control over how Outlook.com handles incoming messages, open the Settings menu by clicking the Settings icon and selecting View full settings. There, you can create complex rules to tell Outlook how to handle incoming messages. For example, you can block all emails coming from a certain domain, or you can automatically move all marketing emails to a separate folder to separate them from important personal and business emails.

How to Block an Email Address in ProtonMail

Even though one of the most secure providers ProtonMail uses a smart spam detection system to automatically block spam messages, sometimes junk emails get through anyway. When that happens, the best defense is to block the sender.

Here’s how to stop receiving emails using ProtonMail’s filters:

1. Go to your ProtonMail inbox and click Settings, located in the upper-right corner.
2. From the menu on the left, select Filters → search for the Block List option in the Spam filters section → click Add.
3. Choose whether to add an individual email or a domain to the block list.
4. Enter the sender's address or the domain you would like to stop.
5. Click Save.

You can quickly move email addresses from the Block list to the Allowed list using the Switch button, which is located next to the Delete button on the email address listing.

How to Block Emails in iCloud Mail

Is your iCloud Mail address attracting spam email messages? If you use iCloud on your Mac computer, you can block emails on Mac by following these steps:

1. Open the Mail app and select a message from the sender you want to block.
2. Place the mouse pointer over the name in the message header.
3. Select Block Contact. A blocked icon appears next to that sender’s name.

If you use iCloud mail on the web, you’ll block malicious senders using email filters, automatically filtering incoming messages to avoid having to do so manually later.

Here’s how to block emails on iCloud by setting up rules:

1. Go to the iCloud website.
2. Log in to your iCloud Mail inbox.
3. Click Settings (the gear icon in the sidebar) and choose Rules.
4. Go to the Rules tab and click Add a Rule.
5. Select If a message and choose is from.
6. Enter the mail address of the person you want to block.
7. Select Then and choose Move to Trash.
8. When you’re finished, click Done to activate the rule.

If you use iCloud from your iPhone, you’ll need to unsubscribe from unwanted emails. You won’t find a way to send unwanted messages to your Spam or Trash folders.

Here’s how to block an email on iPhone:

1. Open the Mail app.
2. Tap an email.
3. Tap the blue link labeled as Unsubscribe.
4. Tap Unsubscribe to confirm that you want to unsubscribe from the mailing list.

You can also block an email address in iCloud Mail by forwarding it to Apple’s spam department:

1. Log in to your iCloud Mail inbox.
2. Open the spam message.
3. Forward it to spam@icloud.com.

How to Block Emails in AOL

To protect your account, AOL automatically scans and filters incoming messages, but any automatic anti-spam solution is guaranteed to make a mistake from time to time.

If you're getting overwhelmed by spam messages, take spam filtering into your own hands and proactively block emails on AOL in a web browser by following the steps below:

1. Log in to your AOL Mail account.
2. Select an email from the sender you want to block.
3. Select Mark as spam button on the top bar.

If you use the AOL mobile app, follow these steps:

1. Tap an email.
2. Tap the menu (the three horizontal lines in the lower-right corner).
3. Select Mark as Spam.

To remove a blocked email address, hover the mouse cursor over it and click the X icon.

Alternatively, you can also manage incoming emails using filters. AOL Mail lets you create up to 1,000 filters, and you can use them to automatically delete emails from certain senders, mark messages as read, and so on.

To update your filter settings for blocking senders:

1. Log in to your AOL Mail account.
2. Click the Settings gear on the top right and choose More Settings.
3. Got to Security and privacy section → Blocked addresses → click Add.
4. Enter the mail address you want to be blocked.
5. Click Save to activate the filter.

How to Block an Email Address in Zoho Mail

You can use email filters in Zoho Mail to block an email address and automatically delete all emails sent from it. Additionally, filters can help you automate certain email management tasks, such as labeling or forwarding emails.

To create a filter in Zoho Mail that adds an email address or domain to a block list:

1. Log in to your Zoho Mail account.
2. Click the Settings gear on the top.
3. Choose the Anti-Spam Lists block and select the Email Address tab.
4. Select Allowlist/Blocklist Emails.
5. To add an email, click in the Add new Blocklist email field and enter the email address. To add a domain, click in the Add new Blocklist domain field (under the Domain tab) and enter the domain address.
6. Press Enter when you’re finished.

How to Block Emails in GMX

GMX has an effective spam filter that protects users from annoying and potentially dangerous spam messages. Users can also block any mail account they want to stop receiving emails from it. We recommend you take advantage of this option to block clever spammers that have managed to get around the GMX spam filter.

Here’s how to block an email address in GMX:

1. Sign in to your GMX account.
2. Click Settings (the gear icon).
3. Select Blacklist.
4. Enter the email address or domain name that you want to be blocked.
5. Click Save.

How to Block Emails in Mail.com

You can block any email address in Mail.com using the blacklist. All addresses added to it are automatically moved to the Spam folder. The Mail.com blacklist supports not only complete addresses (example@domain.com), but also domain names (domain.com). When you add a domain name to the blacklist, Mail.com automatically blocks all email addresses associated with it.

Here’s how to block someone on email by managing your Mail.com blacklist:

1. Log in to your Mail.com inbox.
2. Click Settings.
3. Select Blacklist.
4. Enter the sender's address or domain name.
5. Click Save to add it to your blocked list.

Unsubscribing vs. Blocking

You have options for how to stop unwanted emails from being delivered to your inbox. You can unsubscribe from emails if you want to be deleted from the sender’s mailing list. To do this, you’ll need to find out how to unsubscribe from emails from that sender. In many cases, the sender provides an unsubscribe link in the email message.

When you block emails, the sender will still send those unwanted emails because your address hasn’t been removed from their mailing list. Blocking is a task performed by your email provider. Blocking involves setting up a filter in your email program that moves those unwanted messages to a spam folder.

Can you block emails instead of unsubscribe from emails? Either method will stop those emails from cluttering your inbox. It’s a matter of whether you want the block to be permanent or whether you want to stop seeing those messages for a limited period. If you think you want to read those messages again in the future, choose to block the sender’s address. When you aren’t interested in those emails any more, choose to unsubscribe from the sender’s mailings.

Conclusion

Most major email services make it possible to block unwanted messages and prevent them from reaching your inbox, with some services making email blocking easier than others. But regardless of what service you use, you can always organize all your emails with a few clicks and apply complex automation rules just as easily with Clean Email.