How to block an email address on Gmail

Gmail is a strong tool in the modern world. It can not only be used for professional communication, but for a variety of additional purposes as well, including messages from your institution or college, keeping in touch with faraway friends or relatives, transferring digital files, or just regularly keeping a record of your online accounts and purchases.

It is super easy to send an email through Gmail, and as this is a known fact that many people have more than one email address, which clearly means that your inboxes can instantly fill with spam emails.

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I tried unsubscribing/ blocking the sender with the help of the built-in blocker but I still received emails, so I found that a better way to block and email on Gmails is to create a simple filter.

In this tutorial, we’ll be creating a filter which will automatically delete the emails sent from a particular email address. The tutorial is super-easy to follow and you just need a computer for this.

Block an email address on Gmail [Video Tutorial]

How to block an email address on Gmail

Step 1: Open Gmail on desktop

Step 2: Click on the “Settings” icon

Step 3: Select “See all settings”

Step 4: Select “Filters and blocked addresses”

Step 5: Now, click on “Create a new filter”

Step 6: In the “From” section enter the email you want to block

Step 7: Click on the “Create filter” button

Step 8: Click on the “Delete it” checkbox

Step 9: Again click on the “Create filter” button

Step 10: DONE 🙂

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