Because email spam has reached alarming numbers, with about 14.5 billion spam emails sent every single day, many people wonder how to block an email address in Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and other email service providers.
How to Block Emails on Gmail
To learn how to block someone on Gmail and move all future emails you receive from the address to the Spam folder:
- Open an email from the sender you would like to block.
- Click on the little arrow next to the reply button and select the “Block [sender’s name]” option.
- A pop-up window will appear and ask you if you want to block the sender’s email address and move all future emails from it to the Spam folder. Click on the Block button to confirm.
- A confirmation message should appear, telling you that you’ve successfully blocked the sender.
How to Block Email on Yahoo
Yahoo gives you the option to block as many as 500 email addresses. When you block an email address on Yahoo, all emails from it get automatically moved to the Spam folder, leaving you with a clean inbox. To block an email address on Yahoo:
- Hover the mouse cursor over the settings icon and select the Settings option from the pop-up menu.
- Navigate to the Blocked Addresses category.
- Under Add an address, type the email address you would like to block.
- Click on the Block button.
- Finally, click on the Save button.
How to Block an Email Address in ProtonMail
- Go to your ProtonMail inbox and click on the Settings option located in the top-right corner.
- From the menu on the left, select the option entitled Filters. There, you can mark specific email addresses as spam.
- Type the email address you would like to block into the filed under the Blacklist section.
- Click on the Save button.
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