Many Google Gmail users constantly ask themselves how to block contacts and addresses in the mail , either because they are receiving spam from a specific person, because they don’t want to know more about that person or any other reason for which they wish to block that person. Currently the email platform gives you the possibility to do this from the same platform.
There are different ways to be able to prevent a specific user from bothering you through email , which is why today we will teach you three different methods so you can do this without much inconvenience.
This you will be able to do from directly on the platform, using a filter or from your Android or iOS device in a very simple way. Especially today when there are many users who use this tool to avoid being bothered by third parties. To be able to carry out this process and block contacts and email addresses you just have to follow the steps that we will indicate.
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Steps to block a contact from my Gmail to avoid receiving your emails
Today we will explain three different methods with which you will be able to perform the blocking from your computer or mobile phone. In this way you can avoid SPAM and receive those unpleasant emails that for some reason you do not want to have in your mailbox , this will allow you to be a little more comfortable within the platform.
Note that at the time of performing this action to some of the contacts or email addresses of your Gmail you will not receive any kind of message from that person, if this is what you are Looking to do just follow the methods that we will explain below.
Directly
This is the easiest and most direct way with which you can block a user from your mail, this can be done within the same platform , to do this perform these steps:
- The first thing you have to do is locate the sender inside the message box.
- Now you are going to open the email of that person.
- At the top of the message you will find an arrow that is the shortcut for answer you will click on it.
- Then you will display a menu where you will be shown several options that are related to that message and the user you sent.
- Within those options you just have to look for the one that says “Block user name” and click on it.
- Now a new window appears and you just have to click on “Block”
Once this is done, that user will have been locked in your account and you will no longer be able to receive any type of mail or message from that person.
Creating a filter
This is another method you can use to not receive any email from certain users, what you have to do is create a filter which will allow you to set an option where all emails emails received by a specific user are immediately discarded, in this way they will never appear inside your message box. If you want to perform this method you just have to follow these steps that we will explain:
- To start you must go to “Settings” within your account.
- Once you are there you will select the “Filters and blocked addresses ”.
- Then select “ Create filter ”.
- Now a new window will open where you will create the filter you need.
- Once you are in this box you just have to write the address of the person you want to block and finally click on the “Create filter”
- Now a new option with a menu will appear, there you will select “Delete” and finally “Create filter”.
Once all this is done, you will never receive a message from that person and that way you can avoid any kind of inconvenience that was causing you.
From the Gmail app for Android and iOS
This is another way you can block a contact or email address from your messaging account either from your Android and iOS device . This process is quite simple to do so just follow these steps:
- To start you must enter the Gmail App on your Smartphone.
- Now you just have to search your email address in the message tray you want to block .
- Click on it and you will open the message .
- Now you just have to press at the top of the menu in the three points.
- A menu with a list will open, in the last option you will see “Block username” you will click on it.
- Once this is done the contact will have been automatically blocked from your account.
What if I block someone if I want to? How do I unlock it so I can send and receive your emails?
If for some reason you have blocked a person by mistake or for a moment of rage and want to unlock it again to be able to receive and send messages you can do it without any problem, for this you will need to perform the steps that we will show you next :
- The first thing you have to do is enter “Settings” and in the drop-down menu again select “Settings” .
- Now you will enter the “Filters and blocked addresses” section and a list will appear with all the addresses you have restricted.
- You will then have Click on “Delete” so that this user is no longer blocked .
This method can be used only if you have blocked that person through the filters . Now if you have blocked that person directly with the blocking option you have to do the following:
- In the same section of “Filters and blocked addresses” you will go down to the end of the window.
- There you will see a list again with your restricted contacts under this method.
- You only have to select the user you want to remove the block and press subsequently Unblock•
How do I know which users I have blocked?
It is very likely that over time you do not remember which people you have blocked from your Gmail account and want to know which contacts are restricted. You can do this in a very simple way, either by the filters or directly by the blocking option .
If you want to know which users are restricted in your account you just have to follow these steps:
- The first thing you need to do is go to accounConfiguration†.
- Once inside “ Configuration ” you will click on “Filters and blocked addresses.”
- There will show you a list of all the contacts you have blocked in your account. A list will be of the contacts you have blocked by filter and the second list will be the contacts restricted by the direct option.
How to block SPAM emails so they don’t bother me anymore and unsubscribe?
Many people or companies for some reason no longer want to continue receiving SPAM emails therefore they want to block or cancel them either to avoid having unwanted emails in the account, not occupy space in things that are no longer needed or for any other reason.
In itself, this is a function that can be performed and that is fully allowed, therefore, any user of the Gmail can unsubscribe and in this way prevent them from appearing SPAM emails from those users.
If you want to know how to cancel and block SPAM emails from your account, just follow these steps:
- To start you are going to look for messages that are subscriptions, for this you will use the search bar on the platform. That way you will get all the messages to which you will cancel the subscriptions. In the inbox of your account at the top where the search engine appears you will type “Unsubscribe” .
- Once you have written this, you will do Click on the magnifying glass to perform the search.
- Then you will see a list of the messages of the subscriptions which you will start to cancelar.
- This you can do through the link to unsubscribe at the bottom of the email and then select “Unsubscribe”.
- Another way to eliminate this is by using the feature, Gmail detects when an email has the subscription, it will appear in the top of the message next to the sender’s name.
