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How to block an email address in Gmail

Learn how to block unwanted email addresses in Gmail to stop receiving messages from specific senders.

Operations
5 steps 2 min Community template
1

Open Gmail

Sign in to your Gmail account and open your inbox.

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Open Gmail
2

Open the Email

Select an email from the sender you want to block.

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Open the Email
3

Open More Options

Click the three-dot menu next to the sender’s name or in the email header.

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Open More Options
4

Select “Block”

Choose Block [sender’s name/email address] from the menu.

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Select “Block”
5

Click the Block button

Click the "Block" button in the confirmation modal to block the email address and mark future messages as spam.

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Click the Block button

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