How To Block Emails On Gmail

How to Block Emails on Gmail

Blocking emails on Gmail is as easy as it gets. Here’s how to do it in a web browser on a PC or on Android and iPhone apps.

Method 1: Using the Gmail App (Android and iPhone)

Blocking an email address on Android and iPhone is a piece of cake. The steps are pretty much the same on both Android and iOS. So we’ll be using an Android device for this tutorial.
You will now see a gray panel, stating that the sender has been blocked.

Method 2: Block Emails Using Gmail Website

If you prefer using Gmail on a PC, you can use the following steps to block emails from its website. Once blocked and marked as spam, you can safely empty your spam folder to free up space in Gmail.

How to Unsubscribe to Emails on Gmail

If you think Blocking the sender is a bit too harsh, you can also choose to unsubscribe to their emails.

Method 1: Using the Gmail App (Android and iPhone)

Here’s how to unsubscribe from emails using the Gmail app to keep your inbox clean.
If you don’t see a dedicated Unsubscribe button, tap the 3-dots icon at the top right and tap on Unsubscribe.

Method 2: Unsubscribe to Emails on Gmail Website

You can also use the Gmail website to unsubscribe to emails you don’t want to see in your inbox.

How to Unblock Emails in Gmail

Blocked email addresses can be unblocked pretty easily on Gmail for web, Android, and iPhone.

Method 1: Using the Gmail App on Android and iPhone

While you cannot unblock email addresses en masse, you can retrace your steps and find the emails from the email addresses you have blocked, manually. Then, as you find and get into these emails, tap on the Unblock sender button to unblock emails from this address.

Method 2: Unblock Emails on Gmail Website

Here’s how you can unblock emails when using Gmail on a PC.

How to Report Emails in Gmail

There’s no stopping spam emails, but you can report them so that they automatically move to the spam folder. Gmail is pretty good at detecting spam emails, but a few might slip and show up in your inbox. Here’s how to report emails in Gmail.

Method 1: Using Gmail App (Android and iPhone)

To report an email as spam on the Gmail app, you can follow the steps below.

Method 2: Report Emails on Gmail Website

You can report emails on the Gmail website in a similar fashion as on its app. Here’s how to do it.
Once you report an email as a phishing attack, it is reported as that and moved to your Spam folder as well.
With that, we have finally reached the end of this guide. I hope this detailed how-to solved all your problems. Now, if you are looking to delete your Gmail account altogether and make a fresh new start, you can check the in-depth interlinked guide for the same. Now, if you have any other related queries or run into any problems, drop a comment down below, and we’ll get back to you.