[Guide] How to Block an email address in Gmail

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Block an email address in Gmail

 

To have Gmail send messages from a specific sender to the Trash automatically:

• Click the Show search options triangle in the Gmail search field.
• Type the desired email address under From:.
  • You can block an entire domain by entering just that. To block all mail from both user-a@example.com and user-b@example.com, type "@example.com".
  • To block more than one address, separate them with "|" (the vertical bar; typically above the backslash on the keyboard; not including the quotation marks). You can block both user-a@example.com and user-b@example.com by typing "user-a@example.com|user-b@example.com", for example.
• Click Create filter with this search ».
• Make sure Delete it is checked under When a message arrives that matches this search:.
• Click Create filter.
  • Check Also apply filter to __ matching conversations to delete previously received messages.

Add a New Address to Your Gmail Block List
To add new senders to your block list, add them to an existing deletion filter using "|" (as above), or create a new filter if the From: field has grown big and unwieldy. You can find the existing filter by clicking the Settings gear in Gmail, selecting Settings and going to the Filters tab.