How to Blacklist an Email in Gmail

Don't want to receive those emails anymore? Create a blacklist filter.

When you want to blacklist an specific email address in Gmail, you can create a blacklist filter. This filter instructs Gmail to delete any emails from that sender automatically, before the emails reach your inbox. After you create this filter, emails from the specified address will never again appear in your inbox.

Instructions

1. Log in to your Gmail account.

2. Click the "Create a filter" hyperlink, located underneath the search bar or directly to its right, at the top of the page. The create-a-filter options will appear above your inbox.

3. Type the email address you want to blacklist in the field marked "From."

4. Click the "Next Step" button at the bottom of the "Create a Filter" section.

5. Click the box next to "Delete it" to select this option.

6. Click the "Create Filter" button at the bottom of the "Create a Filter" section.

Tips & Warnings

• Although the blacklisted emails won't appear in your inbox, they do still exist in your Gmail account; by deleting the emails, this filter actually sends the emails directly to your Gmail trash rather than your inbox. In 30 days, Gmail will permanently delete any messages in the trash -- or you could do so manually at any time -- but if you looked in your trash before the 30 days passed, you would see the blacklisted email.

References

• Gmail Help: Blocking Mail from Certain Senders