Frequently Flooded With Spam Emails In Gmail? Here's An Easy Way To Block It

Many people can have more than one email address (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Email is a tool that really helps humans in their daily work, you can still connect with work friends, business partners, friends and distant family via email.

Not only as a communication medium, email is usually also used to send digital files privately or to many people at once. Today, email is also used to create accounts on e-commerce and social media.

The ease of sending email, and the fact that many people can have more than one email address, means that your inbox can quickly fill up with spam.

While you can unsubscribe through Google, you may still receive unwanted email. To overcome this, Gmail users can block annoying emails in an easy way.

It's worth noting that blocking certain email addresses through Gmail means that you will no longer receive messages from that account in your inbox, until you unblock them yourself.

Usually when you click unsubscribe, the system will send emails again after a while, and blocking emails is a great way to help reduce unwanted spam emails in your inbox. Here's how to block email in Gmail quoted from Digital Trends, Saturday, December 18.

How to Block Email in Gmail Via PC

View your Gmail inbox and open the email from the sender you want to block. In the upper right corner of the email, in the same horizontal plane as the sender's name and address, is an icon consisting of three vertically stacked dots. Click on the Dot icon to open a new series of menus. From this menu, select Block (sender's name), which will appear near the center of the list. Now every message you get from that address will be automatically redirected to your spam folder.

How to Block Email in Gmail Via Mobile

This method is exactly the same as blocking the PC version. Open the email from the sender you want to block. In the upper right corner of the message, there will be a button marked with three vertical dots (horizontal dots if you are using iOS). This button is also located in the same horizontal plane as the name of the email sender. Select the dot icon to open a new series of menus. Select Block (sender name). Now you will no longer receive messages from that email address.

How to Unblock User

If you want a quick way, select the Unblock (sender name) option from the emails you have blocked. Both options also have a dark gray banner at the top of emails that are from blocked senders. You can click the Unblock Sender button on this banner to unblock that address as well. Then if you want to see who you have blocked, go to Gmail settings, you can find all the addresses you have blocked by going to Filters and Blocked email addresses. If you receive an email that contains threatening or harassing content, you should be aware that the email is a violation of the Gmail Program Policies and may also be a violation of cyber harassment laws.

Not only should you block this email address but you should also file a police report of harassment and request more information about the cybersecurity laws in your country.