Delete those unwanted messages for good

If you are active online, it is difficult to keep your Gmail address hidden. Someone is going to add you to their email blast list, or they are going to email you directly. There may also come a time when you do not want to receive emails from someone you have previously spoken to.

While Gmail gives you the ability to unsubscribe from newsletters and has a good spam filter, it’s messages like these that get through the filter and end up in your primary inbox. But don’t worry, there’s a solution. All you have to do is block the email sender. Here’s how to block emails on Gmail.

You can block emails directly from the email interface (just like you can on Instagram and Facebook). You don’t need to create a special filter to send an email address to the spam folder. Gmail’s email blocking feature does that for you.