{"id":20508,"date":"2020-12-16T08:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=20508"},"modified":"2020-12-16T08:01:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:01:10","slug":"a-quick-guide-to-blocking-senders-in-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/a-quick-guide-to-blocking-senders-in-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Guide to Blocking Senders in Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Quick Guide to Blocking Senders in Gmail<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NOTE: This tip is intended only for Gmail addresses and only for Gmail’s Webmail. It does not work for other email addresses. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to block someone and prevent them from sending mail to your Gmail address, it\u2019s easy to do. Most of you remember the old \u201cBlock sender\u201d feature on Windows Mail and Outlook Express. Thankfully, Gmail works better and it\u2019s easier to block and unblock senders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to block a sender in Gmail.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Open the mail from the sender you want to block. Just to the right of the \u201cReply\u201d icon, you\u2019ll see 3-vertical dots. Click on the 3 vertical-dots and you\u2019ll see a drop-down menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the menu, you\u2019ll see \u201cBlock (whatever the sender\u2019s name is)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sender will be immediately added to your block senders list and all mail from them will be blocked from your Inbox and placed in spam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See the screenshot below…<\/span><\/p>\n

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But what happens if you patch things up with the sender you blocked and you want to unblock them? Well, we\u2019re glad you asked because it\u2019s easy to do. Here’s how…<\/span><\/p>\n

Open Settings by clicking on the “gear” icon, then click on “See all settings”…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next, click on \u201cFilters and Blocked Addresses\u201d from the menu at the top.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All your blocked senders (if any) will appear in a list…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click the “unblock” button next to the blocked sender’s information… and that’s it. Once you unblock the sender, he or she is then back in your good graces, and all new mail from them will appear in your inbox again.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A Quick Guide to Blocking Senders in Gmail NOTE: This tip is intended only for Gmail addresses and only for Gmail’s Webmail. It does not work for other email addresses. If you want to block someone and prevent them from sending mail to your Gmail address, it\u2019s easy to do. Most of you remember the old\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1751],"tags":[4130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20509,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20508\/revisions\/20509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}