How to Manage and Reduce Spam Emails in Gmail

With over 1.8 billion monthly active users, Gmail is the world’s most popular email service provider. However, with so many spammers and newsletters clogging up our inboxes, it can be difficult to keep on top of all the spam emails we receive. Here, we provide several methods to help you manage and reduce the amount of spam emails in your Gmail inbox.

What Are Spam Emails?

Spam emails are unwanted emails that come in different forms and include newsletters, phishing emails, malware or antivirus emails, coupon codes and deals, scams and frauds, and even annoying friends who send unsolicited emails.

Preventing Spam Emails from Entering Your Inbox

The best way to deal with spam emails is to prevent them from reaching your inbox in the first place. Here are a few tips:

• Create a second Gmail account and use it to sign up for all the apps, services, and websites you use.
• Use a temporary email service for one-time uses, like downloading an e-book or PDF file.

Reducing Spam Emails in Gmail

Unsubscribing from Newsletters and Promotional Emails

If you are receiving too many newsletters and promotional emails, it’s likely because you signed up for them and didn’t uncheck the box allowing them to send promotional emails. To unsubscribe and limit promo, such as for copy my data app, go to the company’s website and look for a link that says “Unsubscribe” or “Email Preferences.” Follow the instructions and make sure to uncheck any boxes that would allow them to send you promotional emails in the future.

• Open the Gmail web app and open a newsletter you don’t want to receive in the future.
• Click the “Unsubscribe” button next to their email.
• Confirm that you want to unsubscribe in the pop-up window.

Reporting Emails as Spam

For some companies, you might still receive promotional emails even after unsubscribing. To report them as spam:

• Open the email you want to mark as spam and click the three-dot menu.
• Click the “Report spam” option.
• Report this as spam or unsubscribe and report it as spam. We recommend using the “Report spam & unsubscribe” option if it’s available.

Blocking Annoying Senders

If someone keeps sending you annoying emails, you can block them to stop receiving emails from them. Here’s how:

• Open an email from the sender you want to block and click the three-dot menu.
• Choose the “Block ‘their name’” option.
• Confirm that you want to block them by clicking the “Block” button in the pop-up window.

Automatically Filtering Emails

Gmail also allows you to create filters and labels to automatically filter emails and reduce the amount of spam in your inbox. Here’s how:

• Select an email from a sender or multiple senders, click the three-dot icon, and choose the “Filter messages like these” option.
• Click the “Create filter” button and choose what action you want to perform (e.g. archiving, deleting).
• Enable the option for “Also apply filter to X matching conversations” to ensure that all matching emails are filtered.
• Click the “Create filter” button to finish.

To sum it up, dealing with spam emails in Gmail can be a challenge, but with these methods, you can manage and reduce the amount of spam emails in your inbox. Whether you unsubscribe from newsletters and promotional emails, report emails as spam, block annoying senders, or automatically filter emails, you can keep your Gmail inbox organized and free from unwanted emails.