How to block emails on your iPhone

I couldn’t find a way to block the email sender in Contacts on my iPad Air2, I just couldn’t get the option 'Block Sender' up when editing the Sender details.

I couldn’t read the info on the Internet on the iPad, remember the details and then go into the Contact to edit, so I opened up the Sender details on the iPhone (6S Plus) and found that this had the 'Block Sender' options, so managed to set it up using the iPhone.

I don’t know why this option isn’t available on the iPad? (They were both running iOS 11.1.1)

I have had the same problem too and the instructions below are not very clear. So here is what I have done on my phone to block an unwanted email coming to my phone. This also seems to work if you have set up Rules on your Mac for auto-replies (the function doesn't work if the emails are being bumped to your phone when your Mac powers down at home - seriously, seriously annoying).

Step one: I jot down the email address I want to block, or hold my finger on the email address, and choose copy. If the email address is already associated with a contact than see Steps A and B, below.

Step two: I open my "Contacts" app and press the "+" sign, which launches a "New Contact" page. On that page I type in an easily recognizable first name and type or paste the email address into the "+ add email" line. And save the contact.

Step three: Open the "Settings" app. Scroll down to the "FaceTime" line, and tap on FaceTime. At the bottom of the FaceTime page is the word "Blocked". Tap on the word "Blocked".

Step four: If you have blocked numbers or emails before you may see list of numbers or emails or both. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and find "Add New". Tap on "Add New".

Step five: Tapping on "Add New" will launch the "Contacts App". Look for the easily recognizable first name you used in Step two and tap on it. The "Blocked" page from "Settings" should relaunch and the easily recognizable first name you used should be on that list. You can check it is the correct email by tapping on the name.

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Step A: If the email address is already associated with a contact than delete the email from that contact. You will still receive texts, phone calls and FaceTime notifications, if you want too. I do not know why "Blocked" will not block emails in an already established contact, it just doesn't. So delete the email address and save the contact.

Step B: Tap the "+" sign to create a "New Contact". Follow Steps two through five.

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ALL BLOCK: If you want to block the texts, phone calls and FaceTime notifications as well, you can do this following the same steps, just look for the older contact entry and follow Steps three through five.

Hi aminfro,

please read my post on Jan 26, 2018 9:17 PM in response to maureen63

It replies on having access to your ISP Website' 'Email Management' under 'Email configuration', where you are able to set up your spam settings. These are, I think from 10 to 0 where 10 lets everything through and zero 'holds' all emails sent to that address. Initially it's a messy set up, in that you have to create a new email address and then notify all your friends and accepted 'others' of this new address.

Once set up you can then go on to your ISP's Web site and assign zero (0) to your spam setting for all emails that arrive to your old address. Selecting '0' holds all emails and it's then up to you to select 'Release' or 'friends' so that only you allow the safe emails through. Those that at not OK select 'All' and then delete them, all from within your ISP's Web site; not your own PC.

You are able to 'View' these emails to confirm if legitimate or not. Viewing does not release them.

NOTE you do need the password to access this function but all email addresses have a password when initially setting up your email account / addresses.

It does need some house keeping 'discipline' but it puts you in control and overcomes that frustration with those time wasting spammers.

It has worked for me. My old address is still spammed from a hack on Gumtree site nearly 2 years ago!

Regards Ric@V

Going to Rules under Mail preferences, then adding a new rule to block the email address does work.

Hi Maureen63,

this is an old issue, not quite sure why its come back in 2018; however the only solution that worked for me was to create a new email address and use the 'hold' facility on my ISP's Web site for the old email address, that 18 months later is still being 'spammed'.

This spam control then enables you to 'allow' those emails that you consider friendly or you can just 'release' them if they are OK. The main problem is that the spammers are able to create a genuine looking email that the ISP's filter gives it a rating of zero (0), and it gets through to you.

The settings on Office for Mac Outlook do not do the job, all these settings do is put the offending (and other) emails in your 'Junk box'. House keeping is then a must but at least this method keep you sane.

Regards, Ric@V

Absolute junk and clunky as **** i need to switch mail managers. Epic fail. I've literally thousands of unwanted emails from housands of companies. What a joke. Imagine creating a contact for each one. Hahahah. Pathetic

I know you posted this last year, but I just found it. I just started getting hammered with all these unwanted emails every day. I cant believe apple don't make one click block to stop this. but your answer has helped so much. So I just wanted to thank you. It's worth doing all them steps to at least throw it in the trash on its own instead of me having to do every single time. Again, as big as Apple is I can't believe they don't have a easy way to block any email that you want blocked.

Thank you again

If using gmail, there is a way to block the sender from being able to send you messages. However, you'd need a PC (typically). Thankfully, i stumbled on a source online which shows how to block gmails on iOS without the need for a computer. Perhaps, that would help.

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

Try using a rule. Mail/Preferences/Rules. Sample below.

dear maureen63, you would think APPLE would have a simple BLOCK SENDER next to the emails ,regards jim

you would think APPLE would have a simple BLOCK SENDER next to the emails ,regards jim

I want to block an emails from my ex partner

What kind of ******** is this for a simple operation?

Apple continues sleeping. Wil they ever wake up?

Greetings from Switzerland, Ronald Hofmann

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seither for me.

Greetings from Switzerland, Ronald Hofmann

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Got it thank you