3 Easy Ways to Report and Block a Gmail Account

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Stay safe on Gmail by blocking and reporting abusive email addresses with this easy guide

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: May 7, 2024

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Using the Gmail Abuse Form

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Blocking Senders on Desktop

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Blocking Senders on Mobile

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If you need to report a Gmail account for spam, abuse, or fraud, you can do so using Google's Gmail abuse form. For immediate action against these phishing or harmful accounts, you can easily block the email address on your desktop computer or mobile device. This will redirect all future emails from the sender into the Spam folder. Blocked parties will not be notified that they are blocked. This wikiHow will show you how to report and block an abusive or spam Gmail account using your Windows, Mac, iPhone, or Android device.

How to Report Phishing on Gmail

Go to the Gmail abuse form in a web browser and enter your contact info.
Paste the headers, subject line, and body of the email into the appropriate sections of the form. Click "Submit" the send the report.
To block a sender, open an email from the sender. Click the three dots icon, then click "Block [sender]".

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Using the Gmail Abuse Form

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Navigate to the Gmail abuse form in a web browser. You can use Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, or another browser.
- If you received a Spam or harmful email, you can report it to Google. Always be cautious when receiving emails from senders who are not in your contact list.
- Official emails from Google will always come from email addresses that end in "@google.com", not from email addresses that end in "@gmail.com".
- You can identify a phishing page by looking at the sender, searching for typos, and spotting any suspicious links in the email body. Once you identify a phishing page, you can easily avoid the scam by blocking, reporting, and ignoring the sender.
This is how Google will contact you concerning your report.

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This will be the email address of the person involved in the suspicious or abusive incident.
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Enter the header of the email in the third field. An email header is a snippet of code used to authenticate an email message.
- To find the full email header, click the three dots icon above the email body. Click Show original in the drop-down menu. A new window will open with all the email details.^{[1]
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- Click Copy to clipboard, then paste it into correct field in the Gmail abuse form.
This is the single line of text you see when you receive an email.
Copy and paste the entire body of the email into the provided field.
If you have other concerns or information to share, you can do so in this field. If you do not, you can leave it empty.
If the message appeared to be someone impersonating Google or a Google employee, click Yes. If the message was unrelated to Google, click No.
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Click Submit. This is the red button at the very bottom of the form.
- Your report will be sent to Google.
- If you need more support, you can contact Gmail.

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Blocking Senders on Desktop

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Open Gmail in a web browser. If you aren't already logged in, enter your information and click Sign in to do so now, or you can create a Gmail account.^{[2]
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- This method involves blocking emails sent by Spam or abusive accounts. You can keep your Google account safe by changing your password regularly.
If you deleted it or sent it to Spam, check your Trash or Spam folder.
You can find this at the top-right corner, above the email body. A drop-down menu will open.
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Click Block. This will be followed by the sender's name or email address.
- A pop-up window will open.
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Click Block to confirm. The sender will be blocked. Future messages from the sender will be sent directly to the Spam folder.
- If you need to unblock a sender, return to an email from the sender. Click the three dots icon, then click Unblock. Click Unblock again to confirm.

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Blocking Senders on Mobile

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Open the Gmail app on your mobile device. If you aren't already logged in, tap Sign in to do so now.^{[3]
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- Gmail is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store.
If you deleted it or sent it to Spam, check your Trash or Spam folder.
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Tap ⋮ in the top-right corner. This will be above the email body, to the right of the sender's name.
- On iOS, the icon looks like •••.
- A pop-up menu will open.
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Tap Block. This will be followed by the sender's name or email address.
- The sender will be blocked. Future messages from the sender will be sent directly to the Spam folder.
- If you need to unblock a sender, return to an email from the sender. Tap the three dots icon, then tap Unblock.

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My Gmail was hacked. How will I get it back?

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If your Gmail account has been hacked, first let your people know about it. So, if the hacker sends mean messages to them, they can understand that it is not you but it is a hacker. Then, change your password immediately because, the hacker can themselves change your password. If these aren't working, create a new Gmail account and forward all important emails to that mail. Remember to have a strong password that nobody can find.

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Someone has made an account in my name. How do I find out who?

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You probably won't be able to figure out who made the account. You should just report the account to Google to let them know about it.

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We received a hateful email from a Gmail account. How can we report them?

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Fill out the report form to let Google know. You should also block the account so that they cannot send you anymore hateful emails.

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