Over time, when you use your Gmail account for all your social and financial media accounts like Facebook, Tagged, Dropbox, and other websites, your inbox will fill up with unwanted messages and spam. The following steps will explain to you how to stop spam emails and manage your inbox to avoid unwanted messages. You can also “clean” your inbox and improve your Gmail experience by blocking ads.
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Part 1 of 4: Stopping Spam in the Beginning
Step 1. Start from outside Gmail
When you use Gmail to create an account or sign in to another website, remember not to let the website in question send email to your Gmail inbox. If you trust the site in question and want updates from the site, you can just let the website send the message. However, keep the "allow us to send updates to your Gmail" box unchecked if it feels better.
Part 2 of 4: Using Filters in Gmail
Step 1. Stop spam emails with filters
This is the easiest way to stop spam. If you feel that there are certain websites that are frequently “clotting” your inbox, you can create a custom filter, as described below.
Step 2. Click the down arrow in the search field at the top of the page
A new window will open and you can define search criteria.
Step 3. Enter the search criteria
To make sure that the search runs properly, click the “Search” button. Click the down arrow again to display the window with the search criteria previously entered.
Step 4. Click the “Create Filter with This Search” button at the bottom of the window
Step 5. Define the action you want to apply to the messages that fall into the search criteria
Check the appropriate box to apply the desired action. For spam emails, it's a good idea to check the " Delete it " box.
Step 6. Click “Create Filter”
Part 3 of 4: Deleting Spam Emails
Step 1. Flag unwanted emails from specific websites or individuals
Step 2. Click the “Spam” link on the left side of the Gmail page
If you don't see the “Spam” link on the left side of the page, click the “More” drop-down menu at the bottom of the list of labels.
Step 3. Select the messages you want to delete and click “Delete forever”
You can also delete all messages by clicking the “Delete all spam messages now” link.
Gmail will “learn” that some messages have been marked as spam and will take appropriate action in the future. However, Gmail doesn't always take the right steps. Sometimes, there are some messages that are not open and you really want to keep. In the end, you delete those messages in the inbox “cleaning” session, but you still want to subscribe to emails from the sender in question. Usually, such messages are considered spam by Gmail. You need to access these messages from the “Spam” folder so that Gmail understands that going forward, they will not need to be considered spam
Part 4 of 4: Managing Gmail Inbox with Labels
Step 1. Sort your emails to help you prioritize messages to deal with
Gmail has three categories for incoming messages, such as “ Primary ”, “ Social ", and " Promotion " You can add more categories or combine one category with another. By creating labels, you can determine which messages are categorized as spam, and other messages that are considered important.
Step 2. Add labels on the settings menu
Open the menu “Settings” -> “Labels” -> “Create New Label”. When you create a label, you can select messages from a single sender and have them assigned to a specific label when received. Just click the down arrow next to the search field and type in the sender's email address or a specific phrase.
