Block a sender in Outlook
If your inbox is inundated with email from unwanted senders, you can block them, sending their email to the Junk folder. The sender will not be notified that they are blocked.
Select the appropriate tab based on the email platform that you're using. If you want to block senders by domain, use Outlook for Windows or Outlook for Mac.
- Sign in to Outlook on the web. Use your Microsoft 365 email address and password (your GoDaddy username and password won't work here).
- Select an email from the sender you want to block.
- In the upper-right corner of the message preview, select
More actions, then Block, and then select Block again. - To confirm that you want to send future emails to the Junk folder, select OK.
Future emails from this sender will be sent to Junk. If you want to undo this action, repeat these steps, but instead select Never block sender during step 3.
- Open Outlook.
- Select an email from the sender you want to block.
- Select Junk, and then Block Sender.
- To confirm that you want to send future emails to the Junk Folder, select OK.
Future emails from this sender will be sent to Junk. If you want to undo this action, repeat these steps, but instead select Never block sender during step 3.
- Open Outlook.
- Select an email from the sender you want to block.
- Select Message, and then Block Sender.
- To confirm that you want to send future emails to the Junk folder, select OK.
Future emails from this sender will be sent to Junk. If you want to undo this action, find an email from the sender in your Junk folder, and then move the email back to your inbox. This will automatically unblock the sender.
Related step
- Review and edit the blocked and safe senders and domains lists
More info
- Find out more about receiving email from blocked senders in Outlook.com from Microsoft.
