3 Quick Ways to Block Someone on Hotmail

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This wikiHow teaches you how to block someone's emails from your Hotmail (now known as "Outlook") inbox. You will need to use the Outlook website to change these settings since they can't be changed from within the Outlook mobile app.

Method 1
Method 1 of 3:

Blocking by Email Address

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  1. Open the Outlook website . Doing so will open your inbox if you're logged into Outlook.
    • If you aren't already logged in, click Sign in , enter your email address (or phone number) and password, and click Sign in .
  2. It's in the top-right corner of the Outlook page.
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  3. You'll find it at the bottom of the drop-down menu below the Settings gear.
  4. It's beneath the "Junk email" heading, which is a subfolder of the "Mail" category. You'll find this option on the bottom-left side of the page.
  5. It's in the middle of the page. This is where you'll type in the email address of the person whom you wish to block.
  6. You'll need to type in the complete address for it to register on the block list.
  7. Doing so will add your typed email address to Outlook's block list.
    • You can also click the + icon to the right of the email address field.
  8. It's at the top of the page, directly above the "Blocked senders" heading. Doing so will save your changes and prevent any future attempts from your blocked sender to contact you.
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Method 2
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Creating a Rule

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  1. Open the Outlook website . Doing so will open your inbox if you're logged into Outlook.
    • If you aren't already logged in, click Sign in , enter your email address (or phone number) and password, and click Sign in .
  2. It's in the top-right corner of the Outlook page.
  3. You'll find it at the bottom of the drop-down menu below the Settings gear.
  4. It's in the top-left side of the Outlook window. You'll find it below the "Automatic processing" heading, which is a subfolder of the "Mail" tab.
  5. It's below the "Inbox rules" heading at the top of the page. Doing so will create a new rule for you to customize. Rules in Outlook allow you to program an automatic response to incoming emails; in this case, you'll be creating a rule that automatically deletes emails from certain senders.
  6. You'll enter this information in the text field near the top of the page under the "Name" heading.
  7. It's below the "When the message arrives, and it matches all of these conditions" heading which is under the "Name" field.
  8. This option is near the top of the drop-down menu.
  9. It's at the top of the pop-out menu.
  10. This goes in the text field below the "and it was received from" heading at the top of the page.
  11. Doing so will add the email address to your rule's list.
    • If the email address has contacted you before, it will appear in a drop-down menu below the "and it was received from" field.
    • You can add multiple email addresses to this page.
  12. It's in the top-left corner of the page.
  13. It's under the "Do all of the following" heading near the middle of the page.
  14. It's at the top of the drop-down menu.
  15. This option is at the bottom of the pop-out menu. Linking the "Delete" command with the email addresses you added earlier will move all incoming emails from the listed recipients to the trash.
  16. It's in the top-left corner of the page. You should no longer receive email from your selected recipient(s).
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Method 3
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Blocking All Unknown Emails

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  1. Open the Outlook website . Doing so will open your inbox if you're logged into Outlook.
    • If you aren't already logged in, click Sign in , enter your email address (or phone number) and password, and click Sign in .
  2. It's in the top-right corner of the Outlook page.
  3. You'll find it at the bottom of the drop-down menu below the Settings gear.
  4. It's beneath the "Junk email" heading, which is a subfolder of the "Mail" category. You'll find this option on the bottom-left side of the page.
  5. This option is near the top of the page, below the "Choose a junk email filter" heading. Doing so will prevent any email that doesn't come from one of the people in your "Safe Senders" list from getting into your inbox.
  6. It's in the top-left corner of the page.
  7. This option is directly above the "Filters and reporting" tab on the left side of the page.
  8. You'll enter this information in the text field below the "Safe senders" heading at the top of the page.
  9. Doing so will add the email address to your "Safe Senders" list. Anyone on this list will be able to contact you, while anyone not on it won't be able to send you emails.
    • You'll need to repeat this process for every email from which you wish to allow correspondence.
  10. It's in the top-left corner of the page. Now you'll only receive emails from the people on your "Safe Senders" list.
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    There is no way to exactly know, but you can ask the "someone" in person or in a way other than e-mail.
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    The same way you do in any other Hotmail application. Click "block sender," and the sender will be blocked.
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      • You can click the " ... " button at the top of an open email and then click Create rule to create a rule with that email sender's email address in the "Conditions" box.
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      • When using the "Safe Senders" list, you'll still receive emails from alerts to which you subscribed before blocking all emails even if they aren't on your "Safe Senders" list. You can stop this from happening by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link in the emails' bodies when they come in.
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      • Although blocking anyone who isn't on your "Safe Senders" list will weed out most emails, some unapproved emails (such as ones from Microsoft) will still come through. These emails are generally safe to open, even though they aren't on your "Safe Senders" list.
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      1. Log in to hotmail.com.
      2. Click the gear.
      3. Click Options .
      4. Click Blocked senders .
      5. Enter an email address and press Enter .
      6. Click Save .

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