How to Block a Sender by Email Address in Hotmail

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This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent someone from emailing you by blocking their email address in Microsoft Outlook (formerly known as Hotmail). You cannot block a sender's email address from within the mobile app.

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    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 .
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    It's in the top-right corner of the Outlook page.
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    You'll find it at the bottom of the drop-down menu below the Settings "gear" icon.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Be sure to include the complete address, such as username@email.com .
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    Doing so will add the desired email address to Outlook's block list.
    • You can also click the + icon to the right of the email address field.
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    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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    Use * as a wildcard, e.g *@badaddress.com.
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    If I block someone's email, will all previous mail from them also be deleted?
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    No. Just delete all emails from that sender and they will be automatically be deleted going forward.
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    They don't exactly get notified. It just won't say that it was delivered, but it will just seem like you haven't checked your emails.
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