How to Block Senders in Mail App on iPhone and iPad

iPhone screen showing an email from a blocked sender in Mail app
Khamosh Pathak

Keep getting added to annoying email threads that spam filters just won’t catch? Use the new Block Sender feature in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 to automatically archive new email from a particular sender in the Apple Mail app.

How to Block a Sender from Mail

iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 extend the blocked contacts functionality from the Phone and Messages app to the Mail app.

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To get started, open the “Mail” app and find an email from the sender that you want to block. Then, tap on their Profile Picture to reveal sender details.

Tap on the contact's profile picture to reveal contact details

Now, tap on their name in the “From” field.

Tap on the sender's name from Mail app

Doing so will open the sender’s contact card. From here, tap on “Block This Contact.”

Tap on Block This Contact from the contant card

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