Mark or unmark Spam in Gmail

You tin marking or unmark emails equally spam. Gmail as well automatically identifies spam and other suspicious emails and sends them to Spam.

Mark or unmark emails as spam

Marker emails every bit spam

As you report more than spam, Gmail is better able to automatically marking similar messages every bit spam.

  1. On your computer, open Gmail.
  2. Select 1 or more emails.
  3. Click Report spam Report spam.

Tip:When you click Report spamReport spam or manually move an email into your Spam folder, Google volition receive a copy of the email and may analyze it to help protect our users from spam and corruption.

Unmark an email as spam

Y'all tin can remove an electronic mail from Spam if yous incorrectly marked it as spam:

  1. On your computer, open up Gmail.
  2. On the left, click More.
  3. Click Spam.
  4. Open up the email.
  5. At the top, click Not spam.

Delete emails in spam

  1. On your computer, open Gmail.
  2. On the left, click More than.
  3. Click Spam.
  4. At the top, click Delete all spam messages now. Or, select specific emails, then click Delete forever.

Why emails have spam alarm labels

Gmail automatically identifies suspicious emails and marks them every bit spam. When yous open your Spam characterization, you'll encounter emails that were marked as spam by yous or Gmail. Each email will include a label at the tiptop that explains why Gmail sent it to Spam.

Spoofed email addresses

What this warning means

An email address looks very similar to the email address of a known sender. For example, the e-mail address may replace the alphabetic character "O" with the number "0."

What to practice if you lot run into this warning

Practice not reply to the email or open any links until yous can verify that the email address is correct.

Important: If y'all notice a spoofed electronic mail accost, just information technology's not marked with a warning, be sure to report it as spam.

Phishing scams

What this warning means

The email may exist a flim-flam to become y'all to share personal information, like passwords or credit menu numbers.

What to exercise if yous see this alarm

  • Do not reply to the e-mail or open any links.
  • If you lot aren't sure the email is from a trusted sender, report the email as phishing.

Important: Google will never ask for personal information over email. Learn how to avoid and study Google scams.

Letters from an unconfirmed sender

What this warning means

Gmail can't ostend that the email was actually sent by sender who appears to accept sent it.

What to do if you see this warning

  • Do not reply to the electronic mail or open any links.
  • If you lot aren't sure the email is from a trusted sender, report the email as phishing.

If yous're sure the bulletin is from a trusted sender:

  • At the top, click Not spam.
  • To prevent letters from a trusted sender from going to Spam, follow these troubleshooting steps.

Administrator-set policies

What this warning means

If you use Gmail through your work, school, or organization, your admin might set controls to mark certain emails as spam.

What to practise if you see this warning

If you lot see emails that are incorrectly marked as spam, contact your admin.

Messages content is empty

What this warning means

Spammers frequently send messages with no content in the body or subject field to cheque whether e-mail addresses are valid. Then, they spam those addresses after.

What to do if you see this warning

  • If the email looks suspicious, exercise not reply. You lot tin can written report it as spam or phishing.
  • If the email is from someone you know and you think it was sent past fault, unmark the email as spam.

Spam attack on your Gmail account

What this alert means

You get a lot of unwanted emails, such as subscriptions or promotional offers. A hacker tries to make full up your Inbox so that you lot can't find important security alerts from websites or services you signed up for with your Gmail account.

For case, if a hacker tries to get into your bank account, your bank can notify yous by email. But if your Inbox is total of junk mail, you might miss the bank's alert.

What to do if you see this warning

  • Search your Inbox and Spam for security alerts, then respond to the emails you find.
  • Do a Google Security Checkup and follow these security tips.

Spam from i of your contacts

If someone on your Contacts list sends you spam, a hacker may accept taken over their account.

  1. Do not respond to the email.
  2. To report the email, in the spam alarm, clickMessage looks suspicious. This sends a report to the Gmail team to investigate. Yous'll proceed to get emails from this contact in the future.
  3. Allow your contact know their email account may be hacked, and advise they follow these Gmail security tips.

Related resources

  • Google Workspace marks valid email messages every bit spam
  • Gmail Security and Privacy Settings

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