Block senders or mark email as junk in Outlook
Blocking someone will stop their email coming to your Inbox, and reporting an email as Junk will help improve your Outlook.com experience.
How to block someone
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To block someone, select the messages or senders you want to block.
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From the top toolbar, select ... then Block > Block sender.
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Select OK. The messages you select will be deleted and all future messages will be blocked from your mailbox.
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To unblock someone, open your Block senders list and select the
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If you're still receiving email in your Inbox from a sender you blocked, see Receiving email from blocked senders in Outlook.com.
Report email as junk or spam
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Select the messages you want to report as junk.
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From the top toolbar, select Report > Report Junk.
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If you reported an email as junk by mistake, go to your Junk Email folder, select the message and this time select Report > Not Junk.
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If email is still being sent to your Junk folder in error, read Mail goes to the Junk folder by mistake.
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Junk email is retained for 30 days before it is automatically deleted.