How to Create Email Filters

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Creating Filters in Gmail

Step 1

Navigate to [https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox)

Step 2

Click the settings icon in the top right.

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Click "See all settings"

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Click "Filters and Blocked Addresses"

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Click "Create a new filter"

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Click the "From" field.

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Step 7

Enter the senders email address.

Step 8

Click the address that appears.

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Step 9

Click the "Subject" field.

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Step 10

Type the subject or title of the unwanted emails.

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Click "Create filter"

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Step 12

Click "Skip the Inbox (Archive it)"

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Click "Apply the label:"

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Click "Choose label..."

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Click "New label..."

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Enter a name that you can easily identify.

Step 17

Click "Create"

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Click "Create filter"

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Creating Filters in Yahoo

Step 19

Navigate to [https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1](https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1)

Step 20

Click "Settings" in the top right corner.

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Click "More Settings"

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Click "Filters"

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Click "Add new filters"

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Click the "Type a filter name" field.

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Enter a memorable filter name.

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Click "Select a filter criterion"

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Click "contains"

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Click the "Type a filter value" field.

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Type the senders email address.

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Click "Subject"

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Click "Select a filter criterion"

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Click "contains"

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Click the "Type a filter value" field.

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Type the subject or title of the unwanted emails.

Step 35

Click the "Folder name" field.

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Enter a name that you can easily identify.

Step 37

Click "Save"

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Creating Filters in Microsoft

Step 38

Navigate to [https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/](https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/)

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Click the "Settings" icon in the top right.

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Click "View all Outlook settings"

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Click "Rules"

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Click "Add new rule"

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Click the "Name your rule" field.

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Enter a memorable filter name.

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Click "Select a condition"

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You can use any of these settings to create an inbox rule! Pick the ones that will allow you to filter the most accurately.

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Click "From"

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Click "Select senders for this condition"

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Enter the senders email address.

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Click "Use this address"

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Click "Add another condition"

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Click "And..."

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Click "Subject includes"

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Click the "Enter words to look for" field.

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Enter the Subject field that the spam is using.

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Click "Select an action"

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Click "Categorize"

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Click "Select a category"

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Click "New category"

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Enter a name that you can easily identify.

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Click a color you'd like.

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Click "Save"

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Click "Run rule now"

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Step 64

Click "Save"

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