How to Stop Email Forwarding From Gmail
STEVE GREGORY
TECH
The Forwarding and POP/IMAP section of your Gmail account’s Settings menu has the options to both completely disable the Forwarding feature and stop forwarding messages to a single email address. Reading your Gmail messages from an email account that you regularly access -- such as your college email account -- is convenient and saves time. However, if you no longer use or have access to the account, there is no reason to keep forwarding your messages. You can reactivate Gmail’s Forwarding feature or add a new forwarding email address at any time.
- Disable Gmail Automatic Forwarding
- Sign in to your Gmail dashboard
- Choose Settings
- Click the Forwarding and POP IMAP tab
- Click the
- Click the Save Changes button to disable the forwarding feature
- Remove a Forwarding Email Account
- Open your Gmail account's
- Click the Forward a Copy of Incoming Mail
- Click the OK button
1 Disable Gmail Automatic Forwarding
2 Sign in to your Gmail dashboard
Sign in to your Gmail dashboard, then click the gear icon.
3 Choose Settings
Choose "Settings" from the menu to open the Settings page.
4 Click the Forwarding and POP IMAP tab
Click the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab to open the Forwarding and POP/IMAP Settings page.
5 Click the
Click the "Disable Forwarding" radio button in the Forwarding section.
6 Click the Save Changes button to disable the forwarding feature
Click the "Save Changes" button to disable the forwarding feature.
7 Remove a Forwarding Email Account
8 Open your Gmail account's
Open your Gmail account's Forward and POP/IMAP Settings page.
9 Click the Forward a Copy of Incoming Mail
Click the "Forward a Copy of Incoming Mail to" box, then select "Remove" next to the email address that you want to remove.
10 Click the OK button
Click the "OK" button on the dialog box to confirm the address removal. A message appears confirming the removal.
- Disabling the forwarding feature does not prevent you from manually forwarding an individual email message.
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