Do you have this habit? This simple Gmail setting is causing you to miss important and banking emails Beware! Your important emails are going to spam folder due to these minor mistakes of Gmail; Google told an easy way to escape

In today’s digital era, millions of people around the world use Gmail daily. From waking up in the morning to office work, college projects and bank accounts, a large part of our lives depends on Gmail. But just imagine, what if the joining letter of your new job, an important alert from the bank or the OTP of an important transaction goes straight to the Spam Folder instead of reaching your inbox? This often happens with many people and due to not seeing the mail on time, many times they have to suffer huge losses.

If you are also facing this kind of problem, then there is good news for you. Google itself has shared a very easy solution in its official guidelines to get rid of this headache forever. According to the company, by making just three small changes in your Gmail account, you can completely get rid of this problem.

After all, why do important emails go to spam instead of inbox?

According to Google’s official support page, Gmail has its own automatic security system that protects your account from fraud, viruses and unwanted advertisements (Spam). But sometimes due to excessive caution, this system mistakenly considers your work email as spam.

This mostly happens when the person or organization sending the mail is not included in your contact list. Additionally, if you’ve accidentally marked an email from that sender as spam in the past, or your account has the wrong filter settings active, Gmail throws all new incoming mail into the Spam folder instead of sending it straight to the Inbox.

1. Mark ‘Not Spam’ and update the contact list

The first and most effective way to fix this problem is to open the Spam folder of your Gmail. Find that important email that got there by mistake. After opening the email, at the top you will see “Not Spam” An option will appear, click on it. By doing this, that email will immediately arrive in your inbox and Gmail’s system will understand that this sender is safe for you.

Immediately after, do one more important thing—add that email address to your Google Contacts Save it with name. When an email ID is saved in your contact list, Gmail’s algorithm considers it completely trustworthy and any future mail coming from that address never goes to spam.

2. Eliminate hassle forever by creating custom filters

If emails from a particular company, bank or individual are still landing in spam despite repeated attempts, then Gmail’s ‘Custom Filter’ feature will prove to be your biggest weapon.

• Use desktop: For this, you will have to login to Gmail on your computer or laptop, because this facility of creating advanced filters is not currently available in the mobile app.

• Make filters like this: After opening Gmail, click on the filter icon given in the corner of the search bar. Enter the sender’s email address there and go to ‘Create Filter’.

• Change settings: After this, many options will appear in front of you, among which you will “Never send it to spam” You have to tick the box and save the filter.

After this simple setting, every important message coming from that particular email address will appear directly in your main inbox without any interruption. Whether you are an Android user or an iPhone user, you can easily do the work of removing spam mail and updating the contact list from your phone. This method is very useful for those people who wait for important business mails and official documents every day.