# How to block image tracking in email

**URL:** <https://forum.makanimason.com/t/how-to-block-image-tracking-in-email/131>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** spam, privacy, email\
**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.makanimason.com/t/how-to-block-image-tracking-in-email/131 "2024-06-05T21:52:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.makanimason.com/t/how-to-block-image-tracking-in-email/131/1 "2024-06-05T21:52:36Z")

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These are instructions to configure image tracking blocking that we discussed in in Super Simple Security Principles [episode 18](https://podcast.ihpacademy.com/e/stop-encouraging-spammers/).

If we don’t have instructions for your setup, or the instructions aren’t working for you, please reply to this topic (with a screenshot if you know how) and we will help you figure it out.

### If you access your email through an app on your phone or tablet

[iPhone / iPad - Apple Mail app](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-mail-privacy-protection-iphf084865c7/ios) - Enable “Protect Mail Activity”. Once you enable this, the other 2 checkboxes, “Hide IP Address” and “Block All Remote Content” are automatically enabled. It does not support individual sender exceptions.

[iPhone / iPad - Gmail app](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/145919?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&oco=1) - I recommend the “Ask before displaying external images” option.

[Android - Gmail app](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/145919?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco=1) - I recommend the “Ask before showing” option.

[Fastmail app](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278102-Blocking-remote-images) - I prefer the “Show remote images from senders in my contacts, otherwise ask”.

### If you access your email through a browser

[Gmail](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/145919?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=1) - I recommend the “Ask before displaying external images” option.

[Outlook](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/block-or-unblock-automatic-picture-downloads-in-email-messages-15e08854-6808-49b1-9a0a-50b81f2d617a) - The default settings may already be what you want. Read through this and let me know if you have any questions.

[Yahoo](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN5043.html) - The default settings may already be what you want. Read through this and let me know if you have any questions.

[Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278102-Blocking-remote-images) - I prefer the “Show remote images from senders in my contacts, otherwise ask”.

### If you access your email through an app on your computer.

[MacOS - Apple Mail app](https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/use-mail-privacy-protection-mlhl03be2866/16.0/mac/14.0) - Enable “Protect Mail Activity”. Once you enable this, the other 2 checkboxes, “Hide IP Address” and “Block All Remote Content” are automatically enabled. It does not support individual sender exceptions.