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iPad User Guide

Add email attachments in Mail on iPad

You can attach photos, videos, and documents to an email message. You can also scan a paper document and send it as a PDF attachment, or draw directly in a message and send the drawing as an attachment. Depending on the file size, the attachment might appear inline with the text in the message or as 👁 the Insert Attachment button
at the end of the message.

👁 A draft email being composed with the attachment options above the keyboard.

Attach a photo, video, or document to an email

You can attach and send documents, videos, and photos in your email messages for recipients to easily download and save.

  1. Go to the Mail app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap in the message where you want to insert the attachment, tap 👁 the Insert Attachment Actions button
    ,     then do one of the following:

    • Attach a document: Tap Attach File, then locate the document in Files.

      In Files, tap Recents or Shared, then tap a file, location, or folder to open it.

    • Attach a saved photo or video: Tap Photo Library, then choose a photo or video. Tap 👁 the Done button
      to return to the message.

    • Take a new photo or video and attach it to the message: Tap Take Photo or Video, then take a new photo or video. Tap Use Photo or Use Video to insert it into your message, or tap Retake if you want to reshoot it.

Note: If your file exceeds the maximum size allowed by your email account, follow the onscreen instructions to send it using Mail Drop. See the Apple Support article Mail Drop limits.

Scan and attach a document to an email

You can scan a paper document and send it as a PDF.

  1. Go to the Mail app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap in the message where you want to insert the scanned document, then tap 👁 the Insert Attachment Actions button
    above the keyboard.

  3. Tap Scan Document, then position iPad so that the document page appears on the screen—iPad automatically captures the page.

    To capture the page manually, tap 👁 the Take Picture button
    or press a volume button.

  4. Scan additional pages, then tap Save when you’re done.

  5. To make changes to the saved scan, tap it, then do any of the following:

Create and attach a drawing to your email

You can draw in an email message to demonstrate ideas that are hard to put into words. Your drawing is added to the message as an attachment for recipients to view and download.

  1. Go to the Mail app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap in the message where you want to insert a drawing, then tap 👁 the Insert Drawing button
    above the keyboard to show the Markup toolbar.

  3. Choose a drawing tool and color, then write or draw with your finger.

    See Write and draw in documents with Markup.

  4. When you’re finished, tap 👁 the Done button
    ,     then tap Insert Drawing.

To resume work on a drawing, tap the drawing in the message, tap 👁 the Disclosure arrow
in the menu that appears, then tap Markup.

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