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iPad User Guide

Flag or block emails in Mail on iPad

You can flag important email messages, create flagged mailboxes, and flag messages from VIPs. You can also block messages from specified senders.

Flag an email

You can flag an important email message to make it easier to find later. A message you flag remains in your Inbox and also appears in the Flagged mailbox.

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

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Flag a Primary message: Swipe left on the Primary message, then choose Flag.

    • Flag all Transactions, Updates, or Promotions messages from a single sender: Swipe left on a message in the Transactions, Updates, or Promotions message list, then choose Flag.

    • Flag a single Transactions, Updates, or Promotions message: Tap a message to open the sender’s digest view, swipe left on the message, then tap 👁 the Flag Message button
      .

    To change or remove a flag, open the message, tap 👁 the More Actions button
    in the bottom-right corner of the message, tap Flag, then select another color, or tap Unflag.

Flags you add to a message appear on that message in Mail on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

Tip: You can add the Flag button to the Mail toolbar to make it easier to access. See Customize the Mail toolbar.

👁 An open email. The menu with options for adding or removing a flag is shown on the right.

Create a Flagged mailbox

You can add a Flagged mailbox so all your flagged email messages are easily accessible in one location.

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

  2. Tap 👁 the Show Sidebar button
    in the upper-left corner.

  3. Tap Edit, then select Flagged.

Flag emails from your VIPs

Add important people to your VIP list, so their email messages appear with a VIP flag and in the VIP mailbox. See Add someone to your contacts or make them a VIP.

Block email from specified senders

You can block an email address to prevent a particular sender from emailing you in the future.

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

  2. Tap a message from the sender you want to block.

  3. Tap their email address, tap View Contact Card, then tap Block this Contact.

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