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iPad User Guide

Get started with Mail on iPad

With the Mail app 👁 Image
, send, receive, and organize messages from all your email accounts in one place.

👁 The Add Account screen showing a field to enter your email address.

Add an email account

You can add all your email accounts from different email services—like iCloud, Exchange, or Gmail (Google). To add an account, go to Settings 👁 Image
> Apps > Mail. Tap Mail Accounts, then tap Add Account.

👁 An email draft is open in the Mail app. The button to send the message is in the top-right corner. Tap to send the message, or touch and hold to schedule a time to send it later.

Send an email

Tap 👁 the Compose button
to start a new email message. Add a recipient, subject, and your text, then tap 👁 the Send button
to send your message.

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

Reply to an email message, delete it, and more

You can perform many actions on an email message while viewing it. Open the message, then tap 👁 the More Actions button
in the bottom-right corner to open the actions menu.

👁 A message is open in the Mail app, and search terms are being typed in the top right.

Find emails fast

You can easily find emails using the search feature in Mail. Tap 👁 the Search button
to reveal the search field. Tap a suggestion to narrow your search to a specific timeframe or to filter by attributes like flagged or unread.

👁 The Mail settings screen.

Change Mail settings

You can customize your email signature, change your swipe options, and more in Mail settings. Go to Settings 👁 Image
> Apps > Mail.

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