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iPad User Guide

Set email notifications on iPad

You can change your Mail notification settings and choose which mailboxes and email threads to receive notifications from.

Mute email notifications

To reduce interruptions from busy email threads, you can mute notifications from messages in a conversation.

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

  2. Open a message in the conversation.

  3. Tap 👁 the More Actions button
    in the bottom-right corner, then tap Mute.

To specify what you want done with email messages you muted, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Apps > Mail > Muted Thread Action, then select an option.

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

Receive notifications about replies to an email or thread

You can set up mail notifications that let you know when you receive email messages in your favorite mailboxes or from your VIPs.

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

  2. Do any of the following:

To change how notifications appear, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Apps > Mail > Notifications.

Change your Mail notifications

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

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Mail.

  3. Tap Notifications, then make sure that Allow Notifications is on.

  4. Tap Customize Notifications, then tap the email account you want to make changes to.

  5. Select the settings you want, like Alerts or Badges. When you turn on Alerts, you have the option to customize your sounds by changing the alert tone or ringtone.

You can set times when you want to allow notifications from the Mail app. See Change notification settings.

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