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iPhone User Guide

Reply to and forward emails in Mail on iPhone

You can reply to or forward emails in the Mail app.

👁 An email showing reply options. Across the middle of the screen, from left to right, are Reply, Reply All, Forward, and Trash.

Reply to an email

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

  2. Tap the message, tap 👁 the Reply button
    ,     then do one of the following:

    • Reply to just the sender: Tap Reply.

    • Reply to the sender and the other recipients: Tap Reply All.

  3. Type your response, then tap 👁 the Send button
    to send.

Quote some text when you reply to an email

When you reply to an email message, you can include text from the sender to clarify what you’re responding to.

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

  2. In the sender’s message, touch and hold the first word of the text, then drag to the last word. (See Select, cut, copy, and paste text.)

  3. Tap 👁 the Reply button
    ,     tap Reply, then type your message.

Note: To turn off the indentation of quoted text, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Apps > Mail > Increase Quote Level (below Composing), then turn off Increase Quote Level.

Forward an email

You can send an email message forward to new recipients.

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

  2. Tap the message, tap 👁 the Reply button
    ,     then tap Forward.

    If there are attachments in the original message—like photos or documents—you can decide whether to include them in the forwarded message. Choose Include or Don’t Include.

  3. Enter the email addresses of the new recipients.

  4. Tap in the message, then type your response. The forwarded message appears below.

Follow up on emails

If you send an email message and don’t receive a response for several days, the message automatically moves back to the top of your inbox to help you remember to follow up.

To turn off Follow Up Suggestions, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Apps > Mail, then turn off Follow Up Suggestions.

Set up an automatic reply in Mail

On iCloud.com, you can set up an automatic reply to respond to incoming email messages or automatically forward messages to another inbox. See Set up an automatic reply in Mail on iCloud.com.

Use Smart Reply

If Apple Intelligence* is turned on, you can use it to suggest a reply to an email you receive. See Use Apple Intelligence in Mail.

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