Organize email in mailboxes on iPad

In the Mail app , you can manage your email in mailboxes.

Manage an email with a swipe

While viewing an email list, you can use a simple swipe to move individual emails to the Trash, mark them as read, and more. Do any of the following:

To reveal a list of actions, slowly drag an email to the left until the menu appears, then tap an item.
To quickly use the rightmost action, swipe all the way to the left.
Swipe right to reveal one other action.

To choose the actions you want to appear in the menus, go to Settings > Mail > Swipe Options (below Message List).

Organize your mail with mailboxes

You can choose which mailboxes to view, reorder your mailboxes, create new ones, or rename or delete mailboxes. (Some mailboxes can’t be changed.)

To organize your mailboxes, tap in the upper-left corner, tap Edit, then do any of the following:

View mailboxes: Select the checkboxes next to the mailboxes you want to include in the mailboxes list.
Reorder mailboxes: Touch and hold next to a mailbox until it lifts up, then drag it to the new position.
Create a new mailbox: Tap New Mailbox in the lower-right corner, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Rename a mailbox: Tap the mailbox, then tap the title. Delete the name, then enter a new name.
Delete a mailbox: Tap the mailbox, then tap Delete Mailbox.

Move or mark multiple emails

While viewing a list of emails, tap Edit.
Select the emails you want to move or mark by tapping their checkboxes.
To select multiple emails quickly, swipe down through the checkboxes.
Tap Mark, Move, or Trash at the bottom of the screen.
If you change your mind, immediately swipe left with three fingers to undo.

View emails from one account at a time

If you use multiple email accounts with the Mail app, you can use the mailboxes list to view emails from one account at a time.

Tap in the upper-left corner, then tap a mailbox below the email account you want to access.

Each mailbox listed below a particular email account only displays emails from that email account. For example, to view only emails sent from your iCloud account, tap iCloud, then tap Sent.

Move an email to junk

To move an email to the Junk folder, open it, tap , then tap Move to Junk.

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