Check your email in Mail on iPad

In the Mail app , you can read emails, add contacts, and preview the contents of an email without opening it.

The Mail Inbox, with the list of emails on the left, and an open email thread on the right. The button to switch to another mailbox is in the top-left corner. The button for filtering the emails so only certain kinds of emails show is in the bottom-left corner. The button for composing a new email is in the top-right corner.

Read an email

From your mailbox list, tap the email you want to read.

Preview an email and a list of options

From your mailbox list, touch and hold an email to preview its contents and see a list of options for replying, moving it, and more.

Show a longer preview for every email

In your mailbox lists, Mail displays two lines of text for each email by default. You can choose to see more lines of text without opening the email.

Go to Settings > Mail > Preview (below Message List), then choose up to five lines.

Show the whole conversation

Go to Settings > Mail, then turn on Organize by Thread (below Threading).

Note: You can also change other settings in Settings > Mail—such as Collapse Read Messages or Most Recent Message on Top.

Show To and Cc labels in your Inbox

Go to Settings > Mail, then turn on Show To/Cc Labels (below Message List).

You can also view the To/Cc mailbox, which gathers all mail addressed to you. To show or hide it, tap in the upper-left corner of the Mail app, tap Edit above Mailboxes, then select “To or Cc.”

Add someone to your contacts or make them a VIP

In an email, tap a person’s name or email address twice, then do one of the following:

Add to your contacts: Tap Create New Contact or Add to Existing Contact.
You can add a phone number, other email addresses, and more.
Add to your VIP list: Tap Add to VIP.

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