Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

There are two ways that you can set up an email account in the Mail app on your iOS device — automatically or manually. Learn which option is best for you.

Set up automatically if you use a common email provider

If you use an email provider like iCloud, Google, Microsoft Exchange, or Yahoo, Mail can automatically set up your email account with just your email address and password. Here's how:

Go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.
Tap Add Account, then select your email provider.
Enter your email address and password.
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If you see Next, tap Next and wait for Mail to verify your account.
If you see Save, tap Save.

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Set up manually when you select Other for less common email providers

If you need to set up your email account manually, make sure that you know the email settings for your account. If you don’t know them, you can look them up or contact your email provider. Then follow these steps:

Go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.
Tap Add Account, tap Other, then tap Add Mail Account.
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Enter your name, email address, password, and a description for your account.
Tap Next. Mail will try to find the email settings and finish your account setup. If Mail finds your email settings, tap Done to complete your account setup.

If Mail can't find your account settings automatically

If Mail can't find your email settings, then you need to enter them manually. Tap Next, then follow these steps:

Choose IMAP or POP for your new account. If you aren’t sure which one to choose, contact your email provider.
Enter the information for Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Next. If you don't have this information, try to look it up.
If your email settings are correct, tap Save to finish. If the email settings are incorrect, you'll be asked to edit them.

If you still can't set up your email account or save your email settings, contact your email provider.

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Published Date:January 12, 2024

FAQs

Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support? ›

Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account. Do one of the following: Tap an email service—for example, iCloud or Microsoft Exchange—then enter your email account information. Tap Other, tap Add Mail Account, then enter your email account information.

Why can't I get my email account on my iPhone? ›

Make sure you've turned on Mail in Settings on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud and turn on Mail. Make sure new data is pushed to your device automatically. In iOS 14 or later, tap Settings > Mail > Accounts > Fetch New Data, then turn on Push.

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How to find an email on iPad? ›

Swipe down from the middle of a mailbox to reveal the search field. Tap the search field and type the text you're looking for. Choose between searching all mailboxes or the current mailbox above the results list. Tap search, then tap an email in the results list to read it.

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How do I add an account to my iPad? ›

Go to Settings > Contacts > Accounts > Add Account. Do one of the following: Tap a service—for example, iCloud or Microsoft Exchange—then enter your account information. Tap Other, tap Add LDAP Account or Add CardDAV Account (if your organization supports it), then enter the server and account information.

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How do I add multiple email accounts to Apple Mail? ›

Add more email accounts to Mail

If you already added an email account, you can still add more. In Mail, choose Mail > Add Account. Select an account type. Enter your account information.

Can you have two accounts on an iPad? ›

Shared iPad allows more than one user to sign in to an iPad. The iPad must be supervised before Shared iPad can be used. Shared iPad can be used not only in education but also in business. Multiple users can use the iPad, and the user experiences can be personal even though the devices are shared.

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Can I have the same email address on my iPhone and iPad? ›

After you create a primary iCloud Mail address, you can use iCloud Mail on iCloud.com and on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and Windows computer. For an overview of what you can do with iCloud, see Send and receive iCloud Mail on all your devices and keep Mail settings up to date.

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Set up iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud. Do one of the following: iOS 16, iPadOS 16, or later: Tap iCloud Drive, then turn on Sync this [device]. iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or earlier: Turn on iCloud Drive.

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