Send email in Mail on iPad

With the Mail app , you can write, send, and schedule email from any of your email accounts.

An email draft is open in the Mail app. The button to send the message is in the top-right corner. Tap to send the message, or touch and hold to schedule a time to send it later.

Write an email message

  1. Tap the Compose button.

  2. Tap in the email, then type your message.

    With the onscreen keyboard, you can tap individual keys. Or pinch closed with three fingers to use the smaller QuickType keyboard, then slide your finger from one letter to the next, lifting your finger only after each word.

  3. To change the formatting, tap the Text Format button above the keyboard.

    You can change the font style and color of text, use a bold or italic style, add a bulleted or numbered list, and more.

  4. Tap the Send button to send your email.

Tip: You can create and add stickers to emails as you compose them. See Add emoji and stickers with the iPad keyboard.

Add recipients

  1. Tap the To field, then type the names of recipients.

    As you type, Mail automatically suggests people from your Contacts, along with email addresses for people who have more than one email address.

    You can also tap the Add Contact button to open Contacts and add recipients from there.

  2. If you want to send a copy to other people, tap the Cc/Bcc field, then do any of the following:

    • Tap the Cc field, then enter the names of people you’re sending a copy to.

    • Tap the Bcc field, then enter the names of people whose names you don’t want other recipients to see.

Add a hyperlink to an email

  1. In Safari or another web browser, copy the URL of a webpage.

  2. As you compose a message in Mail , highlight the text you want to link.

  3. Tap Paste.

Edit a link in an email draft

Tap a link or linked text, then tap the down arrow.

Do any of the following:

  • Show Link Preview: Change the hyperlinked text to a rich embedded website preview image.

  • Open Link: Go to that website in a web browser.

  • Edit Link: Change the URL of the link.

  • Remove Link: Delete the link from your email draft.

  • Edit Text Description: Change the text that’s linked.

Capture an email address from a photo

You can use Live Text to interact with an email address printed on a business card, poster, and more using the Photos app on iPad. This allows you to quickly begin emails without entering an address manually.

  1. Open a photo in the Photos app , then tap the email address you want to capture.

  2. After the yellow frame appears around detected text, tap the Live Text button.

  3. Tap or use the grab points to select the email address, then tap New Mail Message.

Tip: You can use the same Live Text feature to capture an email address using the Camera app. See Use Live Text with your iPad camera.

Schedule an email with Send Later

Touch and hold the Send button, then choose when you want to send the email.

To see more options, tap Send Later.

Automatically send a copy to yourself

Go to Settings  > Mail, then turn on Always Bcc Myself (below Composing).

Send an email from a different account

If you have more than one email account, you can specify which account to send email from.

  1. In your email draft, tap the Cc/Bcc, From field.

  2. Tap the From field, then choose an account.

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