iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Delete and recover emails in Mail on iPhone
In the Mail app , delete emails you no longer need.
Delete emails
There are multiple ways to delete emails. Do any of the following:
While viewing an email: Tap at the bottom of an email.
While viewing the email list: Swipe an email left, then choose Trash from the menu.
To delete the email in a single gesture, swipe it all the way to the left.
To delete multiple emails at once while viewing a list of emails: Tap Edit, select some emails, then tap Trash.
If you change your mind, shake iPhone immediately to undo.
To turn the confirmation of deletion on or off, go to Settings > Mail > Ask Before Deleting.
Recover a deleted email
Go to the account’s Trash mailbox, then open the email.
Tap , then move the email.
If you change your mind, shake iPhone immediately to undo.
Tip: To see deleted emails across all your accounts, add the All Trash mailbox. To add it, tap Edit in the mailboxes list, then select it in the list.
Archive instead of delete
Instead of deleting emails, you can archive them in the Archive mailbox. (You can still delete emails, even if you set up an Archive mailbox.)
Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts.
Tap your email account, tap Mail (below Advanced), then tap Advanced.
In the Advanced settings, change the destination mailbox for discarded emails to Archive Mailbox.
When this option is turned on, to delete an email instead of archiving it, touch and hold , then tap Trash Message.
Decide how long to keep deleted emails
You can set how long deleted emails stay in the Trash mailbox.
Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts.
Tap your email account, tap Mail (below Advanced), then tap Advanced.
In the Advanced settings, tap Remove, then select a time interval.
Note: Some email services might override your selection; for example, iCloud doesn’t keep deleted emails longer than 30 days, even if you select Never.