You can change your Mail notification settings and choose which mailboxes and email threads to receive notifications from.
Busy email threads can be muted, and for the threads that matter, you can receive notifications about replies to an email or thread. You also get to specify what’s done with email messages you muted, and you can change your Mail notification settings whenever you like.
Here’s how to set email notifications on iPhone.
Mute email notifications
Muting notifications from messages in a conversation reduces interruptions from busy email threads.
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Open the Mail app on your iPhone.
Open a message in the conversation.
- Tap the Reply button, then tap Mute.
- To specify what you want done with email messages you muted, open Settings, tap Apps, tap Mail, tap Muted Thread Action, and then select an option.
Receive notifications about replies to an email or thread
Mail notifications can let you know when email messages arrive in favorite mailboxes or from your VIPs.
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Open the Mail app on your iPhone.
Do any of the following: When reading a message: Tap the Reply button, then tap Notify Me.
When writing a message: Tap the Subject field, tap the Notify Me button in the Subject field, then tap Notify Me.
- To change how notifications appear, open Settings, tap Apps, tap Mail, and then tap Notifications.
Change your Mail notification settings
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap Apps and then tap Mail.
- Tap Notifications and then make sure that Allow Notifications is on.
- Tap Customize Notifications. Tap the email account you want to make changes to.
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Select the settings you want, like Alerts or Badges.
When you turn on Alerts, you have the option to customize your sounds by changing the alert tone or ringtone.
You can set times when you want to allow notifications from the Mail app.
