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

There are two ways you can prepare an email account in the Mail app on your iOS device – automatically or manually. Discover out which option is all-time for you.

How to fix your email account automatically

If y'all're using an email provider such as iCloud, Google or Yahoo, Mail service can ready up your email account automatically with just your email address and password. Here'due south how:

  1. Go to Settings > Mail service, then tap Accounts.
    iPhone showing how to set up email account automatically
  2. Tap Add Business relationship, then select your e-mail provider.
  3. Enter your email address and password.
  4. If you run into Adjacent, tap it and wait for Mail to verify your business relationship.
  5. If yous run into Salve, tap it.

If you can't run across your electronic mail provider, tap Other to add together your business relationship manually.

How to set upwardly your email business relationship manually

If you demand to gear up up your e-mail account manually, make sure y'all know the e-mail settings for your account. If you don't know them, you tin look them up or contact your e-mail provider. And then follow these steps:

  1. Get to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.
  2. Tap Add Account, tap Other, then tap Add together Mail Account.
  3. Enter your proper name, email address, password and a description for your account.
    iPhone screen showing how to set up an email account manually
  4. Tap Side by side. Postal service will try to observe the email settings and finish setting up your account. If Mail finds your email settings, tap Done to finish the account setup process.

Enter account settings manually

If Post can't observe your email settings, you will demand to enter them manually. Tap Side by side, then follow these steps:

  1. Choose IMAP or POP for your new account. If you lot're non certain which one to choose, contact your email provider.
  2. Enter the information for Incoming Post Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Adjacent. If yous don't have this information, try looking it upwardly.
    iPhone showing how to enter account settings manually
  3. If your e-mail settings are right, tap Save to finish. If the email settings are incorrect, you'll be asked to edit them.

If you withal tin't prepare your email account or save your email settings, contact your email provider.

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