How to mute notifications from email threads in Apple Mail on iOS 13

Apple Mail makes it slowly to mute notifications from an overly active electronic mail thread.

If you’re CC’d inwards an electronic mail thread but aren’t actively participating inwards the discussion, these notifications teach quite annoying every bit they accept no value for you. No ane likes to endure inundated alongside alerts thus that’s why Apple has created a nifty novel thread-muting characteristic inwards iOS 13.

This was officially introduced past times software engineering main Craig Federighi during the iOS xiii segment of Apple’s keynote speak at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2019. The characteristic doesn’t run on devices running iOS 12 or older versions of Apple’s mobile operating system.

With the powerfulness to mute electronic mail threads inwards iOS 13’s Apple Mail app, folks tin immediately elect to halt receiving a notification every fourth dimension individual sends a novel message to the selected thread.

Follow along alongside us every bit nosotros demonstrate yous how to purpose this handy feature.

How to mute electronic mail threads inwards Apple Mail

To mute whatever electronic mail thread inwards Mail, practise the following:

1) Launch the stock Mail app on your iPhone or iPad alongside iOS xiii or later.

2) Find the email thread inwards the inbox that yous desire to mute.

3) Swipe left across the message to divulge hidden actions, too thus tap More.

4) Choose Mute from the popup menu.

Doing thus volition mute the whole thread across Mail on all your Apple devices using the same iCloud account. Going forward, you’ll no longer have a notification every fourth dimension a novel electronic mail is received inwards that thread. Mail puts a pocket-size bell icon alongside a diagonal business adjacent to all muted threads, making it easier to distinguish them from unmuted threats alongside a quick glance.

How to unmute electronic mail threads inwards Apple Mail

To unmute whatever muted electronic mail thread inwards Mail, follow the steps below:

1) Launch the stock Mail app on your iPhone or iPad alongside iOS xiii or later.

2) Find the muted email thread inwards the inbox that yous desire to unmute. Again, Mail puts a pocket-size bell icon alongside a diagonal business to signal muted threads inwards the electronic mail list.

3) Swipe left across the message to divulge hidden actions, too thus tap More.

4) Choose Unmute from the popup menu.

This volition unmute the thread inwards question. Going forward, yous volition have a notification from Apple Mail every fourth dimension a novel electronic mail arrives inwards that thread. The selected electronic mail thread volition teach unmuted across all your Apple devices that purpose the same iCloud account.

How to customize muted thread action

By default, iOS volition automatically grade every novel messages sent to a muted thread every bit read on your device. You tin modify the muted thread activity inwards Mail settings, here’s how:

1) Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad alongside iOS xiii or newer.

2) Choose Mail from the source list.

3) Tap Muted Thread Action underneath the Treading heading.

4) Choose betwixt these actions for novel messages inwards muted threads:

• Mark every bit Read: New emails hitting muted threads volition teach auto-marked every bit read.


• Archive or Delete: New emails inwards muted threads volition endure archived or deleted.

You tin tell Mail how to grip emails sent to a muted thread.

So, is it Archive or Delete?

To customize the thread-muting characteristic further, your iPhone too iPad allow yous define how the “Archive or Delete” muted thread activity mentioned higher upwards truly handles novel thread emails.

Choosing whether discarded emails are archived or truly deleted.

To practise so, become to Settings → Passwords & Accounts and tap an account underneath the Accounts heading. Now tap your email address, hitting Advanced too select either the Deleted Mailbox or Archive Mailbox option underneath the heading Move Discarded Messages Into.

This setting also defines what happens when yous tap the Delete push inwards Mail.

Faster muting/unmuting

If yous honor swiping across emails a chip awkward similar I do, yous tin optionally mute/unmute threads from iOS 13’s awesome contextual menus. Just tap too concur an electronic mail thread inwards your inbox, or press it alongside 3D Touch, too lead Mute or Unmute from the shortcuts menu.

Muting/unmuting is also available from Mail’s contextual menus.

Everything novel inwards Mail on iOS 13

Check out Apple’s listing of features, improvements too under-the-hood tweaks for Mail:

• Multicolored flags: Choose from a multifariousness of colors when yous flag an electronic mail message. Colored flags are synced via iCloud to Mail on all your Apple devices too tin endure changed or removed at whatever time.


• Block sender: Have all electronic mail from a specified sender blocked too motility the messages straight to the trash. Blocking a sender industrial plant across all your Apple devices.


• Extended Reply menu: In add-on to Reply, Reply All, Forward too Print, the Reply card adds convenient access to Notify Me of replies, Mark every bit Unread, Move to Junk, Move to Different Mailbox too flag options, every bit good every bit the novel Mute Thread option.


• Mute thread: Easily mute notifications from an overly active electronic mail thread across all your Apple devices.


• New format bar: A convenient novel format bar appears higher upwards the keyboard when yous type text, providing comprehensive formatting too attachment options including the powerfulness to scan, insert a photograph or video, add together attachments too insert drawings.


• Desktop‑class text formatting: A novel card adds comprehensive text formatting tools that allow yous compose professional‑looking email. Formatting includes novel font style, size, too color selections, strikethrough, alignment, numbered too bulleted lists too indenting too outdenting options.


• Font support: All organisation fonts are supported, every bit good every bit the ones yous acquire.


• Updated photograph selector: The novel photograph selector occupies the lower part of the covert thus yous tin run across your electronic mail piece choosing the photo.


• Updated address autocomplete: When yous add together a recipient to an email, Mail lists electronic mail address choices nether each sender.


• Multitasking (iPad): Drag a window to compose an electronic mail adjacent to your primary inbox thus yous tin thought or re-create from ane message too glue it into another, all without obscuring either message.

All of these features are supported past times both iOS xiii too iPadOS unless stated otherwise.

iOS xiii compatibility

iOS xiii is compatible alongside the next Apple smartphone models:

• iPhone XS


• iPhone XS Max


• iPhone XR


• iPhone X


• iPhone 8


• iPhone 8 Plus


• iPhone 7


• iPhone seven Plus


• iPhone 6s


• iPhone 6s Plus


• iPhone SE


• iPod affect (7th generation)

For to a greater extent than information, read Apple’s press release or see apple.com/ios/ios-13-preview.

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iPadOS compatibility

iPadOS is compatible alongside these iPads:

• 12.9-inch iPad Pro


• 11-inch iPad Pro


• 10.5-inch iPad Pro


• 9.7-inch iPad Pro


• iPad (6th generation)


• iPad (5th generation)


• iPad mini (5th generation)


• iPad mini 4


• iPad Air (3rd generation)


• iPad Air 2

Watch our video overview of the novel iPad-only updates embedded below.

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For more, read Apple’s press release or see apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview.

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