How to Create Email Filters in iPhone: A Step-By-Step Guide
Victor Dobre
Discover how to manage your inbox with email filters on iPhone
How to set up email filters on iPhone
Setting up an email filter in iPhone is helpful in organizing your inbox. In this step-by-step guide, we cover all the ways to create mail filters on different email apps on iPhone.
How to Create Email Filters in iPhone (Apple Mail App)
Follow these steps to create an email filter in iPhone on Apple Mail, Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo mail apps.
Apple Mail App - non iCloud Emails
The iPhone Mail app can support accounts from other email providers (like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook), which allows you to filter emails directly within the application.
However, it has limitations; it does not allow you to set rules to emails by sender, subject line or keywords.
Steps to organize emails in the Mail App:
Open the Mail App on your iPhone device.
Go to your inbox.
Click on the icon in the bottom left.
Select “Filtered by”.
A window will appear, enabling you to choose filters for the emails you wish to view.
Select the filter of your choice.
Tap on “Done”
Apple Mail App - iCloud Email
There is no possibility to create email filters on your iCloud account from an iPhone.
However, this guide will show you how to set up mail filters for iCloud on a web browser.
Once you apply filter rules on the iCloud website, they will work on connected devices to your account, including the Mail App on your iPhone.
Email Filters in iPhone (Gmail App)
There is no possibility to create an email filter in iPhone on the Gmail App.
Instead, you must set up rules on the Gmail web version, which will automatically apply to your iPhone Gmail app. Follow this guide to find out how to set up email filters in Gmail.
Email Filters in iPhone (Outlook App)
Emails filters cannot be set up on the Outlook App on your iPhone.
Create filters on desktop first, and they will immediately apply to your mobile device.
Explore how to set up filter rules on Outlook.
Email Filters in iPhone (Yahoo Mail App)
Creating an email filter in iPhone on the Yahoo Mail App is currently not possible.
Email filters can only be created on the Yahoo website, read our step-by-step guide to learn more.
Once set up, these filters will organize your incoming mails on all devices connected to your Yahoo account.
Conclusion
With these steps, you can create an email filter in iPhone to sort, organize and manage your mail accounts.
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