How to Schedule Emails on Your iPhone

You can schedule emails on your iPhone using the default Mail app without the need for third-party services. Also, it works with any email address you want to add to your phone. Here we show you how to plan your emails.

How to schedule emails using the Mail app on iPhone

To schedule an email, launch the Mail app and tap the Compose button to start writing a new message. After you’ve added a recipient, subject, and body to the email, you’ll notice that the Send button (an up arrow) turns blue.

To schedule the email, tap and hold the Send button. Depending on the current time of day, a few options will appear.

To schedule the message manually, tap “Send later…” and enter the date and time manually. Click Done to schedule the message.

You can always tap (without holding) the Send button to send the email immediately. And if you accidentally send an email while you were about to schedule it, you can tap the “Undo” option at the bottom of the screen within 10 seconds.

Under Settings > E-mail you can adjust how long you have to undo sending an e-mail. Within these settings you can choose between 10 seconds, 20 seconds or 30 seconds.

Where to find your scheduled email

Scheduled messages appear in a separate mailbox in the Mail app. Start Mail, then look in the Mailboxes view at the top of the screen.

If you don’t see a list of mailboxes, you’re probably searching a specific mailbox. You can use the back arrow in the top left corner of the screen to return to the main view.

Here you should see the Send Later mailbox. If you don’t, tap “Edit” in the top right and tap the circle next to the “Send Later” inbox to turn it on. Then tap Done. You should now see the mailbox in your list.

You can then tap on the inbox to see what messages to send and when they’ll be sent.

You can’t edit a message after it’s scheduled. You must delete it and schedule a new one. To delete your email, swipe the message left and tap Trash.

When you select the scheduled email, you can tap “Edit” next to it to change the time the email will be sent.

Warning: Be careful here as tapping edit will immediately change the scheduled time to now. This means if you click Done instead of Cancel, your email will be sent immediately with no option to undo it.

Can’t see the schedule option?

Added the ability to schedule emails to the Mail app in iOS 16. If you don’t see the option, make sure you’ve updated to iOS 16 under Settings > General > Software update. You can check your current software version under Settings > General > About.

Some third-party email apps also offer this service (including Gmail for iPhone), but make sure you’re in Apple’s default email app when trying to follow the instructions above.

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