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Set email notifications on iPhone

In the Mail app , you can change your Mail notification settings and choose which mailboxes and email threads to receive notifications from.

Mute email notifications

To reduce interruptions from busy email threads, you can mute notifications from messages in a conversation.

Open an email in the conversation.
Tap , then tap Mute.

To specify what you want done with emails you muted, go to Settings > Mail > Muted Thread Action, then select an option.

Receive notifications about replies to an email or thread

You can set up mail notifications that let you know when you receive emails in favorite mailboxes or from your VIPs.

When reading an email: Tap , then tap Notify Me.
When writing an email: Tap the Subject field, tap in the Subject field, then tap Notify Me.

To change how notifications appear, go to Settings > Notifications > Mail, then turn on Allow Notifications.

Change your Mail notification settings

Go to Settings > Mail > Notifications, then make sure that Allow Notifications is on.
Tap Customize Notifications, then tap the email account you want to make changes to.
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. See Set up Focus on iPhone.

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