These days, our mailboxes can quickly become overrun. One easy way you can organize your inbox in the Mail app is to see only unread emails. This way, you can see all your unread message in one place, allowing you to easily check what needs to be checked and delete the rest. Here’s how to see only unread emails in the Mail app.

Why You'll Love This Tip

Easily see all unread emails in one place.
Rearrange mailboxes to prioritize unread mail.

How to Enable Unread Mailbox

To see all your unread emails in one place, we will turn on a special mailbox in the Mail app that will show all unread mails consolidated into one place, without any messages that have already been read. For other tips on managing the core iPhone apps, make sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter.

Open the Mail app.
If your Mail app doesn't open to the Mailboxes screen, tap Mailboxes. Otherwise, skip to step 3.
Tap Edit in the top right corner.
Tap Unread.
When finished tap Done.
Now the Unread mailbox should appear on the Mailboxes screen. You can tap it to view and read all unread mail and only unread mail.