I tend to feel inspired to respond to emails during inappropriate times, like during a work meeting, which is why I love the option to schedule an email even though I've already written it. Another reason to schedule sending an email is if you promised to remind someone of an event or task and don't want to forget. I'll teach you how to use the new Send Later feature!

Why You'll Love This Tip:

Send out emails at a more appropriate time, no matter when you wrote them.
Keep your promise to follow up by scheduling an email to send right away before you forget.

How to Schedule an Email with the Send Later Feature

System Requirements

This tip requires an iPhone running iOS 16 or later. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

To get started, you'll either need to find an email to respond to or write an email from scratch. For this example, I will create a practice email to send to myself, and I suggested testing out this feature by doing this as well. For more great iPhone tips, check out our Tip of the Day newsletter.

Open the Mail app.
Create a new email (or find and open an email, then tap reply).
Select a recipient and draft your email. Tap and hold the send button until a drop-down menu appears.
You'll see several pre-set delivery times. To send it at a custom delivery time, tap Send Later.
Use the calendar to select the email send date.
Tap the time to select the time and time zone.
Tap Done.
Once you schedule an email to Send Later, you will see it in a folder called Send Later. To see it, tap Mailboxes.
Tap Send Later.
If you open the email, you can tap Edit to change the delivery date and time.
You can also tap Cancel Send Later. If you do this, you'll still have to tap the send button to send the email.

Pro Tip: In order for your email to Send Later, it will have to be connected to the internet at the time of sending. The recipient will not be aware that the email was scheduled; it will be delivered like a regular email.

Now you know how to schedule sending an email to send at a later time of your choosing using the Mail app!