Email App Disappeared from iPhone? How to Find & Restore It

Whether you accidentally deleted the Mail app on your iPhone, the Mail icon disappeared from your iPhone, or you can't find the All Inboxes folder in your Mail app, we can help! Let's cover how to get back the Mail app on your iPhone.

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• Mail Icon Missing on iPhone? How to Get the Email Icon Back on Your Home Screen
• How to Reinstall Mail App on iPhone & iPad
• How to Restore Mail App on Home Screen
• How to Retrieve Mail from a Previously Inactive Email on iPhone
• All Inboxes Option Disappeared on iPhone
• FAQ

Mail Icon Missing on iPhone? How to Get the Email Icon Back on Your Home Screen

Your Mail app is missing for one of two reasons: you've removed the app from your Home Screen, or you've accidentally deleted the app. If your iPhone Mail app icon is gone from your Home Screen, you should first check the App Library on your iPhone. If you see your Mail app in the App Library, you can just move it back to your Home Screen. Also, be sure to check out how to add multiple Gmail accounts to your iPhone if you have more than one email account. 

If you didn't see the Mail app in the App Library, don't worry. You're not the only iOS user who has reported that their iPhone Mail icon has disappeared. If your Mail app has suddenly disappeared, it's likely you accidentally deleted the Mail app. In the sections below, we'll cover how to get the Mail app back on your iPhone and reactivate the email accounts synced to your Mail app. 

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How to Restore Mail App on iPhone & iPad

Is your email app not showing on your iPhone or iPad? If the Mail icon has disappeared from your iPhone or you've accidentally deleted the Mail app on your iPhone, here's how to reinstall, get it back, and restore your missing emails.

1. Open the App Store app.
   
   
2. Tap the Search tab at the bottom of the screen.
   
   
3. Type Mail or Mail app in the Search field, then tap Search.
   
   
4. Locate the Mail icon in the list of options, then tap the Download icon to restore the Mail app.
   
   

And that's how to reinstall the Mail app on your iPhone or iPad! 

How to Get My Email Back on My Phone

After you reinstall the Mail app on your iPhone or iPad, it will appear on one of your Home Screens, but perhaps not the Home Screen or location you want. You can easily move your Mail app to a different Home Screen or to the Dock at the bottom of the screen. To move your Mail app, follow the steps below to learn how to add the Mail app back to the Home screen on your iPhone.

1. Swipe left or right to navigate to the Home Screen containing the newly downloaded Mail app. 
   
   
2. Touch and hold the background until the icons jiggle. This indicates that you are in Home Screen editing mode.
   
   
3. Drag the app to reposition it; you can drag it across Home Screens by pulling it to the edge until you see a different Home Screen.
   
   
4. If you want to add the Mail app to the Dock, drag it to the bottom of the screen. 
   
   
5. Tap Done when you are happy with the location of the Mail app.
   
   

Now you know how to move the Mail app on your iPhone or iPad! 

How to Reactivate Previously Inactive Email on iPhone

Another thing to keep in mind is that once you've retrieved your iPhone Mail app, you may need to reactivate the applicable email accounts in your Settings in order to get your email inbox back to the way it was. Here's how:

1. Open the Settings app.
   
   
2. Tap Apps.
   
   
3. Tap Mail.
   
   
4. Tap Mail Accounts.
   
   
5. Tap an inactive email account you want to restore.
   
   
6. Toggle Mail to the on (green) position, then tap Accounts.
   
   

Repeat these steps for each account you want to use. After the account has been reactivated, the emails from that account will appear on your iPhone. 

How to Fix Apple Mail All Inboxes Disappeared Issue

As people are resyncing their email accounts, they sometimes find that the All Inboxes folder allowing them to view emails from all synced accounts has disappeared. There's an easy way to get your All Inboxes mailbox back on your iPhone. Here's how to restore the All Inboxes folder in the Mail app:

1. Open the Mail app.
   
   
2. If you're in a specific inbox, go to Mailboxes by backing out of whichever inbox you're currently in (usually by tapping the upper-left corner).
   
   
3. Tap Edit. 
   
   
4. Tap the circle next to All Inboxes to check it and add the folder, so you can see all emails from accounts synced to the Mail app. 
   
   
5. Tap Done in the upper-right corner.
   
   
6. Now you'll see All Inboxes restored at the top of the Mailboxes page of your Mail app.
   
   

This should restore the All Inboxes folder in your iPhone email. Hopefully, your email is back on your Home Screen and set up exactly the way it was before. If the Mail icon is missing on your iPhone or iPad still, it's time to contact Apple Support. If you'd like to further organize your Mail app, you can also learn how to create email folders on your iPhone and iPad, and how to delete or mass delete all your unread emails at once. 

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