How to Turn Off iCloud Mail on an iPhone

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent your iCloud mailbox from synchronizing with the iOS "Mail" app.

Steps

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    Open your iPhone's Settings. Do so by tapping the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens (it might also be in a folder named "Utilities").
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    Scroll to the fourth group of options and select iCloud.
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    Slide the Mail switch left to the "Off" position. It should turn grey, signifying that your Mail app will no longer back up to iCloud. You also won't be able to access your iCloud inbox from within the Mail app.
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Community Q&A

  • Question
    I use iCloud to sync my three devices. Suddenly, something has changed so that when I send an email link, I have a webpage to another person and it uses my iCloud address. How do I change it to my email?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Make sure in email that when you send an email, it says From: the email you want to send it to. Or, in Settings, go to accounts or into your contact and into email, and remove the iCloud account.
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Warnings

  • Your Mail app won't alert you to any new mail from the iCloud account when this option is disabled.
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Article SummaryX

1. Open your iPhone's Settings.
2. Scroll to the fourth group of options and select iCloud.
3. Slide the Mail switch left to the Off position.

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