iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Flag and filter emails on iPhone
In the Mail app 
, you can flag and filter your emails.
Flag an email
Email you flag remains in your Inbox, but also appears in the Flagged mailbox, making it easier to find later.
Tap 
while reading the email.
To change the color or shape of the flagged email indicator, go to Settings 
> Mail > Flag Style. To see the Flagged mailbox, tap Edit at the top of the Mailboxes list, then tap Flagged.
Flag emails from your VIPs
Add important people to your VIP list, so all their emails appear in the VIP mailbox.
When viewing an email, tap Details.
If you don’t see Details, tap Hide to show it.
Tap the sender’s name to display the contact info, then tap Add to VIP.
To change how notifications of emails from your VIPs appear, go to Settings > Notifications > Mail > VIP—you can choose an alert sound, badge, and banner style for notifications of incoming VIP emails.
Ask Siri. Say something like: “Any new mail from Nanditha today?” Learn how to ask Siri.
Get notified of replies to an email or thread
You can create mail notifications when reading or writing an email.
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 > Thread Notifications.
Tip: Notifications can let you know when you receive emails in favorite mailboxes or emails from your VIPs. Go to Settings > Notifications > Mail.
Manage junk mail
Tap while you’re reading an email, then tap Move to Junk to file it in the Junk folder.
Tip: If you accidentally move an email, shake iPhone immediately to undo.
Filter emails
Tap 
in the bottom-left corner to hide emails that don’t match the current filter. Tap again to turn the filter off.
To set up the filter, tap to turn on filtering, then tap “Filtered by.” You can filter by read or flagged status, by emails addressed to you, emails from VIPs, and other criteria.