Read email in Mail on iCloud.com

You can view mail sent to your @icloud.com email address and any aliases in Mail on iCloud.com. If you have iCloud+, you can also view mail sent to your custom email domain addresses.

Note: Custom Email Domain isn’t available in all countries or regions.

Read an email

Go to icloud.com/mail, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select Inbox in the Mailboxes list.
If you want to see a list of emails in a different mail folder, select that folder instead. For example, select Sent to see a list of emails you sent.
Select the email in your email list.

In your email list, emails are labeled with the following icons:

Icon	Description
	An email is unread.
	An email contains an attachment. See Download email attachments from Mail on iCloud.com.
	An email that you replied to. See Reply to or forward email in Mail on iCloud.com.
	An email that you forwarded. See Reply to or forward email in Mail on iCloud.com.
	An email that you flagged. See Search, filter, and flag email in Mail on iCloud.com.

Check for new emails

Your emails are updated automatically, but you can also manually refresh them.

Go to icloud.com/mail, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select at the top of the Mailboxes list.

Mark an email as unread

Go to icloud.com/mail, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select the email or emails you want to mark as unread in your email list:
- On a phone or tablet: Tap Edit at the top of the email list, then tap next to the email or emails.
- On a computer: Click the email. To select multiple emails, Command-click (on a Mac) or Control-click (on a Windows device) the emails.
Select Mark or , then select Mark as Unread.

Tip: If you’re using a computer, you can also hold your pointer over an email in the email list, click , then choose Mark as Unread.

Show the number of all unread messages on the Mail app icon

If you have categories turned on, the badge count for the Mail app reflects the number of unread messages in your Primary category. You can choose to show the total number of unread messages in all categories instead.

On the iCloud.com homepage, the App Launcher is open, and the Mail app icon has a badge with the number three.

Go to icloud.com/mail, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select at the top of the Mailboxes list, then choose Settings.
Select Categories in the sidebar, go to Badge Count, then select All Unread Messages.

If you can’t read an email because it’s encrypted, open it from one of your trusted devices. See What is a digitally signed and encrypted email?

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iCloud User Guide

Read email in Mail on iCloud.com

Read an email

Check for new emails

Mark an email as unread

Show the number of all unread messages on the Mail app icon