In case you are not aware, the Mail app on iPhone comes with a built-in “Unread” Folder that can be used to view only the Unread Emails on your iPhone.
This can make it easy for you to stay on top of your Email Messages, especially; if you are getting loads of emails and find it difficult to deal with them due the sheer number of read and unread emails sitting in your inbox.
View Only Unread Emails on iPhone Mail App
The easiest way to view and manage unread Email Messages on an iPhone is by enabling the “Unread” Folder or Mailbox that is available within the Mail App on your iPhone.
Once the “Unread” Mailbox is enabled on iPhone, you will be able to view only the unread email messages on your iPhone by going to the “Unread” Mailbox.
Another way of taking a look at all the unread Email Messages on iPhone is by using the Search Feature within any Mailbox in the Mail App on your iPhone.
As mentioned above, the easiest way of viweing and managing An easy way of accessing and viewing only the Unread emails on iPhone is by making use of the built-in “Unread Mail Box” feature that is available within the Mail App on your iPhone.
1. Enable “Unread” Mailbox on iPhone
The first method of taking a look at only the unread email messages on iPhone is by enabling the “Unread” Mailbox in the Mail App on your iPhone.
1. Open the Mail app on your iPhone.
2. Tap on Mailboxes, located at top-left corner of the screen.
This will take you to the “Mailboxes” screen where you will see iPhone’s built-in Mailboxes, followed by other Mailboxes that you may have created.
3. On the Mailboxes screen, tap on Edit option located at top-right corner of the screen.
4. Next, select the Unread Mailbox and tap on Done.
5. Now on the Mailboxes screen, you will see the new Unread Mailbox that you just enabled with a number next to it, indicating the number of Unread emails messages in your account.
You can open the Unread Mailbox and take a look at emails that you have not read.
Note: The built-in “Unread” Mailbox can only display Unread emails from the Inbox, it does not display unread emails from other Mailboxes that you may have created.
2. Search Unread Emails On iPhone
As mentioned above, another way of taking a look at all the Unread Email Messages on your iPhone is by using the Search function in the Mail App, which can be accessed from within any Mailbox in the Mail App.
This method is useful, if you have created custom Mailboxes in the Mail App on your iPhone. In such cases, using the Search feature is the only way to view and manage unread Emails from all the Mailboxes on your iPhone.
1. Open the Mail App on your iPhone.
2. Open the Inbox or any other Mailbox > slide down from top of the screen and you should see Search bar at the top of the screen.
3. Type Unread in the Search box > scroll down to “Other” section and tap on Unread Messages.
4. On the next screen, tap on All Mailboxes to see all the Unread Email Messages on your iPhone.
Tapping on the Current Mailbox tab will show you the list of unread emails in the Mailbox that you are currently on.
Flag Email Message on iPhone
If you do not have the time to respond to emails right away, you can flag important emails that require action from your side. Later on you can come back to the flagged emails and respond to them as required.
Flagging emails and enabling the Smart Mailbox called ‘Flagged’ on iPhone is easy. You can learn more about this at: How to Flag Email Messages On iPhone and iPad.