Draft Email Disappeared from iPhone XR

Hi annmarie247,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities! We're glad you've reached out for help with this missing email. We'd love to help in any way we can.

Is it possible that the email was sent? If you're unsure, check the Sent mailbox just in case.

If you were composing the message from a third-party email account, we can recommend signing into the web client for that account, if possible, and checking to see if the draft message can be found online.

If it's not there, or if you're using iCloud email, it appears the message was somehow deleted before it could send. In that case, it would be necessary to recreate the message from scratch.

We know how important it is that your iPhone works reliably and doesn't lose email messages you're composing, so to help prevent the chances of this occurring again, we can recommend restarting your device, and then verifying that it's fully updated. Here's a guide to help:

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Let us know if you've got any questions.

Have a great day!