Backup of Mail App

Backing up the Mail app, does it use space for all the emails or just the mail server setups? I have three different non-Apple clients on Mail including yahoo and gmail.

iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14

Posted on Nov 13, 2021 9:32 AM

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Posted on Nov 13, 2021 9:45 AM

Generally, iOS/iPadOS will not include Mail messages in an iCloud or iTunes backup - as the Mail messages remain available on the Mail Provider’s Mail Server until such time as they are explicitly deleted by a Mail client.


The iCloud and iTunes backup does, however, include mail account settings.



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