Iphone 14- cannot open attachments in mail

Iphone 14- cannot open attachments in mail

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 27, 2022 2:42 PM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2022 1:37 PM

Hello, erny129.


If this is happening with one attachment or only from one sender, we advise reaching out to that sender to have them resend the email or format the attachment in a different file type.


If this is happening with all attachments from all senders, some steps from this article may help: If you can't receive email on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support. Follow these steps:

"Remove your email account and set it up again

      1. On your computer, sign in to your email provider’s website. Make sure that all of your email is there or make sure that your email is saved somewhere other than your device.
      2. On your device, go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.
      3. Tap the email account that you want to remove.
      4. Tap Delete Account.
      5. Add your account again."


As with all unexpected iPhone behavior, you might also want to try taking the following steps which may help with this: restart your iPhone, make sure it is up to date, close the Mail app, then reopen it and make sure all apps are updated.

      1. Restart your iPhone
      2. Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
      3. Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch
      4. How to manually update apps on your Apple device


Let us know if we can help with anything else at all or if this doesn't settle your issue. Thanks and have a fabulous day!

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Sep 29, 2022 1:37 PM in response to erny129

Hello, erny129.


If this is happening with one attachment or only from one sender, we advise reaching out to that sender to have them resend the email or format the attachment in a different file type.


If this is happening with all attachments from all senders, some steps from this article may help: If you can't receive email on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support. Follow these steps:

"Remove your email account and set it up again

      1. On your computer, sign in to your email provider’s website. Make sure that all of your email is there or make sure that your email is saved somewhere other than your device.
      2. On your device, go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.
      3. Tap the email account that you want to remove.
      4. Tap Delete Account.
      5. Add your account again."


As with all unexpected iPhone behavior, you might also want to try taking the following steps which may help with this: restart your iPhone, make sure it is up to date, close the Mail app, then reopen it and make sure all apps are updated.

      1. Restart your iPhone
      2. Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
      3. Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch
      4. How to manually update apps on your Apple device


Let us know if we can help with anything else at all or if this doesn't settle your issue. Thanks and have a fabulous day!

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