GMail not marked read on computer after reading on iphone

Ever since downloading the new IOS 16 on my iphone 14 pro I have been having email problems.

I use the apple mail app to sync and access all my email accounts (multiple gmail).

I can access my gmail account emails on the apple mail but after reading them I noticed that when I log into my one of my gmail accounts on my computer the emails that I previously read on my iphone with new IOS 16 are not marked as read but rather as unread. There is a synching issue between gmail and apple after this new IOS 16 release that is not sending the notification to the gmail servers that the emails have been read on iphone. Anyone have a solution for this?

iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on Dec 4, 2022 3:19 PM

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Mar 14, 2023 6:27 PM in response to BenEvest

I'm having the same issue. Thought I was going crazy because up until a couple days ago everything was working great. Also, when I read my emails on my laptop, they appear as "read" on my iPhone. But the reverse is not true. When I read them on my iPhone, they are showing up as "unread" on my laptop.


Somehow my iPhone Gmail account shows 33 unread messages, my laptop Gmail account shows 140, and logging into Gmail from Safari shows me 23 unread messages. My head is about to explode. LOL

Apr 8, 2023 11:39 AM in response to LD150

Is it really Apple’s solution to delete accounts on multiple devices and then set them all back up again? That seems like a painful user experience. I just did the update to 16.4.1, and still have the same issue as many of the users above. I’ve spent the better part of today trying to address this with all of the other suggestions already to no avail.

Apr 16, 2023 6:41 AM in response to BenEvest

When I read gmail on my laptop, the email is marked as read on my iphone, but when I read on my iphone, the email is not marked as read. Leading to same issue of having to delete many emails I'd already read. I just deleted my gmail account from my iphone and added it back, but that did not work (e.g., I opened an email on my phone, read it, but it was showing as unread via the gmail browswer on my laptop). I installed the gmail/google app on my iphone, and that seemed to do the trick. I prefer not to learn how to use yet another app, but I guess it's better than deleting extra emails everyday.

Apr 28, 2023 5:50 AM in response to LD150

LD150 What a wonderful state of mind you have here ! I don't have a problem, so there's no problem.

I sincerely hope you're not developping software for a living, or you'd be the king of "works on my machine" ..


Sometimes, bugs are weird.. and one solution may apply to one device and not work on other devices..

It is the case here.. I also have this problem, did exactly what you said.. worked like a charm for 2 minutes.. and back to no sync.. I get new emails alright, but modifications and read status won't sync

May 4, 2023 7:40 AM in response to BenEvest

I seem to have fixed my issue. I tried all of the suggestions here but nothing worked.

So, I went into gmail on Safari, on a computer, went to settings and turns out the POP transfer was turned off there, not on the iPhone. I also do not know how it got turned off since I don't go around changing my gmail settings but maybe it will help some of you to check this.

mail.google.com then the settings button on the top right -> advanced settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP.


Good luck.

GMail not marked read on computer after reading on iphone

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