IPad keyboard disappears in Mail

The keyboard on my iPad regularly disappears when I am typing in Mail and the only way I can recover is to delete the message (saving it as a draft) and then reopening the draft to continue typing.


This only happens in Mail on new and forwarded messages as well as replies. The iPad is fully up to date (6.5.1 (c)) and has no special keyboards installed. I’ve also hard reset the device several times and force-closed the app but the problem persists, albeit randomly and only in Mail.

iPad Pro (6th generation)

Posted on Aug 4, 2023 2:48 AM

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Posted on Aug 4, 2023 4:29 AM

When the on-screen keyboard seemingly disappears upon returning to the Mail App, simply tap the To or Cc/Bcc field of the currently open draft message; the keyboard should reappear.

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IPad keyboard disappears in Mail

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