Adding email addresses

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To add an email account to your iPhone in the Apple Mail app, use the following steps to accomplish this: Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

There are two ways that you can set up an email account in the Mail app on your iOS device — automatically or manually. Learn which option is best for you.

Set up automatically if you use a common email provider

If you use an email provider like iCloud, Google, Microsoft Exchange, or Yahoo, Mail can automatically set up your email account with just your email address and password. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.

2. Tap Add Account, then select your email provider.

3. Enter your email address and password.

4. If you see Next, tap Next and wait for Mail to verify your account.

5. If you see Save, tap Save.

Learn which listed email provider matches your email account

These steps should help you to add the Gmail account to the Apple Mail app.

Take care.