Manage mail on Apple Watch
Choose which mailboxes appear on Apple Watch
Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, then go to Mail > Include Mail.
Tap the accounts you want to see on your Apple Watch under Accounts. You can specify multiple accounts—for example, iCloud and the account you use at work.
If you want, tap specific mailboxes in an account to see their contents on your Apple Watch.
By default you see messages from all inboxes. You can also choose to view messages from VIPs, flagged messages, unread messages, and more.
View specific accounts on Apple Watch
Open the Mail app
on your Apple Watch.
Tap < in the top-left corner to see a list of accounts and special mailboxes, such as Flagged and Unread.
Tap an account or mailbox to view its contents.
To see your email from all accounts, tap All Inboxes.
Delete, mark as unread or read, or flag a message
Open the Mail app on your Apple Watch, tap the message, then firmly press the display to:
Delete a message: Tap Trash.
If you’re looking at the message list, swipe left on the message, then tap
.
Mark a message unread or read: Tap Unread or Read.
If you’re looking at the message list, swipe right on the message, then tap the Read or Unread button.
Flag a message: Tap Flag. (You can also unflag a message that’s already been flagged.)
If you’re looking at the message list, swipe left on the message, then tap
.
To change the flag style, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, then go to Mail > Custom > Flag Style.
![When you press the display while viewing a message on Apple Watch, four buttons appear on the screen: Reply, Flag, Unread, and Trash.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C8928BF0946225B7E296CC1/5C8928C20946225B7E296CCB/en_US/93be0edcc92b4d8f44d448ac5fe3a0c2.png)
If you swipe on a message thread, the action you choose (Trash, Flag, Read, or Unread) applies to the entire thread.
Customize alerts
Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, tap Mail, tap an account, then turn on Show Alerts.
Turn Sound and Haptic on or off.
Shorten your message list
To make your mail list more compact, reduce the number of preview text lines shown for each email in the list.
Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, tap Mail, then tap Message Preview.
Choose to show only 1 line, or none.
Load remote images
Some emails can contain links that point to online images. If you allow remote images to load, those images appear in the email. To allow these images, follow these steps:
Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, tap Mail, tap Custom, then turn on Load Remote Images.
Note: Loading remote images can cause email to download more slowly to your Apple Watch.