iCloud User Guide
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
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- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
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- Use iCloud on your Windows computer
- Get more help with iCloud
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Search, filter and flag email in Mail on iCloud.com
There are many ways you can locate emails in Mail on iCloud.com. You can search and filter mail in a mailbox or folder. You can also flag important emails.
Search for emails
You can search all emails within a mailbox or folder.
In Mail on iCloud.com, click the folder you want to search in the Mailboxes list.
Click
above the email list, then type the text you want to find.
You can do any of the following:
Search within a field: After you type a term, choose a suggestion below the search field, such as “Sender contains” or “Subject contains”.
Enter multiple search terms: Type a term, press Enter, then type another term.
Search unread emails: Start typing the word “unread,” then choose the “Message is unread” suggestion.
Search for email from a particular time period: Start typing a date or time period, such as “2022” or “last week,” then choose a date suggestion.
When the search field is empty, you see a list of previous searches.
To exit the search and see all your emails again, click
again.
Filter email
In Mail on iCloud.com, click the folder you want to filter in the Mailboxes list.
Click
above the email list.
You can see the current filter next to “Filtered by”.
Do one of the following:
Change the filter: Click the current filter. In the pop-up menu, choose the filter or filters you want to use.
Stop filtering emails: Click
again.
Tip: You can also filter emails on the iCloud.com homepage. Click in the lower-right corner of the tile, turn it on, then select a filter.
Flag important emails
Flagged emails are displayed with a flag icon . You can filter emails in a folder to show only those that are flagged.
In Mail on iCloud.com, select the email or emails you want to flag in the email list.
Do one of the following:
If you selected one email: Click
at the top, then click Flag.
Tip: You can also flag individual emails in a conversation. Click
in the bottom-right corner of the email, then click Flag.
If you selected multiple emails: Click Mark, then click “Flag [number] messages.”
You can also flag emails on the iCloud.com homepage. Hold the pointer over an email, click , then click Flag.