But if your Mail app gets too full, you might also like to know how to delete an email account on your iPhone. The Mail app on my iPhone has too many inboxes synced, and I'd like to remove my email account that I don't need to check very often, my first Gmail account. Whether you'd like to delete an Outlook account, a Yahoo account, or any other email service provider, though, the steps are the same. Let's get started learning how to remove an email account from your iPhone.
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These steps will work for iPhones 5s and later. If you're wondering, "what iPhone do I have?" we have you covered.
How to Delete an Email Account on Your iPhone
We've already covered how to add an email account to your iPhone, now, let's go over what you need to do to do if you don't want that account on your phone any longer. Here's how to remove an email account from your iPhone or iPad. For more great iPhone tutorials, check out our free Tip of the Day.
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Passwords & Accounts.
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- Tap the email account you want to delete.
- Tap Delete Account.
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- Tap Delete from My iPhone to confirm.
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That's it! Now you'll have one fewer email account synced with your iPhone's Mail app.
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