The Mail app allows you to add certain senders to a safe senders list on iPhone. This is also called white listing. You can learn how to whitelist an email on iPhone, which tells the Mail app emails from this sender are safe, so their emails go to your inbox instead of junk mail. Here's how to whitelist emails and keep them from going to junk by marking them as safe in the Mail app.

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Whitelisting emails keeps you from missing important emails from trusted senders.
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How to Mark Emails Not Junk on iPhone

System Requirements

This tip was tested on an iPhone 17 Pro running iOS 26.2. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

Can't find emails from trusted senders? Mark emails "not junk" to allow them into your inbox instead of losing them in the Spam folder. Here's how to white list a sender in Mail on iPhone:

Open the Mail app.
Tap the caret in the top-left corner until you arrive at Mailboxes.
Tap Junk.
Tap to open the email you want to mark as not junk.
Tap the Folders icon in the bottom menu.
Tap Inbox.

Now this and future emails from this sender will appear in your inbox and stop going to your junk folder. While you're exploring the Mail app, you may also enjoy learning how to add custom inboxes so that you can sort and filter your emails automatically! For more handy iPhone tips and tricks, subscribe to the Tip of the Day newsletter.