How to mute conversations in Mail [iPhone, iPad e Mac]

2023-04-23 18:00:00

the native app Mail it certainly doesn’t offer the widest range of features and customization compared to third-party apps available on the App Store. Despite this, we can say that most users of iPhones, iPads and Macs use it to check and send their emails.

In today’s tip involving this app, we’ll show you how very simple it is to mute a conversation without having to disable all app notifications as a whole — which turns out to be very useful for long conversations, for example.

See how to do it! ????

How to Mute a Conversation on iPhone/iPad

Open Mail and select the desired conversation. Then, tap the button represented by a little arrow facing left (on the iPhone, it is at the bottom of the screen) and “Mute”.

If you prefer, you can also use the swipe gesture over the message (going from right to left), tapping the three dots and “Silence”.

If you want, you can still choose what should be done with the muted conversation. To do this, open Settings and go to Mail » Muted Conversation. Finally, select “Mark as Read” or “Archive or Delete”.

How to Mute a Conversation on Mac

Open Mail on your Mac and select the conversation you want. Then click the mute button (at the top right of the app window).

Optionally this can also be done by going to Message » Muteon the menu bar, or directly using the shortcut ⌃ control ⇧ shift M.

To archive or delete a muted message in Mail, go to Mail » Adjusted… in the menu bar (or use the shortcut ⌘ command ,). Then click on the “General” tab and check the “Archive or delete muted messages” option.