Remove an Email Account from an iPhone
This article teaches to you remove email accounts from your iPhone, deleting any data synced to the Mail, Calendar, and Contacts apps.
10 Second Summary
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Mail.
3. Tap Accounts.
4. Select the account you wish to delete.
5. Tap Delete Account.
6. Tap Delete From My iPhone.
Steps
- Open the iPhone's Settings. This is the grey icon with gears on the home screen.
- Scroll down and tap Mail. This is about half way down the page.
- Tap Accounts.
- Select the account you wish to remove.
- Tap Delete Account.
- If you are trying to delete an iCloud.com email, you will be taken to the iCloud Settings page and will only have the option to Sign Out at the bottom of the page.
- Tap Delete From My iPhone. The email account will be removed from the Mail app on your phone.
- This action only removes the account from the phone. It does not delete the account itself.
- Deleting the account will also remove any calendars or contacts synced from that account. If you just want to disable the Mail and keep calendars or contacts. Turn off the Mail button on the account page instead of deleting.
