How to Customize iPhone Mail Swipe Actions

Time needed: 3 minutes

To change what swiping actions will accomplish and reveal in iOS Mail on an iPhone:

1. Open the Settings app on iPhone.

2. Go to the Mail app options.

   Here’s how: Choose Apps, then open Mail.

3. Select Swipe Options under Message List.

4. Pick what you want to happen for a long swipe right.

   Here’s how: Tap Swipe Right, then choose from the available actions.
   Delete or archive: If you choose Archive, long swipes right will delete for accounts (notably Gmail) that have archiving set as the default action for left swipes.
   Move: The Move Message action will open the moving sheet.
   Disable: To turn off long swipes to the right altogether, choose None.

5. Choose what item should appear as the middle choice in the menu that appears for left swipes.

   Here’s how: Select Swipe Left, then choose the desired action.
   Flag or read: Both flagging and marking as read toggle the respective characteristic — Flag turns into Unflag for a flagged email, for example.
   Turn off: You can remove the middle item from the left swipe menu by choosing None.
   Their word: Apple include information on Mail options in the iPhone User Guide.