---
title: "How to Configure an iPhone / iPad for Email"
description: "You can set up your iPhone or iPad to connect to your InMotion Hosting email by following the steps below. If you do not know your email settings, please see our Getting Started guide for Email...."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/configure-iphone-email/
date: 2011-08-25
modified: 2023-10-19
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Email", "iPhone"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Configure an iPhone / iPad for Email

![How to Configure an iPhone / iPad for Email - header image](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/add-email-ios-1024x538.jpg)

You can set up your iPhone or iPad to connect to your InMotion Hosting email by following the steps below. If you do not know your email settings, please see our [Getting Started guide for Email](/support/email/getting-started-guide-email/). Also, if you are a [web hosting Reseller](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/reseller-hosting), your settings will differ; you can [view email settings](/support/email/how-to-find-email-settings/) in cPanel at any time.

Apple continually updates its iOS for iPad and iPhone. New features often include improved security, fixed bugs, and increased performance. In order to be able to send/receive messages with the [email accounts created with your domain](/support/email/how-to-create-an-email-account/), you will need to configure the [iOS Mail App](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210511) corresponding with the server settings from your email provider. Follow the steps below to learn **how to add an email account to your iPhone / iPad**. These steps also apply to other devices using iOS.

![How to Configure the iPhone Email Client](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/4SI4mZUl_bc/maxresdefault.webp)

## How to Add an Email Account to Your iPhone / iPad

1. From your home screen, find the **Settings** icon and tap on it to open it.![Settings icon highlighted from home screen](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_home-screen-settings-icon.png)
2. In iOS versions 11 – 13, scroll to locate the **Accounts & Passwords** menu option and tap on it to proceed. In iOS 14 (or higher), you will not see **Accounts and Passwords** in the Settings section. You will first need to tap on **Mail**. Then you will see **Accounts**. Tap on either **Accounts & Passwords** or just **Accounts** to proceed. Passwords is now a separate section in Settings for iOS 14+.![Settings: Account & Passwords option highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_settings-options-accounts-and-passwords.png)*The image above applies to iOS 11-13.*![Select Account screen](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/settings-accounts-473x1024.jpg)*If you have version 14+, then you will simply see **Accounts** by itself.*
3. In iOS 11-13 you will see a screen labeled **Accounts & Passwords**. There will be a list of existing email accounts and an option at the bottom labeled **Add Account**. iOS 14 users will see a similar screen but it will be labeled **Accounts**. Tap on **Add Account** to proceed.![Accounts & Passwords: Add Account option highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_accounts-and-passwords-options-add-account.png)
4. Tap to select **Other** as the category of account to add..![Add Acounts: Other option highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_add-acounts-options-other.png)
5. Tap on **Add Mail Account** to continue..![Other: Add Mail Account option highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_other-options-add-mail-account.png)
6. Fill in the details for each field and tap **Next** at the top right.![Add Account all fields filled, Next highlighted at the top right](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_new-account-description-field.png) **NOTE:** The table below provides the fields, descriptions, and sample values to explain what values are expected. FieldDescriptionValueNameEnter your name. This name is used as the sender when addressing emails.Johnny AppleseedEmailEnter the email address that you are creating this new account for. This needs to be the *FULL* email address.user@example.comPasswordEnter the password associated with your email address.P@$sw0rd123!DescriptionEnter a description to help identify this account on your device.Example Mail
7. At this point, you can select which protocol to use to access your email. IMAP is selected by default, however, if you want to use POP, then you can tap on the **POP** tab. We use IMAP in our example, as that is recommended.**NOTE:** IMAP is the optimal protocol to use when accessing your email from multiple locations, especially on mobile devices. Select POP if this is the ONLY device you will access your email account from. Accessing an email account on multiple devices using the POP protocol can cause emails to be lost or removed.![New Account: IMAP tab selected and highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account.png)
8. Enter the **Host Name** for the *Incoming Mail Server*.![New Account IMAP: Incoming Server Host Name field highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-incoming-host-name-field.png)
9. Enter the *FULL* email address in the **User Name** field for the *Incoming Mail Server*.![New Account IMAP: Incoming Server Password field highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-incoming-password-field.png)
10. The **Password** field for the *Incoming Mail Server* should contain the password you entered from the previous screen.![New Account IMAP: Incoming Server Password field highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-incoming-password-field.png)
11. Enter the **Host Name** for the *Outgoing Mail Server*.![New Account IMAP: Outgoing Server Host Name field highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-outgoing-host-name-field.png)
12. Enter the *FULL* email address in the **User Name** field for the *Outgoing Mail Server*.![New Account IMAP: Outgoing Server User Name field highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-outgoing-user-name-field.png)
13. Enter the password associated with the email address in the **Password** field for the *Outgoing Mail Server*.![New Account IMAP: Outgoing Server Password field highlighted](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-outgoing-password-field.png)
14. Confirm all your settings are entered correctly, then proceed by tapping on **Next** at the top right.![New Account IMAP: Next button highlighted at top right](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-new-account-next.png)
15. Your iOS device will proceed to verify a connection to the mail server based on the settings entered. When successful, the next screen will allow you to add this account to your device’s additional Apps (if applicable). If you would like to setup the additional account(s), simply tap on the toggle switch to enable them. By default, **Mail** is enabled (since we are setting up a Mail account), so you can proceed to tap on **Save** at the top right.![IMAP: Save button highlighted at top right](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ios-11_add-mail-account_imap-save-account.png)

Congratulations! You now know how to **add an email account** **in iOS**. You can begin to send and receive emails from your device. If you need to change the email server settings, check out our tutorial on [How to Set the Mail Server Settings in iOS](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/edit-email-server-settings-in-ios/). If you are interested in accessing Webmail through cPanel’s new iOS App, be sure to check out our guide to learn [How to Set Up cPanel App for iOS 11](/support/edu/cpanel/cpanel-app-for-ios/). Lastly, if you ever change your email password, be sure to update the password in your iOS mail client to avoid being accidentally blocked by fail2ban.

Check out some of our other articles on iPhone tips and tricks:

- [How to Customize Email Settings in iOS](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/ios-email-settings/)
- [How to Get an Image from Your iPhone with Files in iOS 13](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/iphone/how-to-get-an-image-from-your-iphone-without-airdrop/)

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