iPadOS 26 Mail shows two columns instead of full screen when viewing emails

In iPad OS 26 Mail now displays two columns instead of switching to full screen after selecting an email. Is there any way to get back to the original way of viewing an email full screen?


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Original Title: New mail view iniPad OS26

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Sep 19, 2025 6:06 PM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2025 5:23 AM

I did find that double tapping on the mail message in the left pane, opens the email in full screen. But there is no obvious “cancel” button. If I hit the Reply arrow then Cancel, my iPad screen returns to the two pane view.

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Oct 3, 2025 1:40 PM in response to WilliamL

The moderators have nothing to do with software design and development, different business unit, in different locations, and they are too busy to forward comments to the development teams. And it’s possible that the change was generated with AI.


But you have what you want already, as I posted earlier: If you double-tap the message in the left column it opens full screen, then tap at the very top above the full screen image to close the full screen image.




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