How can I rearrange my email folders on my iphone?

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How can I rearrange my email folders on my iphone?

I have my email folders on my iMac in a particular order (NOT alphabetical). In the past, was able to rearrange the folders on my iPhone email app to match the order on my iMac. However, I recently renamed some folders and now the folders in my iPhone email app have been forced into alphabetical order no longer matching the order on my iMac. When I enter "edit" mode in the iPhone email app it does not let me rearrange the order in any way (that I can find at least). I am unable to drag and drop them. I tried synchronizing the mailboxes but that did NOT fix the issue.

Was this feature removed from the iPhone email app? Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 8, 2023 2:17 PM

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SzwakyD Author

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Apr 8, 2023 3:28 PM in response to LD150

I am NOT talking about different email accounts. I didn’t even use the word accounts in my original question. I am only talking about folders within my one (and only) Apple email account and when I mentioned syncing the email, I was referring only to my apple email account between my phone, iMac, and iCloud.

Also, one could indeed in the past rearrange the folders (in the same account) on the iPhone to match the iMac. I had that up until today. Now it won’t let me all of the sudden.

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LD150

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Apr 8, 2023 3:20 PM in response to SzwakyD

Within an account you cannot, and have never been able to re-order the folders in the accounts section at the bottom

You can re-order the folders in the top section only and you can add new mailboxes from the ones on the accounts to appear in the top section, such as the folder AAPPLE that is in my Outlook.com account

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LD150

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Apr 8, 2023 3:48 PM in response to SzwakyD

Well that must have been before my time (6 years).

No I was showing you what you can do in addition to what you cannot do in case that wad what you were remembering.

Bottom line is - no you cannot do what you want. Don't get mad at the messenger.

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How can I rearrange my email folders on my iphone?

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