How to Stop Pushing New Email Data to an iPhone when Available
Open your iPhone’s Settings., Tap Mail., Tap Accounts., Tap Fetch New Data., Turn off the slider next to “Push.” It should be the first option on this page.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open your iPhone’s Settings.
It’s a grey app that should appear on the Home Screen. -
Step 2: Tap Mail.
It’s in the fifth section of the Settings menu. , It’s in the first section of this screen. , It’s in the second section on this page. , Once disabled, the space to the right of the button should be white.
Once this feature is disabled, your phone will not download new email data as it is made available.
Instead, it will “fetch” this information according to the settings listed on the “Fetch New Data” page (either on a regular time interval, or whenever you manually open the Mail app).
This feature can always be re-enabled by tapping the slider next to “Push” so that the space to the left of the button becomes green. -
Step 3: Tap Accounts.
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Step 4: Tap Fetch New Data.
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Step 5: Turn off the slider next to “Push.” It should be the first option on this page.
Detailed Guide
It’s a grey app that should appear on the Home Screen.
It’s in the fifth section of the Settings menu. , It’s in the first section of this screen. , It’s in the second section on this page. , Once disabled, the space to the right of the button should be white.
Once this feature is disabled, your phone will not download new email data as it is made available.
Instead, it will “fetch” this information according to the settings listed on the “Fetch New Data” page (either on a regular time interval, or whenever you manually open the Mail app).
This feature can always be re-enabled by tapping the slider next to “Push” so that the space to the left of the button becomes green.
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