How to Copy an Email on iPhone or iPad

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Last Updated: June 8, 2022 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to copy an email from your mailbox to your clipboard as a PDF document, using an iPhone or iPad. You can then paste the copied PDF, and insert it into a note in the Notes app, or share it in another email or text message.

1

Open your iPhone or iPad's Mail app.

Tap the Mail icon on your Home screen. It's the icon that looks like an envelope on a blue background.

2

Select an email message.

Tap the email you want to copy. This opens it in full-screen.

3

Tap the curved arrow icon at the bottom.

This button is next to the Trash in the lower-right corner of your screen. Your email options will be opened on a pop-up menu.

4

Tap "Print" on the menu.

This will open your email's print preview on a new page. Don't worry, you won't need to print it on an actual printer.
- Swipe left on the preview pages to view all the pages of your email.
- Optionally, you can tap the Range field on this page, and select a page range to copy. This might be useful if you don't want to copy all the pages of the email.

5

Zoom in on the page preview.

Pinch out on your email's print preview with two fingers to zoom in. This will open your email's page preview in full-screen.
- On some versions, you may have to long-press on the page preview instead of pinching out with two fingers.

6

Tap the Sharing icon.

Tap the
icon on the top-right. Your options menu will slide in from the bottom of your screen.

7

Tap "Copy" on the menu.

It's the two gray pages on the bottom of the menu. It will copy the entire email to your clipboard as a PDF document.
- You can then paste the email and all of its pages to Notes or an email or text message.