How to Separate Threads in iPhone Mail App

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This wikihow teaches you how to turn off the Mail app setting that keeps all the emails from one conversation in the same thread. Once you turn this off, messages from the same conversation will appear in your inbox as separate emails. [1]

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    The Settings icon has gray gears on it and is found on your Home Screen.
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    The Mail app's icon has a white envelope on it, and it's located under the fifth set of menu options.
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    This option is found in the fourth set of menu options beneath the "THREADING" heading. When you turn off this switch, emails from the same conversation will appear in your inbox separately.
    • The switch is in the "off" position when it changes from green to white.
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      1. Open Settings.
      2. Tap Mail.
      3. Turn off "Organize by Thread."

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