How to Turn Off iCloud Mail on an iPhone

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This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent your iCloud mailbox from synchronizing with the iOS "Mail" app.

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    Do so by tapping the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens (it might also be in a folder named "Utilities").
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    It should turn grey, signifying that your Mail app will no longer back up to iCloud. You also won't be able to access your iCloud inbox from within the Mail app.
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    I use iCloud to sync my three devices. Suddenly, something has changed so that when I send an email link, I have a webpage to another person and it uses my iCloud address. How do I change it to my email?
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    Make sure in email that when you send an email, it says From: the email you want to send it to. Or, in Settings, go to accounts or into your contact and into email, and remove the iCloud account.
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      • Your Mail app won't alert you to any new mail from the iCloud account when this option is disabled.
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      1. Open your iPhone's Settings .
      2. Scroll to the fourth group of options and select iCloud .
      3. Slide the Mail switch left to the Off position.

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