Mail app not showing latest emails on iPhone [Fixed]

Nowadays, it has become convenient to use smartphones to handle all work, and communicating official emails has become easier. But we have received several reports from many iPhone users that they are not receiving their latest emails on the Mail app on their iPhone. No matter how many times they try, it won't refresh.

It kind of interrupts their work and creates problems. Therefore, we decided to analyze this further to find out what caused the problem and describe it in detail in the following section.

1. Technical issue with the Mail application.
2. The internal storage on your iPhone is full.
3. Low/weak internet connection on iPhone.
4. The iCloud mail server may be down.
5. The Mail application's extraction settings must have been changed
6. The email password has been reset.

After researching the possible causes of this issue, we have gathered a number of fixes that may help you.

Fixes to try first

1. Test your internet connection – Make sure you have an internet connection to load the latest email on your mail app mail. To test your Internet connection, browse some pages on your web browser. Restart your Wi-Fi router once, and if the router isn't working, switch to mobile data.
2. Check Mail App Server and Email Account Server Status – This type of error may be thrown if the iCloud mail server is down. Also, you need to check if the email account server is Google mail server, Yahoo etc.
3. Check Email Password – If you have recently changed/reset the password of your email account, you are bound to receive this type of error message. So try to log in to your email account on the mail app using the updated password.

Fix 1 – Change Mail Fetch Settings

Step 1: Start by launching the “Settings” app.

Step 2: Then go to the Mail option in the Settings menu list.

Step 3: Now select the Account option by clicking on it.

Step 4: On the Account page, you have to select the "Get New Data" option as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 5: Enable Push Click on its toggle button option.

Step 6: Select your email account from the list as shown below.

Step 7: Then click to get options.

Step 8: Now return to the Get New Data page.

Step 9: Click "Automatic" under the "Get" section at the bottom, as shown in the picture below.

Fix 2 – Reinstall the Mail app

Step 1: You need to go to the home screen and find the Mail app icon , then press and hold the icon.

Step 2: It will generate the context menu list of the mail application.

Step 3: Select Remove App from the context menu as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 4: Then click on Remove App from the pop-up list.

Step 5: Finally, click Delete to continue.

Step 6: Now the uninstallation of Mail app from iPhone will begin.

Step 7: Once completed, you should open the App Store on your iPhone.

Step 8: Search the Mail app on the App Store.

Step 9: After entering the mail application page, click the cloud symbol.

Step 10: This will start downloading and installing the Mail app on your iPhone again.

Fix 3 – Force Restart iPhone

Step 1: Press and release your iPhone’s Volume Up button, then press the Volume Down button Do the same thing.

Step 2: Once completed, now you have to press and hold the Power button on the side of your iPhone.

Step 3: Release it only when you see the Apple logo on the screen.

Step 4: Then it starts to force restart iPhone.

Fix 4 – Enable Background App Refresh settings for the Mail app

Step 1: Go to the "Settings" app.

Step 2: Click General.

Step 3: Select the Background Application Refresh option in the general menu.

Step 4: Then click on Background App Refresh at the top as shown below.

Step 5: Select Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi & Mobile Data by clicking on it.

Fix 5 – Delete the email account and add it again

Step 1: Open the “Settings” app and search from the list "Mail" option and click on it.

Step 2: Click on the Account option as shown below.

Step 3: Here you will see all the email accounts that have been added to the Mail app.

Step 4: To delete an email account, click Email Account among the accounts listed.

Step 5: After opening, click "Delete Account" at the bottom, as shown in the picture.

Step 6: Now click on Delete from My iPhone on the pop-up window.

Step 7: Once completed, click Add Account on the Account page.

Step 8: After this, you have to follow the on-screen instructions to add the previously deleted email account.

Fix 6 – Restart the Mail app and refresh it once

Step 1: To force close the Mail app, you have to go to the App Switcher on your iPhone .

Step 2: To open the app switcher, swipe your iPhone screen up and to the right from the bottom left corner.

Step 3: Once the app switcher appears, find MailApp from the list of apps running in the background and slide it up.

#Step 4: This force closes the Mail app on iPhone.

Step 5: Now go to the home screen and reopen the Mail application by clicking on its icon.

Step 6: Once the Mail app reopens, wait for it to load all the emails in your email account.

Step 7: If it is not loading the latest emails, swipe down from the top of the Mail app to refresh the content manually.

Fix 7 – Reset Network Settings on iPhone

When nothing works, it might be due to some changes made to the network settings on iPhone. What we can do now is reset the network settings to their default values. During the process of resetting network settings, you must log back into all network connections on your iPhone in order for this issue to be resolved.

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