You can set up multiple email accounts on your iPhone, allowing you to get all of the email messages that you need to read in one convenient location. But when you are navigating between all of the inboxes for these accounts in your Mail app, it can be difficult to distinguish between similar accounts.
The account names that are chosen for your email accounts by default may not be helpful, depending upon the type and number of accounts that you have set up.
Fortunately, you can change the account name for mail accounts on your iPhone to make them easier to navigate.
Change Mail Account Name in iOS 9
Device used: iPhone 6 Plus
Software version: iOS 9.1
The steps in this article will change the account name for an account that you have configured in the Mail app on your iPhone. This will not change anything about the way that other people see emails that you send from the device. This is mainly used to make it easier for you to identify an email account on your iPhone, either in the Mail settings menu, or in the folder view of the Mail app.
Step 1: Open the Settings menu.
Step 2: Scroll down and select the Mail, Contacts, Calendars option.
Step 3: Select the email account for which you want to change the account name. Note that this is one of the screen where your new account name will be displayed.
Step 4: Tap the Account button at the top of the screen.
Step 5: Tap inside the Description field, delete the current description, then enter the new account name. You can tap the Done button at the top-right corner of the screen when you are finished.
Now that you know how to change an email account name on an iPhone, you can modify the name that is displayed on the emails you send from the device.
Summary – Editing an iPhone Email Description
- Open Settings.
- Choose Mail.
- Select Accounts.
- Tap on the account.
- Select the Account button.
- Edit any information, then tap Done.
Are you tired of the red icon with the number in it that displays how many unread messages are in your inbox? You can mark all of your emails as read on your iPhone to make that icon go away.
Kermit Matthews is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with more than a decade of experience writing technology guides. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science and has spent much of his professional career in IT management.
He specializes in writing content about iPhones, Android devices, Microsoft Office, and many other popular applications and devices.