How to Copy an Email on iPhone or iPad

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Last Updated: June 25, 2018 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.

Steps

1
Open the Mail app on your iPhone or iPad. The Mail icon looks like a white envelope on a blue background.
2
Tap the email you want to copy. Find the email you want to copy in your mailbox, and tap on it to open the email in full-screen.

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3
Tap the curved arrow icon at the bottom. This button is located next to the Trash icon in the lower-right corner of your screen. Your email options will be opened on a pop-up menu.
4
Tap Print on the pop-up menu. This will open your email's print preview on a new page.
- 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
icon on the top-right. You can find it in the upper-right corner of your screen. Your options menu will slide in from the bottom of your screen.
7
Tap Copy on the pop-up menu. This button looks like two gray pages on the bottom row of the pop-up 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.
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