What Are Mail Categories on Your iPhone and How to Turn Them Off

Apple released iOS 18.4 in March, and that update brought some new emoji to all iPhones. But when Apple released iOS 18.2 in December, it introduced a new feature in your Mail app that sorts your incoming emails into different categories for you, called Categories. "The Mail app automatically sorts your email messages into categories to help you find and manage messages quicker," Apple wrote online. But if you don't like how Categories work in Mail, no worries, you can revert your app to look the way it did before the update. Read more: Everything You Need to Know About iOS 18 Here's what you need to know about Mail Categories and how to turn the feature off so your app looks like it did before the update. What are Mail Categories? Categories in Mail are similar to categories you would find in Gmail. The app filters your emails into one of four categories: Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions. Apple/CNET Emails with receipts, as well as order and delivery information fi ... Read full article.