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Email Sync Time – iPhone

On iPhone’s there is an option called “Mail Days To Sync.” This option allows you to save space on your iPhone by telling the server to stop pushing emails to your phone. There are several options to select: 

  • “No Limit” — This option will send all the emails in your inbox and folders to your iPhone
  • “1 Day” — This option will only send emails that are younger than a day to your iPhone, all emails that are older than a day will not be sent to your iPhone. 
  • “3 Days” — This option will only send emails that are younger than 3 days to your iPhone, all emails that are older than 3 days will not be sent to your iPhone
  • “1 Week” — This option will only send emails that are younger than a week to your iPhone, all emails that are older than a week will not be sent to your iPhone
  • “2 Weeks” — This option will only send emails that are younger than 2 weeks to your iPhone, all emails that are older than 2 weeks will not be sent to your iPhone
  • “1 Month” — This option will only send emails that are younger than 1 month to your iPhone, all emails that are older than a month will not be sent to your iPhone

To change your “Mail Days to Sync” settings, follow these steps: 

  1. Go to settings
  2. Mail, Contacts, Calendars 
  3. Select the email account (Exchange) to change 
  4. Scroll down to the “Mail Days To Sync” and click and select the appropriate option from the dropdown menu. 

Updated on July 9, 2019

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