How to Auto Reply in Mail on iPhone

You can use the Mail app to set up an out-of-office reply when you don't use Mail often on your iPhone, or set up an out-of-office reply in iCloud Mail . Here's how to set up an out-of-office reply in Mail on your iPhone.

How to Auto Reply in iPhone or iPad Mail

Step 1:

You access Settings on iPhone then click Mail then select the email address you want to set up this feature. Then you will click on Automatic Reply setting to enable for iPhone Mail

After activating the auto reply mode, click on End Date to select the end time of the auto reply message mode .

Step 2:

Next, enter the email content you want to automatically reply to . You can enable External Away Message if you want to send other messages to people outside your organization. Continue to click Respond to Mail from and then enter the reply content.

Finally, click Save to save this setting for the Mail app on iPhone.

Since Mail on iPhone doesn't have a Start Date option for automatic email replies, any replies you create will start sending immediately. If you want to set up the message in advance and trigger it later, just turn off Automatic Reply.

Lesley Montoya

Update 06 August 2025