Hide My Email is a feature in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 that allows you to hide and keep private your personal email address. The function allows Apple devices to share unique, random email addresses that users can use to sign up for websites and apps that require their personal email addresses.
The random addresses assist in forwarding emails to your personal mailbox while also allowing you to remove them at any time. Hide My Email can also be accessed directly from the Safari, Mail, and iCloud settings on the iPhone and iPad.
This post will guide you through the process of using Hide My Email on your Apple device.
Before we continue, it’s worth noting that the Hide My Email feature is part of iCloud+, a paid subscription-based service that starts at $0.99 each month.
How to set up Hide My Email
Hide My Email can be enabled once you have iCloud+ on your iPhone or iPad.
- Go to Settings.
- Tap your name from the top.
- Now, select iCloud > Hide My Email.
- Tap + Create new address. This will allow Apple to generate a random email address with @icloud.com that you can use for signing up on a new site or app, without letting the developers know your personal email address. The emails shared with the randomly generated email address will land in your personal inbox.
- Hit Continue if you like the auto-generated random email address. Alternatively, you can tap Use different address to get a new email.
- Now, you need to create a label for your address to help you remember how you are using it in the future. You can also add a note for further reference.
- Tap Next from the top-right side.
Your random email address is now ready for use. When you wish to use it on your iPhone or iPad, simply copy it from the Hide My Email settings.
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How to manage email addresses created using Hide My Email
The steps below will show you how to manage or delete your Hide My Email randomly generated email addresses.
- Go to Settings.
- Tap your name from the top.
- Select iCloud > Hide My Email.
- Tap the Label that is associated with the random email address that you want to manage.
- Select the Label option if you want to change the label of your address. You can also add a note by tapping Note. If you want to delete the address altogether, you can do that as well — by tapping Deactivate email address.
Although Hide My Email has been available on Apple devices since the September release of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 released earlier this month extended the capability to the Mail app. This allowed users to generate a random email address to use while sending an email with the preloaded app.