# How to delete an email account on your iPad

> Learn how to remove an email account from your iPad in a few quick steps.

Source: https://www.kualo.com/knowledgebase/email-apple/how-to-delete-an-email-account-on-your-ipad
Updated: 2026-06-09

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Follow these steps to remove an email account from your iPad. Note that deleting an account also removes any messages stored locally on the device.

:::warning
Deleting an email account from your iPad permanently removes all messages stored on the device for that account. Make sure you have copies of anything important before continuing.
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1. Open the **Settings** app on your iPad. Its location on your home screen may differ from the screenshots below.

   ![Settings icon on iPad](https://kb-cdn.kualo.com/c4/f2/c4f24607efc72f15d1aefcf9c0134d35783b0fd4.png)

2. Go to **Mail** (on older versions of iPadOS this section was labelled **Mail, Contacts, Calendars**), then tap the email account you want to remove.

   ![Mail settings screen showing account list](https://kb-cdn.kualo.com/13/ef/13ef2445dad712477a3513630371cf32a693cfdf.png)

3. Scroll down and tap **Delete Account**.

   ![Delete Account button](https://kb-cdn.kualo.com/62/4f/624f87358ff801fcc8431bd9627eb0f671a640f7.png)

4. Tap **Delete from My iPad** to confirm.

   ![Confirmation prompt](https://kb-cdn.kualo.com/94/b2/94b222672a0a81da5baf0abf46472b7f8b3d437a.png)

5. The account is now removed and will no longer appear in your account list.

   ![Account list with account removed](https://kb-cdn.kualo.com/a8/d3/a8d3e90ce8b2c1281cd7f55e32c929ba1d346532.png)

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