How to add an HTML email signature on iPhone or iPad

Learn how to create an HTML signature for the built-in Mail app on your iPhone or iPad with your contact information, website URL, email address, social media links, etc.

HTML Signature for Mail app on iPhone

You cannot create anchor text for your Mail signature on an iPhone or iPad, like iDownloadBlog. Only full links like iDownloadBlog.com or https://makeupvana.store/a%3E are supported. What you can do instead is create an HTML email signature on your computer and add it to your iPhone or iPad by following the steps below.

Add web links to your email signature on iPhone and iPad

Open the Mail app on your Mac or Gmail in a desktop browser and create a new email message. Write your signature and optionally add anchor text: Select a word or phrase, press the Command + K keys, and enter the URL (or right-click and choose Link). Gmail users will select the word and click the tiny Insert link icon.

Add URL to email signature

Tip: To make your email address clickable, prefix it with mailto:, as seen below.

mailto for making email clickable

When done crafting the perfect HTML email signature with links and stylings such as bold, italic, colors, underline, symbols, etc., send the message to yourself.

Send email with HTML signature

Open this email on your iPhone or iPad and copy the entire signature, then go to Settings > Apps > Mail > Signature, and choose All Accounts or Per Account.

Copy HTML email signature on iPhone

Paste the copied signature here and the HTML code will carry over. Close out the Settings app and create a new message in the Mail app. The HTML signature will be automatically appended to the bottom; write your message above and hit the send button.

Add HTML signature to iOS Mail

HTML styling and anchor text instead of plain URLs in your email signature adds value and looks professional. Experiment with various ideas and choose what to include or exclude in your email signature, like your personal or work emails, social media handles and more. Keep in mind that your signatures in the Mail app don’t sync via iCloud, which permits you to have different signatures on each iPhone or iPad you own.

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