Learn how to forward your iCloud emails to Gmail, Outlook, or any other account to keep all your messages in one inbox and improve your email management.
Managing multiple email accounts doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Whether you use iCloud Mail for shopping receipts, travel plans, or personal messages, you can easily forward all incoming emails to your main inbox to avoid checking multiple accounts separately or worry about missing important messages.
With iCloud Mail on the web, setting up email forwarding is quick and simple. We’ll show you how to forward all your iCloud emails automatically, or just specific ones, and then turn off this feature later.
Forward incoming iCloud emails to another account
1) Visit iCloud.com/mail in a web browser on your computer and sign in with your Apple account.
2) Click the gear icon near the top-left corner and choose Settings.
3) Select Forwarding on the left side.
4) Tick the box next to “Forward my email to:” on the right side, then enter the email address where you’d like to forward your incoming iCloud emails, like your Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, or any other email account.
5) You can optionally tick the box next to “Delete messages after forwarding” to have iCloud Mail automatically delete messages after they have been forwarded to another account.
6) Click the X button to close the iCloud Mail settings.
To test whether forwarding works correctly, shoot an email to your iCloud account and then check if the message has been forwarded to the account you entered above.
If you can’t remember your iCloud email address, it’s listed in the Account section of your iCloud Mail settings on the web, along with any aliases you’ve created.
You can remove email forwarding just as easily; just head back to the Forwarding section in your iCloud Mail settings and untick the box next to “Forward my email to:”.
Only forward specific iCloud emails
If you’d like to only forward incoming emails from specific senders or containing a particular phrase in the subject line, you’ll need to create a forwarding rule in iCloud Mail.
1) Visit iCloud.com/mail in a desktop browser and sign in with your Apple account.
2) Click the gear icon near the top-left corner and choose Settings.
2) Select the Rules option on the left side, and then click Add New Rule or hit the plus button (+) on the right side.
3) Click the “Message” menu and choose a desired rule.
4) Now click the “Action” menu and select the “Forward to” action, then type the email address for forwarding and hit the Add button to save your rule. To remove this forwarding rule in the future, select it in the iCloud Mail settings on the web and click the Delete Rule button.
Do more with iCloud Mail
These email rules are pretty powerful, as they can automate your inbox management. For more information, be sure to read our dedicated guide to email rules on iCloud Mail.
And if you prefer the built-in Mail app on your Mac over the iCloud Mail web app, no worries—Apple Mail on the Mac provides much more powerful email rules, so be sure to check them out.