In this quick tutorial, we’ll show you how to turn off or restore the sent mail sound in the Apple Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, allowing you to set it to your preferred settings.
When you send a new email or reply to one from the Apple Mail app, you hear a whoosh or swoosh sound, as if something is leaving your device, which in this case is the message you just sent.
This sound serves no purpose other than to audibly confirm your email is on its way to the recipient. But if you send a lot of messages, it can become quite annoying. Conversely, if you love this sound and audio confirmation, it may cause a bit of doubt when this swoosh sound isn’t played after hitting the send arrow button.
So, whichever camp you’re in, here’s how to enable or disable the swoosh/whoosh sound when sending emails in the Apple Mail app.
On iPhone and iPad
- Open the Settings app and tap Sounds & Haptics.
- Tap Sent Mail.
- To disable the sound, tap None at the top. And to activate the whoosh sound, tap Classic and select Swoosh (Default).
On Mac
Unlike iOS, the sent mail setting for the Mail app isn’t in the Sound section of macOS System Settings. Instead, there is a single option in the Mail app settings to enable or disable all Mail sounds, except for the incoming email notifications.
- Open the Mail app on your Mac and click Mail > Settings from the top menu bar.
- Make sure you’re in the General tab.
- Uncheck the box for “Play sounds for other mail actions,” and now there will be no swoosh sound when you send an email from your Mac. If you want this sound, check the box, and then close the settings window.
Temporary solution — Lower the system volume
If you want to keep the swoosh sound enabled for sent emails, but don’t want to hear them temporarily when you’re in a meeting or library, then turn down the system volume, ringtone volume, or mute all sounds entirely.
On iPhone or iPad
- Reduce the ringtone volume from iOS Settings > Sounds & Haptics.
- Use the physical volume down button to reduce the ringtone volume if you’ve enabled “Change with Buttons” in Sounds & Haptics settings.
- Put your iPhone or iPad in silent mode to mute such alert tones.
On Mac
Unlike iOS, even if I mute my Mac or lower the volume using the keyboard volume keys, the Mail app continues to play the swoosh sound when sending emails. This could be because I’m running macOS Tahoe developer beta on my Mac, so try this on your computer and see if it works.
What’s your reason for disabling or enabling the swoosh sound for new emails in the Apple Mail app?
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