How to Fix Mail Icon Missing from iPhone [4 Tips]

I awoke this morning, checked my iPhone and see that my mail icon has disappeared. I’ve turned the phone off completely just to see if that would bring it back. Nope. Without the icon, it makes it fairly difficult to A) tell if I’ve got a new email, and B) access email in the first place. Anyone know how I go about getting the icon back? Thanks for any help.

A user from Apple Support Communities

This user is not the only iOS user who has reported that their mail icon has disappeared from iPhone due to various reasons like update failure, system crash, virus attack and etc. And you may meet the same situation and need to fix the problem of the mail icon missing from the iPhone as soon as possible. Here in this article, we’ll show you several quick and effective tips to fix it.

4 Tips to Fix Mail Icon Missing from iPhone

Tip 1. Reset the home screen layout on iPhone.

Check your app’s folders and see if it’s hidden there. Then go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset home screen layout.

Tip 2. Reinstall the Mail app on iPhone.

Open the App Store app >tap the search icon and type Mail in the search field. Locate the missing Mail app icon and tap the cloud icon next to it to download.

Tip 3. Reset All Settings on iPhone.

This way won’t cause your apps or data loss, but you’ll need to enter your Wi-Fi password again. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Setting.

Tip 4. Reset Network Settings on iPhone.

Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. This will reset your cellular settings, Wi-Fi networks and passwords, and VPN & APN settings that you’ve used before.

How to Fix iOS Data Disappear from iPhone

There are always users complaining that some iOS data just disappeared from iPhone because of an update failure, system error, Internet problems, and other reasons. You may have made iTunes/iCloud backup for your iPhone, but restoring iPhone with backup means removing everything that existed on iPhone. To get missing iOS data back without trouble, PhoneRescue for iOS is recommended for you to recover disappeared iOS data from iPhone without any hassle.

Step 1. Get PhoneRescue for iOS installed on the computer and run it. Connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable > choose Recover from iOS Device > click Right Arrow button to continue.

Step 2. Select the missing iOS data and unselect the data you don’t need > click OK to start scanning your iPhone data.

Step 3. Previewing all iPhone data after scanning > choose the items you want to recover > click To Computer or To Device to start recovering.

The Bottom Line

With these tips we offered above, it’s not a big problem to fix the problem of mail icon missing from iPhone. When it comes to recovering disappeared data from iPhone, PhoneRescue for iOS is definitely a great helper for you. Now just get it to your computer and have a free trial >