How to Send a Fast iPhone Group Email in iOS Mail

Don't waste time typing email addresses over and over

iPad with iOS Mail logo
Apple Inc.
by Heinz Tschabitscher
An independent writer who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997.
Updated February 15, 2019

With an increase in remote and mobile workforces, the need to send the same email messages to multiple team members or workers has increased. The To field along with the Cc and Bcc fields in iOS Mail on iPhone and iPad can take any reasonable number of recipients, but it is tedious to type the same list of recipients again and again when emailing a group.

The solution is to use an address book group. After you set up a group in the Contacts app, adding the entire group as recipients is easy in Mail, and doesn't require you to type the addresses repeatedly.

Send an Email to a Group Fast in iOS Mail for iPhone and iPad

To compose a message to a group's multiple recipients fast in Mail for iOS on iPhone and iPad:

  1. Make sure you have set up a Contacts group for the addresses you want to use in bulk.

  2. Tap the iOS Mail icon to open it.

  3. Tap the New Mail icon at the bottom of the screen.

  4. Tap in the To, Cc, or Bcc field of the new email and tap the + symbol to open the Contacts app.

  5. Tap Groups at the top of the Contacts screen.

  6. Search for and tap the group you are sending the email to.​ You can also start typing the group's name and tap it in the auto-complete list. Do not start typing a group member's address or name instead of the group name.

  7. Compose and send the message.