How to Stop Remote Images from Loading in Mail App Messages on an iPhone

Open the iPhone's Settings., Scroll down and tap Mail., Scroll down to the "Mail" section of the menu., Slide the Load Remote Images button to the Off position.

4 Steps 1 min read Easy

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open the iPhone's Settings.

    This is the grey icon with cogs on the home screen.

    This may also be located in the "Utilities" folder on one of your home screens.
  2. Step 2: Scroll down and tap Mail.

    this is in the fifth section of options. , This is the third section of options. , HTML images in emails sent to you will no longer be loaded automatically upon opening the email.

    This can protect your computer's location information and help emails load faster.

    Remote images are stored on the mail sender's server and may reveal information about your computer's digital address when they are loaded.

    Stopping them from loading will prevent this information from being revealed.You can manually load any images from the email if you decide you wish to view them by tapping the image and choosing Load Image.

    Disabling this will not block image attachments sent from friends and family.
  3. Step 3: Scroll down to the "Mail" section of the menu.

  4. Step 4: Slide the Load Remote Images button to the Off position.

Detailed Guide

This is the grey icon with cogs on the home screen.

This may also be located in the "Utilities" folder on one of your home screens.

this is in the fifth section of options. , This is the third section of options. , HTML images in emails sent to you will no longer be loaded automatically upon opening the email.

This can protect your computer's location information and help emails load faster.

Remote images are stored on the mail sender's server and may reveal information about your computer's digital address when they are loaded.

Stopping them from loading will prevent this information from being revealed.You can manually load any images from the email if you decide you wish to view them by tapping the image and choosing Load Image.

Disabling this will not block image attachments sent from friends and family.

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