How to Create, Configure, and Use an iCloud Mail Account

There are a number of options available when it comes to setting up a new email account, but if you’re looking to set up Apple iCloud email, you’ve come to the right place.

Here’s step-by-step how to create and set up an iCloud email account on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC, along with how to troubleshoot and how to create an iCloud email alias.

How to Create an iCloud Mail Account on an iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Mac

To create an iCloud email account on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, follow these steps:

1. Open settings
2. Tap your name at the top
3. Tap iCloud
4. Activate Mail and press “Create” when the pop-up window appears
5. Choose the iCloud email address you want
6. Tap on ‘Next’
7. Make sure you’re happy with it because you can’t change it later
8. Tap “Done”

To create an iCloud account on your Mac, follow these steps:

1. Choose the Apple menu in the upper left corner
2. Click System Settings
3. If you’re using macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, click Apple ID and then iCloud
4. If you’re using macOS 10.14 or earlier, just click iCloud
5. Check the box for Mail
6. Choose your iCloud email address
7. Press “OK”
8. Click “Create” when you are happy with the email account you have selected

How to Fix iCloud Account Setup Problems

First make sure you have selected an email address that is not already in use. A notification will appear if the email is already in use, and suggestions will appear either in the Suggestions box on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod or in the drop-down arrow on a Mac.

If you encounter the “Problem activating mail” error while setting up an iCloud mail account on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, try signing out of iCloud and signing back into iCloud. Make sure you know your Apple ID and password before signing out.

To sign out of iCloud: Open Settings > Click your name > Scroll down to Sign Out > Follow the instructions.

To sign back into iCloud: Open Settings > Click the bar at the top where your name was before you signed out > Follow the instructions.

How to Set Up an iCloud Mail Account on Your iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Mac

Once you’ve created an iCloud email address, you may need to make sure it’s turned on in iCloud Settings to see it appear in the Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod, or in Mail on your Mac.

To activate your iCloud email account on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod: Open Settings > Click your name > iCloud > Enable Mail.

To activate your iCloud email account on a Mac: Open the Apple menu in the top left > Select System Settings > Tap Apple ID (macOS 10.15 and later) > Select iCloud > Make sure the Mail box is checked .

How to Set Up an iCloud Email Account on Your PC

You must first have created an iCloud account on an Apple device, but once you have your iCloud account, you can then set it up on a Windows PC.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Download the iCloud app for Windows – you’ll find it in the Microsoft Store if you’re using Windows 10 (May 2019 Update and later), or you can download it from here.
2. Enter the Apple ID and password you used to set up your iCloud account
3. Activate the desired features
4. Click Apply

How to create an iCloud email alias

An email alias lets you hide your iCloud email address from a recipient, as well as manage the emails you receive and monitor unwanted or spam emails. You can also use the Hide My Email feature if you’re using iOS 15 or later.

In terms of aliases, it is possible to have three email aliases with iCloud Mail and you can send and receive emails with one alias. It’s worth noting that you won’t be able to sign in to iCloud.com with an email alias, and you can’t create another Apple ID, and the alias can’t be changed to a primary email address.

To create an iCloud email alias, follow these steps:

1. Open iCloud.com on a browser and sign in with your Apple ID
2. Tap Mail
3. Tap the Settings cog in the bottom left corner
4. Select Preferences
5. Choose the Account tab
6. Select ‘Add alias…’
7. Choose the alias name, which will become the email address
8. Add a full name, which will appear in the From field of emails you send
9. Choose a label and a label color, which will help you categorize the emails sent to the alias
10. Tap “Done”

To disable or remove an iCloud.com alias, follow these steps:

1. Open iCloud.com on a browser and sign in with your Apple ID
2. Tap Mail
3. Tap the Settings cog in the bottom left corner
4. Select Preferences
5. Choose the Account tab
6. Select the alias you want to disable or remove on the left
7. Check the disable alias box
8. Or choose delete