Setting up Gmail on an iPhone isn’t as simple as choosing the Gmail profile apple builds into your phone. A customized profile will provide you with the most flexibility and control over your mail and where it goes.

  • Open Settings and choose Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the list
  • Tap Add Account…
  • Enter your name, address, password, and description for the account. Then tap Save in the upper right corner
  • Under Incoming Mail Server
    • Host Name: imap.gmail.com
    • Username: Use your full Gmail address, like test@gmail.com
    • Password should be automatically filled in from the previous page
  • Outgoing Mail Server
    • Host Name: smtp.gmail.com
    • Username: Use your full Gmail address, like test@gmail.com
    • Password: Your Gmail password
  • Enter the following settings:
  • Tap on your newly added account and then scroll down to choose “Advanced”
  • Select Sent Mail, from On My iPhone choose Sent.

Gmail will automatically place a copy in your Gmail’s sent messages folder. The iPhone does not need to try to do this manually

  • Change the Deleted Messages – Remove setting to Never. You do not want your iPhone to try and empty your trash, or delete your archive.
  • Check your mail so your iPhone can sync up all the boxes.