How can I disable icons in the Mail app on iOS 18.3?

Appreciate your Google search but from someone who has 4 email addresses that feed into the Mail app, I’ve never had dots next to my emails. They appeared after this latest update and they are tiny gnats on my feed.

Sksksksksksksksk wrote:

Appreciate your Google search but from someone who has 4 email addresses that feed into the Mail app, I’ve never had dots next to my emails. They appeared after this latest update and they are tiny gnats on my feed.

OK. I too have 4 email accounts and I've ALWAYS had them. The answer, however, won't change. They are baked into the Mail app and you can't change them.

I tried to follow your recommendations here to turn this off on my phone, but that’s directions do not apply to my phone. If I go settings, apps, mail, I do not see anywhere, message list, section.. nor a place to toggle off contacts photo

If you go to the Apple Feedback page, an option to comment on Mail for IOS is strangely absent. I therefore used the OS page for my comments making it clear I was referring to IOS 18 and its awful icons. Maybe the feedback brought the IOS version down!

r4lf wrote:

I think Apple needs to ensure that new design concepts like the iOS 18.2 Mail app changes, which affect millions of users, can be completely switched off in some way. Thank you Apple! 🙏

It can be turned off. Read my post right at the top of this thread marked Top Ranked.

Thank you SO much! It worked. The icons next to the emails were visually disturbing and reduced the amount of text I could see. For me, one of the worst updates so far. I am getting really fed up with Apple..thanks for your help!

haghop wrote:

The icons still appear when I open and read an email. How do I get rid of them?

Another completely pointless and annoying update from Apple.

The directions on how to remove the Contact Posters next to your messages have been posted several times in this thread. I'm guessing you didn't take the time to read them. Look at the top of this page and read the post marked as Top Ranking (which I wrote) and follow the directions I posted.

I was able to turn off the contact photos so that, looking at my Inbox no longer shows these category icons next to each email. But when I click to open an email, the icon is there at the top of the opened email.

Don’t want it, and again, my “Show Contact Photos” is toggled off. Now what?

rztour wrote:

I was able to turn off the contact photos so that, looking at my Inbox no longer shows these category icons next to each email. But when I click to open an email, the icon is there at the top of the opened email.

Don’t want it, and again, my “Show Contact Photos” is toggled off. Now what?

That can't be changed. To me, it's a non-issue. It doesn't interfere with the email. It doesn't show in the list view. It's simply at the top of the email when opened.

Sadly, while the second part of this tip works on iPadOS 18.4, it appears to fail in iOS 18.4, where I had successfully turned off the icons in an earlier version of iOS 18. Powering down and powering on again, cycling the Apps -> Mail -> "Show Contact Photos" unfortunately does nothing, and I still see the useless (to me), space wasting icons.

Thanks for help getting rid of those message icons. But now where the heck is the search function in email?

You’re most welcome @Toby_Jason㋡!

PeteAron wrote:

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

You're very welcome!

Thank you 🙏🏼 it’s still not exactly like it was but those god awful icons have gone. Very grateful 🙏🏼