If you have multiple email accounts on your iPad and find that the device is using the wrong email account to send your messages, then you can follow our guide below and select one of the other accounts that you have set up.  

Set the Default Email Account on an iPad

The steps in this article were written using an iPad 2, in iOS 9. These same steps will work for other iPad models running iOS 7 or higher.  

   

   

        Note that this will not affect the default email account setting on any of your other iOS devices that are using the same Apple ID or iCloud account, such as an iPhone or another iPad. Additionally, this will only change the default account for your email. If you also wish to change the default contacts account or calendar account, then you can scroll to the respective sections on the menu in Step 3 above to change that setting. Are you getting frustrated by the fact that you always need to enter a passcode to unlock your iPad? You can remove the passcode from your iPad so that you only need to swipe right on the lock screen to start using the tablet.   After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.

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