# How to Fax an Email Attachment from Your iPhone Got a form by email and the office wants it by fax? Send the attachment from iPhone Mail or Gmail straight to the FaxUp app or faxup.net, without printing it. By [Dan Bayer](https://faxup.net/about) · Last updated: November 12, 2026 **To fax an email attachment from an iPhone, share the attachment from Mail to the FaxUp app (or save it to Files and pick it on faxup.net/send in Safari), enter the fax number and send.** No printer and no forwarding needed. A common situation: an insurer, clinic or HR office emails you a form and asks for it back by fax. The attachment is already on your iPhone, so the fax is a few taps away. You don't need a printer, and you don't need to forward anything. ## From Apple Mail to the FaxUp app 1. Open the email in **Mail**. 2. Touch and hold the attachment and tap **Share**. Apple's Mail lists Share next to Save to Files and Save Image. 3. Choose **FaxUp**. The app accepts PDFs and photos shared from other apps. 4. In FaxUp, check the pages. If the form needs your details or a signature, add them with **Fill & Sign**. 5. Enter the fax number given in the email or on the form, add a cover page, and send. ## From Mail to Safari, no app 1. In **Mail**, touch and hold the attachment and choose **Save to Files**. 2. Open [faxup.net/send](https://faxup.net/send) in Safari, tap to add a file, choose **Choose Files** and pick the saved file. 3. Check the preview, enter the number and send. ## Gmail, Outlook and other mail apps Every mail app on the iPhone has a way to open an attachment and share or save it. Share it to FaxUp, or save it to Files and pick it in Safari as above. The rest of the steps are the same. ## Things to check before you send - **Is it the form, or a link to it?** Some "attachments" are links to a portal. Download the PDF first; a fax can only carry the pages you add. - **Only the pages they need:** if the attachment includes instruction pages the office didn't ask for, read the form's instructions on what to send and remove the rest in [organize PDF](https://faxup.net/organize-pdf). - **A signature that counts:** a drawn or typed signature is fine for many offices but not all. The IRS, for example, wants ink on paper for Forms 2848 and 8821 sent by fax. See [signing and faxing from an iPhone](https://faxup.net/sign-and-fax-from-iphone). - **The reply route:** put your name, phone or email and the office's reference number on a cover page. The free [cover sheet maker](https://faxup.net/fax-cover-sheet) makes one, or add it in the send flow. ## The email's own text Only the files you add are faxed, not the message body. If the recipient needs what the email said, copy the key lines into the cover page message. Ready to send it? One fax is $2.99, any number of pages, with no subscription. You see every page as it will print before it goes, and a fax that can't be delivered gives its credit back. [Send a fax for $2.99](https://faxup.net/send)[Fill & sign PDF (free) →](https://faxup.net/sign-pdf) Type into the form and add your signature in Safari before you fax it. ## Questions ### Can I forward an email to a fax number? Not with FaxUp: there is no email-to-fax address. Share the attachment to the FaxUp app, or upload it on faxup.net/send. That way you see every page before it is sent. ### Will the email text be faxed too? No, only the files you add. If the recipient needs the message, put it on a cover page: the send flow has a cover page with a subject and message box. ### The attachment is in Gmail, not Apple Mail. Does it work? Yes. Open the attachment in Gmail, use its share or download option to send it to FaxUp or save it to Files, then fax it from the app or from Safari. ### Can I fill in the form before faxing it? Yes. Use Fill & Sign in the FaxUp app, or the free fill and sign PDF tool on faxup.net. Apple Mail also has a form filling option for attachments, but then save the filled copy to Files before faxing it. ### How do I prove I sent it? With email notifications on in the FaxUp app, a delivered fax brings an email with a transmission report PDF: number, pages, time and a transmission reference. ## Related guides - [Fax a PDF from the Files appFax a PDF or Word file saved in Files, iCloud Drive, Google Drive or Dropbox from your iPhone: share it to the FaxUp app, or pick it in Safari at faxup.net. No printing.](https://faxup.net/fax-pdf-from-iphone-files) - [Sign and fax from an iPhoneSign a PDF on your iPhone with FaxUp's Fill & Sign and fax it in one go, and know when the office needs a pen signature on paper instead (the IRS does for some forms).](https://faxup.net/sign-and-fax-from-iphone) - [Fax confirmation and proof of deliveryWhat a fax transmission report shows, how to get FaxUp's delivery report PDF on your iPhone or Android phone, and what it does and doesn't prove when an office says it never got your fax.](https://faxup.net/fax-confirmation) - [Fax the IRS from your phoneIRS fax numbers for Forms 2848, 8821, SS-4, 4506-T, 2553, 8857, 14039, 15227 and 911, checked on irs.gov, plus the signature rule that gets phone-signed forms rejected.](https://faxup.net/fax-to-irs) ## Sources - [Apple Support: Download email attachments in Mail on iPhone (Save to Files, Share)](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/download-email-attachments-iph7fe7a50a7/ios) - [Apple App Store: FaxUp (share PDFs and photos to FaxUp from other apps)](https://apps.apple.com/app/faxup-send-fax-from-phone/id6477722416) - [FaxUp: how to send a fax from an iPhone](https://faxup.net/send-fax-from-iphone) Outside sources were checked on November 12, 2026. 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