X button disappeared on iPadOS 26.4 in MFMailComposeViewController

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Created Apr ’26

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I’m using MFMailComposeViewController to send emails from my app. Since updating to iPadOS 26.4, there is no way to cancel the mail composer because the “X” button in the top-left corner has disappeared.

On iPhone with iOS 26.4, everything still seems to work as expected. Is this a known issue, or am I missing something?

Has anyone else experienced this, or found a workaround?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 893420022

Thank you all for these reports and updates.

I made sure these are seen by the relevant engineering teams and with these updates they have a good timeline for this issue. I do see some action going on for this behind the scenes – please note: we are unable to discuss updates on reports in the forums.

Continue to check for updates in your reports through Feedback Assistant. There, the relevant engineering teams can discuss with you directly.

For now, use the workaround suggested above.

Thank you.

 Travis

Answer 1

RolfS OP

Apr ’26

Accepted Answer

As a workaround, the mail composer is no longer presented fullscreen, allowing it to be dismissed by tapping outside the mail window. An updated version of the app has been submitted for review following user reports.

Answer 2

matthewruzzi OP

Apr ’26

You should file a Feedback Assistant report:

https://developer.apple.com/feedback-assistant/

https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/712889

Answer 3

chkpnt OP

Apr ’26

There already seems to be an internal ticket, see https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/748447?answerId=881302022#881302022.

Let us hope this bug will be fixed in iPadOS 26.4.1.

Answer 4

chkpnt OP

May ’26

@DTS Engineer: Unfortunately, this bug is still present in iPadOS 26.4.2. Do you have any updates you can share?

Answer 5

chkpnt OP

3w

Unfortunately, this bug is still present in iPadOS 26.5.

Answer 6

xqf OP

3w

We have the same problem since iPadOS 26.4 and the bug is still present in the latest iPadOS 26.5. It seems that something is overlaying it or the close/cancel Button disappear after second in my example: .sheet(isPresented: $showMail) { MailView(recipient: mailadress, subject: "Hello", body: "Message") { result in ... }

Answer 7

julesagee OP

9h

And it's still a problem in iPadOS 26 beta. I filed FB22878196 on May 28 2026, and told them to mark it as a duplicate of Apple internal bug r. 172868867. Haven't had any response from Apple yet.

Answer 8

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

7h

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Thank you all for these reports and updates.

I made sure these are seen by the relevant engineering teams and with these updates they have a good timeline for this issue. I do see some action going on for this behind the scenes – please note: we are unable to discuss updates on reports in the forums.

Continue to check for updates in your reports through Feedback Assistant. There, the relevant engineering teams can discuss with you directly.

For now, use the workaround suggested above.

Thank you.

 Travis