# Can I open the mail app with a click of a button from a list of buttons alert? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [August 8, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373 "2019-08-08T16:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maxb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maxb/32/35200_2.png) [@maxb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maxb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/1 "2019-08-08T16:52:35Z")
I’d like to click a button and open the default mail app on the phone when the user clicks a specific button from an alert message in list of buttons, is it possible? ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/2 "2019-08-08T21:47:23Z")
Hi there, You can use the ‘mailto:’ URI to open a blank email in the default mail app. ![mailto](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/a/1acb189b96768d97b90aea48aeb2081af0365112.png) You can read about formatting a ‘mailto’ URI to specify a target email address and email content [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailto). ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mark/32/18133_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/3 "2019-08-09T23:28:57Z")
@maxb, You might also want to check out our [Share component](https://docs.thunkable.com/share), esp. the [SendEmail method](https://docs.thunkable.com/share#send-an-email). -Mark ---
**Author:** ![maxb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maxb/32/35200_2.png) [@maxb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maxb)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/4 "2019-08-11T10:31:09Z")
Thank you to both of you, but I specifically would like to only open the mail app to check the verification mail sent from firebase and not send an email to someone. Is that possible somehow? and could I link this kind of action to the click of an alert button (button list)? Thank you if you will answer ---
**Author:** ![maptheunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maptheunknown](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maptheunknown)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/5 "2020-01-20T06:45:29Z")
Hey @maxb, Were you able to find a solution for this? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![maxb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maxb/32/35200_2.png) [@maxb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maxb)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/6 "2020-01-23T15:27:49Z")
I can’t really remember but i think i didn’t, I abandoned the platform as for my complex app it is too slow, like 10 seconds to wait for every single click, takes minutes to do any simple thing ---
**Author:** ![overshield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/7 "2021-01-10T19:49:47Z")
I’m looking for this for the exact same purpose, just a button to open the default mail app for the device. Thanks if anyone has any suggestions ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-open-the-mail-app-with-a-click-of-a-button-from-a-list-of-buttons-alert/174373/8 "2024-11-08T11:45:52Z")