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<blockquote>

HTML element · 19 supported, 1 partial, 0 unsupported across 21 clients

<blockquote> is safe in 19 of 21 email clients as of Sep 2, 2026, the holdout is HEY Mail.

  • 6/7 webmail, 5/6 desktop, 8/8 mobile clients support <blockquote> fully.
  • Partial in HEY Mail, behavior differs from browsers, test before relying on it.
  • Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.

Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream May 8, 2020, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.

Client Support

ClientCategoryEngineSupport
GmailwebmailGmail WebSupported
Gmail AndroidmobileGmail MobileSupported
Gmail iOSmobileGmail MobileSupported
Outlook 365webmailOutlook WebSupported
Outlook (New)desktopOutlook WebSupported
Outlook ClassicdesktopMicrosoft WordSupported
Outlook iOSmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook AndroidmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook for MacdesktopWebKitSupported
Apple MaildesktopWebKitSupported
Apple Mail iOSmobileWebKitSupported
Yahoo MailwebmailYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail AndroidmobileYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail iOSmobileYahooSupported
Samsung MailmobileSamsungSupported
ThunderbirddesktopGeckoSupported
HEY MailwebmailWebKitPartialSee caveat 1
Proton MailwebmailProtonSupported
AOL MailwebmailAOLSupported
FastmailwebmailFastmailSupported
SuperhumandesktopBlinkUnknown

Documented caveats (1)

  1. 1.HEY Mail: Buggy. Blockquote elements are nested in a <details> element.

Caveats recorded by caniemail.com (MIT) and carried verbatim, one entry per wording rather than per client.

Client-by-client behaviour for <blockquote>

Fully supports <blockquote> (19): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, Proton Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail.

Partial support (1): HEY Mail. Expect rendering quirks unique to each engine. Partial support typically means a subset of values, an ignored shorthand, or sanitizer-specific rewrites.

Behaviour unverified in: Superhuman.

Fixes & Workarounds

HEY Mail

Partial

`<blockquote>` is not supported in this email client.

Related Features

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Last tested upstream: · Last synced by Emailens:

caniemail.com (MIT) records May 8, 2020 as the last time <blockquote> was tested in a real client, 6 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.12.2.