HTML Elements

<form>

HTML element · 9 supported, 2 partial, 4 unsupported across 15 clients

Client Support

Client	Category	Engine	Support
Gmail	webmail	Gmail Web	Supported
Gmail Android	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Supported
Gmail iOS	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Partial
Outlook 365	webmail	Outlook Web	Partial
Outlook (New)	desktop	Outlook Web	Unsupported
Outlook Classic	desktop	Microsoft Word	Unsupported
Outlook iOS	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Supported
Outlook Android	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Supported
Apple Mail	desktop	WebKit	Supported
Apple Mail iOS	mobile	WebKit	Supported
Yahoo Mail	webmail	Yahoo	Supported
Samsung Mail	mobile	Samsung	Supported
Thunderbird	desktop	Gecko	Supported
HEY Mail	webmail	WebKit	Unsupported
Superhuman	desktop	Blink	Unsupported

Client-by-client behaviour for <form>

Fully supports <form> (9): Gmail, Gmail Android, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird.

Partial support (2): Gmail iOS, Outlook 365. Expect rendering quirks unique to each engine — partial support typically means a subset of values, an ignored shorthand, or sanitizer-specific rewrites.

No support (4): Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, HEY Mail, Superhuman. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on <form> in production sends.

Fixes & Workarounds

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

Use links to a web form instead of embedding forms in email.

Before

<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

After

<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="background-color: #6d28d9; border-radius: 6px;
               padding: 12px 32px;">
      <a href="https://example.com/subscribe"
        style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
               font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
               font-weight: bold;">
        Subscribe Now
      </a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

Use links to a web form instead of embedding forms in email.

Before

<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

After

<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="background-color: #6d28d9; border-radius: 6px;
               padding: 12px 32px;">
      <a href="https://example.com/subscribe"
        style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
               font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
               font-weight: bold;">
        Subscribe Now
      </a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

HEY Mail

Unsupported

Use links to a web form instead of embedding forms in email.

Before

<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

After

<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="background-color: #6d28d9; border-radius: 6px;
               padding: 12px 32px;">
      <a href="https://example.com/subscribe"
        style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
               font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
               font-weight: bold;">
        Subscribe Now
      </a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

Superhuman

Unsupported

Use links to a web form instead of embedding forms in email.

Before

<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

After

<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="background-color: #6d28d9; border-radius: 6px;
               padding: 12px 32px;">
      <a href="https://example.com/subscribe"
        style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
               font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
               font-weight: bold;">
        Subscribe Now
      </a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

Gmail iOS

Partial

Use links to a web form instead of embedding forms in email.

Before

<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

After

<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="background-color: #6d28d9; border-radius: 6px;
               padding: 12px 32px;">
      <a href="https://example.com/subscribe"
        style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
               font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
               font-weight: bold;">
        Subscribe Now
      </a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

Outlook 365

Partial

Use links to a web form instead of embedding forms in email.

Before

<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

After

<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="background-color: #6d28d9; border-radius: 6px;
               padding: 12px 32px;">
      <a href="https://example.com/subscribe"
        style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
               font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
               font-weight: bold;">
        Subscribe Now
      </a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

Production guidance for <form>

<form> is a HTML element. Across the email client matrix, 9 of 15 tracked clients support it fully, 2 only partially, and 4 not at all. The clients most likely to require a workaround for this feature are Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, HEY Mail. Each of them needs a tailored fallback — see the per-client examples above for the specific code fix Emailens recommends.

When in doubt, ship a baseline that renders without <form> and treat it as progressive enhancement on clients where support is verified. Emailens automatically detects cross-client divergence on this feature when you preview an email, so you can see exactly which template paths break before a campaign goes out.

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Support data last updated Apr 27, 2026 · synced from caniemail.com via @emailens/engine.