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<form> in Gmail

Works <form> works in Gmail.

Works in 10 of 21 · partial in 4 · not supported in 7

Which clients
Works
Gmail, Gmail Android, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail Android, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, AOL Mail
Partial
Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook for Mac
Not supported
Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail iOS, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman

The fix for the clients that need it

Needed in 11 of 21: Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail iOS and 8 more.

Replace embedded form with a link to a hosted form

instead 
<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>
Show the original
before 
<form action="/subscribe" method="POST">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Email" />
  <button type="submit">Subscribe</button>
</form>

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Questions

How many email clients support <form>?
It works in 10 of 21, partial in 4, not supported in 7.
Does <form> work in Gmail iOS?
<form> is partly supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 251 of the 300 features both are tested on.

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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 10 Sep 2019 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping