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HTML element · data last changed 10 Nov 2026

<style> in email clients

Works in 16 of 21. Partial in Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS and 2 more.

Your reader in Outlook Classic may not see <style> the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.

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  • Buggy. <style> elements need to be declared before their rules are used.

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All 21 clients, problems first

ClientSupport
Gmail Partial See caveat 1
Gmail Android Partial See caveat 2
Gmail iOS Partial See caveat 2
Outlook Classic Partial See caveat 3
Proton Mail Partial See caveat 4
Works in 16: Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS and 13 more. Show all
ClientSupport
Outlook 365 Works
Outlook (New) Works
Outlook iOS Works
Outlook Android Works
Outlook for Mac Works
Apple Mail Works
Apple Mail iOS Works
Yahoo Mail Works
Yahoo Mail Android Works
Yahoo Mail iOS Works
Samsung Mail Works
Thunderbird Works
HEY Mail Works
AOL Mail Works
Fastmail Works
Superhuman Works

Caveats (4)

  1. 1. Gmail: Partial. Not supported inside the <body>. The size of the <style> tag is limited to 16 KB
  2. 2. Gmail Android, Gmail iOS: Partial. Not supported inside the <body>. Partial. Not supported with non Google accounts.
  3. 3. Outlook Classic: Buggy. <style> elements need to be declared before their rules are used.
  4. 4. Proton Mail: Partial. Not supported inside the <body>.

Caveats as recorded by caniemail (MIT), one entry per wording.

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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 27 Jul 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping