diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/recipient-chip-drag.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/recipient-chip-drag.test.tsx
index 68f90dec..f3138b38 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/recipient-chip-drag.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/recipient-chip-drag.test.tsx
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ describe('RecipientChipInput drag and drop', () => {
     fireEvent.dragStart(chipSpan, { dataTransfer: dt });
 
     const payload = JSON.parse(dt.getData('application/x-recipient-chip'));
-    expect(payload).toEqual({ recipient: { email: 'alice@example.com' }, fromField: 'to' });
+    expect(payload).toEqual({ recipient: { email: 'alice@example.com' }, fromField: 'to', fromIndex: 0 });
   });
 
   it('keeps a display name with a comma in a single chip (array model)', async () => {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ describe('RecipientChipInput drag and drop', () => {
     const dt = new MockDataTransfer();
     fireEvent.dragStart(chipSpan, { dataTransfer: dt });
     const payload = JSON.parse(dt.getData('application/x-recipient-chip'));
-    expect(payload).toEqual({ recipient: { name: 'Doo, John', email: 'john@doo.org' }, fromField: 'to' });
+    expect(payload).toEqual({ recipient: { name: 'Doo, John', email: 'john@doo.org' }, fromField: 'to', fromIndex: 0 });
   });
 
   it('onDragEnd clears the opacity class on the chip', async () => {
@@ -343,4 +343,121 @@ describe('RecipientChipInput drag and drop', () => {
     const ccLabel = await screen.findByText('cc_label');
     expect(ccLabel).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  // ─── Reordering within / across fields (#593) ─────────────────────────────────
+  // jsdom ignores `clientX` in fireEvent's init for drag events (it's a
+  // read-only MouseEvent getter) and gives every element a zero-size rect at
+  // (0,0). So we dispatch events with `clientX` forced via defineProperty; with
+  // the rect midpoint at 0, clientX>0 lands AFTER the hovered chip, <0 BEFORE.
+
+  const THREE = { ...BASE_DATA, to: 'alice@example.com, bob@example.com, carol@example.com, ' };
+
+  const chipByText = async (text: string) =>
+    (await screen.findByText(text)).closest('[draggable]') as HTMLElement;
+
+  /** Dispatch a drag event with a real clientX (fireEvent init drops it). */
+  const fireDnd = (type: 'dragover' | 'drop', el: HTMLElement, dt: MockDataTransfer, clientX: number) => {
+    const e = new Event(type, { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(e, 'clientX', { value: clientX });
+    Object.defineProperty(e, 'dataTransfer', { value: dt });
+    act(() => { fireEvent(el, e); });
+  };
+  const BEFORE = -100;
+  const AFTER = 100;
+
+  /** Ordered chip labels of the field-container that holds `anchorText`. */
+  const orderIn = (anchorText: string) => {
+    const containers = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[class*="flex-wrap"]'));
+    const c = containers.find(el =>
+      Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('[draggable]')).some(d => d.textContent?.includes(anchorText))
+    ) as HTMLElement;
+    return Array.from(c.querySelectorAll('[draggable]')).map(el => el.textContent?.trim() ?? '');
+  };
+
+  /** All draggable chips (across fields) whose label contains `text`. */
+  const draggableChipsWith = (text: string) =>
+    Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[draggable]')).filter(el => el.textContent?.includes(text));
+
+  it('reorders a chip to the end of the same field (drop after the last chip)', async () => {
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={THREE} />);
+    await screen.findByText('alice@example.com');
+    const alice = await chipByText('alice@example.com');
+    const carol = await chipByText('carol@example.com');
+
+    const dt = new MockDataTransfer();
+    fireEvent.dragStart(alice, { dataTransfer: dt });   // fromIndex 0
+    fireDnd('dragover', carol, dt, AFTER);              // after carol -> index 3
+    fireDnd('drop', carol, dt, AFTER);
+
+    expect(orderIn('bob@example.com')).toEqual([
+      'bob@example.com', 'carol@example.com', 'alice@example.com',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('reorders a chip to the front of the same field (drop before the first chip)', async () => {
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={THREE} />);
+    await screen.findByText('carol@example.com');
+    const carol = await chipByText('carol@example.com');
+    const alice = await chipByText('alice@example.com');
+
+    const dt = new MockDataTransfer();
+    fireEvent.dragStart(carol, { dataTransfer: dt });   // fromIndex 2
+    fireDnd('dragover', alice, dt, BEFORE);             // before alice -> index 0
+    fireDnd('drop', alice, dt, BEFORE);
+
+    expect(orderIn('alice@example.com')).toEqual([
+      'carol@example.com', 'alice@example.com', 'bob@example.com',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('dropping a chip onto its own position leaves the order unchanged', async () => {
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={THREE} />);
+    await screen.findByText('bob@example.com');
+    const bob = await chipByText('bob@example.com');
+
+    const dt = new MockDataTransfer();
+    fireEvent.dragStart(bob, { dataTransfer: dt });     // fromIndex 1
+    fireDnd('dragover', bob, dt, BEFORE);               // before itself -> index 1 (no-op)
+    fireDnd('drop', bob, dt, BEFORE);
+
+    expect(orderIn('bob@example.com')).toEqual([
+      'alice@example.com', 'bob@example.com', 'carol@example.com',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('moves a chip into another field at the drop position (cross-field reorder)', async () => {
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={{ ...BASE_DATA, to: 'alice@example.com, ', cc: 'x@example.com, y@example.com, ' }} />);
+    await screen.findByText('alice@example.com');
+    const alice = await chipByText('alice@example.com');       // To
+    const y = await chipByText('y@example.com');               // Cc
+
+    const dt = new MockDataTransfer();
+    fireEvent.dragStart(alice, { dataTransfer: dt });
+    fireDnd('dragover', y, dt, BEFORE);               // before y -> index 1 in Cc
+    fireDnd('drop', y, dt, BEFORE);
+
+    // alice lands between x and y; To no longer holds it (count only real chips,
+    // not the leftover jsdom drag-preview element)
+    expect(orderIn('x@example.com')).toEqual([
+      'x@example.com', 'alice@example.com', 'y@example.com',
+    ]);
+    expect(draggableChipsWith('alice@example.com')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('shows a drop caret only while a chip is dragged over the field', async () => {
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={THREE} />);
+    await screen.findByText('alice@example.com');
+    const alice = await chipByText('alice@example.com');
+    const bob = await chipByText('bob@example.com');
+
+    const dt = new MockDataTransfer();
+    fireEvent.dragStart(alice, { dataTransfer: dt });
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-testid="recipient-drop-caret"]')).toBeNull();
+
+    fireDnd('dragover', bob, dt, BEFORE);
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-testid="recipient-drop-caret"]')).not.toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.dragEnd(alice);
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-testid="recipient-drop-caret"]')).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index df7543bf..8d41f476 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -936,7 +936,10 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     }
   }, [plainTextMode]);
 
-  const handleMoveChip = useCallback((recipient: Recipient, fromField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc', toField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc') => {
+  // Move a chip from one recipient field to another. `toIndex`, when given,
+  // inserts at that position in the destination (drag-and-drop reordering,
+  // #593); omitted, it appends (e.g. dropping onto a hidden Cc/Bcc button).
+  const handleMoveChip = useCallback((recipient: Recipient, fromField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc', toField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc', toIndex?: number) => {
     if (fromField === toField) return;
     const setters = { to: setTo, cc: setCc, bcc: setBcc };
     const groupKey = (r: Recipient) => r.group ? r.group.members.map(m => m.email.toLowerCase()).join(',') : '';
@@ -946,7 +949,13 @@ export function EmailComposer({
       const idx = prev.findIndex(r => sameRecipient(r, recipient));
       return idx === -1 ? prev : prev.filter((_, i) => i !== idx);
     });
-    setters[toField](prev => prev.some(r => sameRecipient(r, recipient)) ? prev : [...prev, recipient]);
+    setters[toField](prev => {
+      if (prev.some(r => sameRecipient(r, recipient))) return prev;
+      const at = toIndex == null ? prev.length : Math.max(0, Math.min(toIndex, prev.length));
+      const next = [...prev];
+      next.splice(at, 0, recipient);
+      return next;
+    });
     if (toField === 'cc') setShowCc(true);
     if (toField === 'bcc') setShowBcc(true);
   }, [setTo, setCc, setBcc, setShowCc, setShowBcc]);
@@ -2895,7 +2904,7 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
   validationError?: boolean;
   validationMessage?: string;
   onTab?: () => void;
-  onMoveChip: (recipient: Recipient, fromField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc', toField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc') => void;
+  onMoveChip: (recipient: Recipient, fromField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc', toField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc', toIndex?: number) => void;
 }) {
   const t = useTranslations('email_composer');
   const tCommon = useTranslations('common');
@@ -2904,6 +2913,9 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
   const [editValue, setEditValue] = useState('');
   const [isDragOver, setIsDragOver] = useState(false);
   const [draggingIndex, setDraggingIndex] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  // Gap (0..chips.length) a dragged chip would drop into; drives the insertion
+  // caret and positional drop for reordering (#593). null when not dragging.
+  const [dropIndex, setDropIndex] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const editInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
 
   // Focus edit input when editing starts
@@ -3060,27 +3072,81 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
     onAutoBlur(e, field);
   };
 
+  const isChipDrag = (e: React.DragEvent) =>
+    e.dataTransfer.types.includes('application/x-recipient-chip');
+
+  // Dragging over empty container space (past the last chip / over the input)
+  // targets the end of the list.
   const handleContainerDragOver = (e: React.DragEvent) => {
-    if (!e.dataTransfer.types.includes('application/x-recipient-chip')) return;
+    if (!isChipDrag(e)) return;
     e.preventDefault();
     e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move';
     setIsDragOver(true);
+    setDropIndex(chips.length);
   };
 
   const handleContainerDragLeave = (e: React.DragEvent) => {
     if (!e.currentTarget.contains(e.relatedTarget as Node)) {
       setIsDragOver(false);
+      setDropIndex(null);
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Dragging over a chip picks the gap before or after it based on which half
+  // the pointer is in (mirrored for RTL). stopPropagation keeps the container
+  // handler from overriding this finer target.
+  const handleChipDragOver = (e: React.DragEvent, index: number) => {
+    if (!isChipDrag(e)) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    e.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move';
+    const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const rtl = typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+      getComputedStyle(e.currentTarget as Element).direction === 'rtl';
+    const past = rtl
+      ? e.clientX < rect.left + rect.width / 2
+      : e.clientX > rect.left + rect.width / 2;
+    setIsDragOver(true);
+    setDropIndex(past ? index + 1 : index);
+  };
+
+  // Insert the dragged chip at `target`. Same-field is a local reorder;
+  // cross-field routes through onMoveChip with the destination index (#593).
+  const performDrop = (e: React.DragEvent, target: number) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    setIsDragOver(false);
+    setDropIndex(null);
+    setDraggingIndex(null);
+    const raw = e.dataTransfer.getData('application/x-recipient-chip');
+    if (!raw) return;
+    let payload: { recipient: Recipient; fromField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc'; fromIndex?: number };
+    try {
+      payload = JSON.parse(raw);
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+    const { recipient, fromField, fromIndex } = payload;
+    const to = Math.max(0, Math.min(target, chips.length));
+
+    if (fromField === field) {
+      const from = typeof fromIndex === 'number'
+        ? fromIndex
+        : chips.findIndex(c => c.email === recipient.email && (c.name ?? '') === (recipient.name ?? ''));
+      if (from < 0 || from >= chips.length) return;
+      // Removing the source before `to` shifts the target left by one.
+      const insertAt = to > from ? to - 1 : to;
+      if (insertAt === from) return; // dropped onto its own position
+      const next = [...chips];
+      const [moved] = next.splice(from, 1);
+      next.splice(insertAt, 0, moved);
+      onChipsChange(next);
+    } else {
+      onMoveChip(recipient, fromField, field, to);
     }
   };
 
   const handleContainerDrop = (e: React.DragEvent) => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    setIsDragOver(false);
-    const raw = e.dataTransfer.getData('application/x-recipient-chip');
-    if (!raw) return;
-    const { recipient, fromField } = JSON.parse(raw) as { recipient: Recipient; fromField: 'to' | 'cc' | 'bcc' };
-    if (fromField === field) return;
-    onMoveChip(recipient, fromField, field);
+    performDrop(e, dropIndex ?? chips.length);
   };
 
   return (
@@ -3100,20 +3166,29 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
           const isEditing = editingChip?.index === i;
           const chipDisplay = formatChipDisplay(chip);
           return (
+            <React.Fragment key={`${chip.email}-${i}`}>
+            {dropIndex === i && (
+              <span
+                aria-hidden
+                data-testid="recipient-drop-caret"
+                className="w-0.5 self-stretch min-h-[20px] rounded-full bg-primary pointer-events-none"
+              />
+            )}
             <span
-              key={`${chip.email}-${i}`}
               draggable={!isEditing}
               onDragStart={(e) => {
                 e.stopPropagation();
                 e.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
-                e.dataTransfer.setData('application/x-recipient-chip', JSON.stringify({ recipient: chip, fromField: field }));
+                e.dataTransfer.setData('application/x-recipient-chip', JSON.stringify({ recipient: chip, fromField: field, fromIndex: i }));
                 // Show the address while dragging, matching the email-list drag preview.
                 const dragPreview = createChipDragPreview(chip.group ? chipDisplay : chip.email);
                 e.dataTransfer.setDragImage(dragPreview, 0, 0);
                 requestAnimationFrame(() => dragPreview.remove());
                 setDraggingIndex(i);
               }}
-              onDragEnd={() => setDraggingIndex(null)}
+              onDragEnd={() => { setDraggingIndex(null); setDropIndex(null); }}
+              onDragOver={(e) => handleChipDragOver(e, i)}
+              onDrop={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); performDrop(e, dropIndex ?? i); }}
               className={cn(
                 "inline-flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-md text-sm border border-border transition-colors",
                 isEditing
@@ -3179,8 +3254,16 @@ function RecipientChipInput({
                 )}
               </button>
             </span>
+            </React.Fragment>
           );
         })}
+        {dropIndex === chips.length && chips.length > 0 && (
+          <span
+            aria-hidden
+            data-testid="recipient-drop-caret"
+            className="w-0.5 self-stretch min-h-[20px] rounded-full bg-primary pointer-events-none"
+          />
+        )}
         {!editingChip && (
           <input
             ref={inputRef}