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Questions tagged [gmail-attachments]

For question about issues of attaching files in Gmail.

Gmail attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message. One or more files can be attached to any email message, and be sent along with it to the recipient. This is typically used as a simple method to share documents and images via Gmail.

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Can one delete a Gmail attachment but keep the email?

My Gmail account is starting to get full, so I have been using the new search term larger:1M to find messages containing attachments that are larger than 1 Megabyte. How do I delete only the attachment without deleting the email itself?
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Convenient way to download attachments from multiple emails in Gmail?

Is it possible to select multiple email messages, and then download the files in their attachments in one archive file? The native way to click to open the emails one by one, and click to download their attachments individually is tedious.
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How can I send a Windows executable via Gmail?

Gmail seems to prevent the sending of Windows .exe files as attachments. What's the easiest and most reliable way around this?
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How to download all images from Gmail messages?

I have a huge number of e-mail messages saved in Gmail with single image (snapshot.jpg, ~500Kb each) attachments. Some messages are combined into e-mail chains (but not all of them due to e-mail chain limit of 100 messages). Now I want to download…
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How to attach EXE file in Gmail?

Possible Duplicate: How can I send a windows executable via Gmail? Why doesn't Gmail allow to attach EXE files? It's very annoying. Gmail even denies if I archive the .exe file to .zip. Why did they decide to do that? How do you do it when you…
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Download .rar attachment failure from draft message

I have this mail draft in my Gmail like for 6-7 years. This draft has an attachment of .rar file which contains a small project that I did when I was senior in college. I want to send this mail to myself, or just download the attached file from the…
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Cannot attach/send archived files from/to Gmail email address

The first time I tried to send archived files to/from a Gmail email account was one month ago and I noticed that you cannot send these kinds of files. I tried multiple times and failed always. If I send an email to a Gmail account, I get a reply…
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Inline image attachment on Gmail from GDrive

Is there a way to attach my images directly from my Google Drive inline when composing a message on Gmail? When I try to attach an inline image from a shareable link on my Google Drive, it doesn't show inline when attached, but an image is visible…
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Does Gmail enterprise allow an attachment larger than 25MB?

Just what the title says, the regular Gmail (unpaid) has a limit of 25MB on a file attachment. Does the same limit apply to Gmail Enterprise accounts too?
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How to backup emails from Gmail without the attachments and images

I am trying to backup my Gmail because our company will be closing our business account (cost cutting) and expect us to use personal email instead. I tried Google archive, but it ends up 20GB+ even if I exclude everything (Drive, Calendar, etc)…
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How to download attachments of Gmail mail automatically?

I receive mail every day with some attachments and I want to download those attachments automatically when they arrive to my mail box. Is that possible? and if yes, how?
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Adding email attachment to Google Photos

I am unable to locate photos in Google Photos after using the feature to save them to Google Drive from an email attachment in Gmail. It seems that the best practice is supposed to be: hover over the email attachment and select "Save to…
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How does Gmail calculate the size of a message which contains an attachment?

I am getting rejection on my 13.5MB attachment even though size limit is 15MB. So, I want to know the exact policy by Gmail, as in how do they calculate the size of an email which contains attachment?
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How do image attachments affect Gmail quota?

Gmail seems to do some image processing when an image is uploaded, compressing the (JPG) image. There are also options to select the size of the image (small, best fit, original size). Also, there is an option to attach an image via Dropbox. How can…
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Create Google Calendar event from Gmail and add attachment from Email

Gmail provides the menu entry to create a Google Calendar event from an email conversation. However, this does not automatically attach any attachments found in the email conversation to the calendar event. Is there any possibility to add…
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