{"id":9571,"date":"2023-09-19T11:02:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T05:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcvita.com\/blog\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2023-10-30T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T07:28:36","slug":"extract-all-attachments-from-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcvita.com\/blog\/extract-all-attachments-from-gmail.html","title":{"rendered":"Extract All Attachments from Gmail \u2013 Step-By-Step Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not known by many users that you cannot extract all attachments from Gmail manually. Gmail does not provide an option to do so. You are only allowed to save a few attachments but not multiple at once.<\/p>\n

You can take help from the Google Takeout Utility for getting the attachments but it will download all the emails and not only the attachments from your Gmail account.<\/p>\n

Gmail is one of the most used email clients and has provided various functions and benefits to all it users yet, there are some troubles you might face such as the one we are discussing. Let\u2019s take a look at a user query to understand why a user wants to download all attachments from Gmail.<\/p>\n

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User Query<\/strong> \u2013 “<\/strong>I have a large number of emails in my mailbox from which I need to extract attachments from a lot of them. It will become a hectic job if I start saving attachments from these emails one by one and I need to do this fast. Is there any way which can help me perform this task more quickly and in a secure way? There are pretty important attachments<\/em>.“<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Let\u2019s find out how this blog solves the above-mentioned user query to download all gmail attachments.<\/p>\n

What is the Process to Extract All Attachments from Gmail?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The method for this task is simple and can be done in two quick steps to export Gmail emails to PDF with attachments.<\/a><\/p>\n

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1. Converting Attachments to MBOX File Format<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Extracting Attachments from the Resultant Files<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

These two stages contain only a few steps that you need to follow and get your desired attachments saved on your local system on both Windows OS as well as Mac OS.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s learn the steps of both the stages in the upcoming segment.<\/p>\n

Stage 1 \u2013 How to Download All Attachments from Gmail Via Conversion?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To start with this stage, you have to first download the Gmail Backup Tool<\/strong><\/a> which will help you download all the emails that you want from your Gmail account and save those on your local storage. This will also help you keep a backup of your emails just in case anything unfortunate happens to your Gmail account.<\/p>\n