Mail User Guide
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There are various ways to work with attachments in email messages you receive.
View email attachments
In the Mail app on your Mac, select a message that includes attachments.
Look for the Attachment icon next to the sender’s name in the message list.
In the message, do one of the following:
Open an attachment in an app: Double-click the attachment.
Preview an attachment without opening it: Select the attachment, then press the Space bar, or force click the attachment.
Some attachments—like images or one-page PDF documents—are displayed directly in the message. If you’d rather view the attachment as an icon, Control-click it, then choose View as Icon from the shortcut menu. To display the attachment again, Control-click it, then choose View in Place.
Save email attachments
In the Mail app on your Mac, move the pointer over the header of a message.
Click the Attach button that appears, click the name of an attachment or choose Save All, then choose a location.
You can also select a message, then choose File > Save Attachments. Or drag an attachment from the message to the desktop to save it there.
Email attachments are saved in the Downloads folder, available in the Dock. To specify a different location, choose Mail > Preferences, click General, then select a folder.
Delete email attachments
In the Mail app on your Mac, select a message that includes one or more attachments.
Choose Message > Remove Attachments.
The message remains in the mailbox and is annotated to indicate that all attachments were manually removed. For IMAP accounts, attachments are also deleted from the mail server and can’t be retrieved.
When you delete a message that includes an attachment, the attachment is deleted too. To change this setting, choose Mail > Preferences, click General, click the “Remove unedited downloads” pop-up menu, then choose an option. Mail doesn’t delete attachments that you have saved.
Mail automatically downloads attachments you receive based on the download option you set in Account Information preferences in Mail.
If you send or forward images or PDF documents you receive to other people, you can mark up the attachments with comments, drawings, or a signature before you send them.
Just like with your current email app, the Mail app in Windows 10 enables you to receive and download attachments. When an attachment arrives in an email, you’ll recognize it: A paperclip icon rests next to the email’s subject. And when you open the email, you see a generic photo thumbnail or a message saying, “Download Message and Pictures.”
Saving the attached file or files takes just a few steps:
Download the attached file.
The Mail app doesn’t download the files until you specifically give it the command. Instead, the Mail app places shows generic thumbnails — placeholders for attached folders — along the email’s top edge.
You can save the file either of two ways:
Click the attached file’s generic thumbnail icon. When the thumbnail shows a miniature of the attached file, right-click it and choose Save.
Right-click the attached file and choose Download form the pop-up menu. When the download completes, the generic thumbnails fill in with photos representing the newly downloaded files.
Choose a storage area to receive the saved file.
File Explorer’s Save As window appears, shown here, ready for you to save the file in your Documents folder. To save it someplace else, choose any folder listed along the Save As window’s left edge. Or, click the words This PC, also on the window’s left edge, and begin browsing to the folder that should receive the file.
To save an attached file, right-click it, choose Save or Download from the pop-up menu, choose a location to save the file, and click the Save button.Saving the file inside one of your four main folders — Documents, Pictures, Videos, or Music — is the easiest way to ensure you’ll be able to find it later. When you choose a folder, you see a list of existing folders where you can stash your new file.
To create a new folder inside your currently viewed folder, click the New Folder button from the menu along the folder’s top and, when the new folder appears, type in a name for the folder.
Click the Save button in the Save As window’s bottom-right corner.
The Mail app saves the file in the folder of your choosing.
After you’ve saved the file, the attachment still remains inside the email. That’s because saving attachments always saves a copy of the sent file. If you accidentally delete or botch an edit on your saved file, you can always return to the original email and save the attached file yet again.
Mac Mail App Download All Attachments
Windows Defender, the built-in virus checker in Windows, automatically scans your incoming email for evil file attachments.