Attach an email to an email in Gmail

Trying to send someone an email that they weren’t originally part of? Want to provide a set of emails to a new team member? In this episode of Google Workspace Productivity Tips, we show how you can attach an email to an email in one easy step!
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[@karthikpb13]

How can we do it in mobile

[@SG-kq7nc]

Tutorial starts at 00:36

[@PraveenKumar-sk6qy]

This is okay for new composed mail but how to add for other existing mail

[@mutebisembuya4255]

Yes that is my dilemma as well

[@mohitsinghal4768]

How to attach emails in a consecutive reply ?

[@Anthraxb0mb]

I tried attaching one email to a reply of a separate email. I ended up having to "Forward as attachment," > Save file to desktop > attach file from desktop to the reply email. This is because I could not have the reply email open in the small overlay window that lets me see my inbox behind it. It would only open in a full window. You cannot drag and drop an email from one tab or window to another. The method shown in this video requires that the email you are attaching it to be opened in the small overlay window. Please make this more user friendly. Also, having the attachment email open in Gmail would be convenient, but I understand if that is an issue with how the computer opens files.

[@mbrewton9067]

I also tried, the method in the video only works for attaching an email to a new, not existing email.

[@hemanthrajhemu1788]

Good that Google is keeping up with Outlook. This feature was already developed by outlook & wasn't available with Gmail. Now it is. Kudos Google. Keep up the good work

[@fredphoesh]

not even. You can't open an attached .eml file in gmail! astonishingly lame.

[@pierregeldenhuys3066]

So simple. Thanks. You will laugh if you know how long I struggled with this.

[@pauldempsey1214]

I wouldn't Pierre

[@chhavianand]

No I will not.. because I was struggling too 😂

[@AhmedHassan-wc7jv]

Nice long awaited feature, but how to do the same on the Gmail mobile app?

[@ceacimosesceacilia6477]

But the attachment mails are opening in Outlook not in gmail.. can you please explain this

[@Tatiana.11]

I needed to reply and email with another one. I had to do this step and send it to myslef, I dowloaded and then reply with it as an attachment. It's the only way that works for

[@kondisibande8044]

How do you forward the email in text only and NOT an attachment?

[@AJDraws]

Exactly what I needed! Thank you Laura May!

[@cbshop6615]

I tried this but it doesn't work anymore. The email I want to attach can't be drag to the email I am composing.

[@orientislamicschool]

Will the attached email open for clients who use outlook?

[@JustMatt01]

jepp!

[@wanstronian]

Doesn't describe how to attach an email to a reply, only to a new message.

[@jacquelinelewis5728]

It is important to know that after you’ve selected the email she want to send you need to right click. I’ll watch this video and I don’t remember hearing that part of it. That is how you forward the emails.

[@DrFrei]

Hmmm. I still can't do it. I thought this idea would finally do the trick for me...

[@AndyAndrews-yv6yo]

I couldnt get this to work when replying to an email. When I tried to attach email to a reply it opened up a new window for a new message. Then I downloaded the email I was intending to forwrd and attached it to the reply. However, when I tried this, the email attachment got cutoff and did not contain the entire original message :( For a reply, much easier to just forward the entire message! Any alternative solution? Thanks

[@Andrew-yy6jf]

How does one do this when you are already replyiing to an email. I.e. I have been sent an email. I am replying to that email and want to reference a different email in this reply.

[@fareeyaahmed489]

How do I attach an email to another email with pdf included?

[@sauravbhattacharyya5435]

Many thanks for the video lesson, keep it up !

[@user-fq9fy8xk8l]

Thank you very much! This was very helpful!

[@vickiyounkin1057]

How would you do a attachment with your phone?

[@Teshelle18]

YESSS!! 👆🏼THIS QUESTION!! *iPhone 8 mobile

[@traciclemons6034]

This did not work for me. It just says "Some messages could not be attached Emails that contain chats, drafts, scheduled messages, or confidential messages cannot be forwarded as attachments". So frustrating.

[@ademolaomooba4852]

Thank you this was helpful.

[@danalyser]

This is useful! Thank you

[@cooooooolkid]

sought after feature! Finally :)

[@mayankbarot2796]

thank you for the help about to attach an email to an email in gmail

[@sonalcommunication7812]

Thanks you very much for your help its very very much useful

[@mohamedguerroumi4684]

It's very useful, thanks

[@meekserge6300]

Thanks for this support it works👌🏾✅✅✅

[@JeffElvisTarnue]

I'm using JAWS screen reader as a blind person. I want to get use to the standard view of gmail. How can I attach a document to an email that I want to send to someone using JAWS or any other screen reader? Jeff

[@hoaykhimtan2610]

Thank you.

[@mohsinalimushtaq729]

Very Simple, Thanks

[@nandkumarawasthi8121]

Very good guidance and specially English printed on vedio for better understanding as European pronounce is a bit difficult.😊

[@jodiegibbs6276]

very helpful, thank you

[@TechnologySimplicity]

Is this still working? How it looks like got recipient, need to download and open with any program?

[@shellylewis2659]

Is the original sender then emailed with all future correspondence?

[@ADavid42]

thank you so much for this!

[@dr.gracemarykanagae.3369]

When I send an email as attachment and the attached mail contains another attachment. But that attachment is not attached. How to incorporate that

[@shariqkhan7501]

It's very useful thanks 😊

[@kimtrain626]

Thank you

[@snmpartnersshak1001]

I want attached the whole thread of 14 emails how do I attach. It’s showing one email only

[@vickiyounkin1057]

Thanks so much very helpful

[@jutetwine4482]

Thank you for this! Can I mark my comments with my name? If yes, please provide steps..

[@ozairakhtarcom]

I didn't knew it. Thanks a lot ☺

[@mehtauk9627]

Thank you 😊

[@mahichoubey7892]

i could not drag the email into the composition. but teh other method of selecting the email to forward as attachment worked.

[@gianlucamorelli]

we don't need such a long introduction, just give the information already. This could have been a 30 second short lol

[@gayankulatunga1627]

once search email in not wived as mentioned in the video. could not be attached other email to continuing email

[@SAM-jf2yr]

is it possible in mobile ....

[@vusheth]

How to attach an email to an ongoing email communication? I would like to do this from an Android device.

[@andreasl33]

It does not seem to include attachments that the attached email has.

[@user-zy3zg6ct3i]

Hi, how do I attach only part of a trail mail? Thanks in advance.

[@mukeshmishra7130]

I am not getting this facility in my gmail. What's the reason ?

[@Teshelle18]

Non of this appears for me either

[@janedoe2585]

How does it work on the Android mobile App Version ?

[@iman6189]

Can this be done on phone ?

[@ajayspartun1994]

Thank you laura mae martin for helping. You are so beautiful 😍🌹🌹

[@PhilipTan-zj4tg]

It doesn't work on a conversation view, please advise how do I do that?

[@VikashKumar-pw4xh]

How to write email, send mail in loop, how to use Hi, Hello, dear, as a professional, in IT sector companies.

[@kaitlynmaney3]

What about on phone???

[@kekemotaung4213]

Time stamp if interested 0:35

[@user-ns7ft6ei6k]

What about replying email? How could I attach email?

[@ola12340]

Thanks! Very helpful. However, in my case the eml attachment shows as a Lotus Notes email. How do I make it open as a Gmail email :-) Thanks

[@KwabenaAning]

What about an email from a thread... not just a single email

[@karthikpb13]

Hey @Google Workspace can you show it how to do this in mobile

[@christophercooper6731]

The USA has become a reality TV show.

[@MrSatz99]

Tnx!! ❤

[@johnparks8216]

How do you do that on a smartphone that's what I need to do

[@ranjiths5141]

thankyou

[@hongying8954]

Tried and did not work. Not able to drag the email.

[@siddharthmurarka6477]

Need daily report of all emails sent and recieved for a particular period with list of qttachment

[@frankem51]

Doesn't work. I had to forward the e-mail instead

[@britcoun]

Doesn’t work on iPad

[@Mr.EnteSBY]

Probably this is a tutorial what I need

[@FlopFlipper]

Please update this video

[@lisahammond1208]

This no longer works.

[@midhun9363]

How can i open that attachment file

[@SunilKumar-hq9cn]

Thanks, my problem solved......

[@lilyfinemotha7224]

how do you attach an email to an email reply

[@lisaleesalee]

In most cases, people want to attach an email as a reference to make a reply, aka to an existing email. Unfortunately, this video doesn't help.

[@Generic_username111]

That's exactly what this video explained how to do. I was unsure of how to do it, as Outlook makes this much easier. I watched this video and it explained it perfectly. I attached 3 emails to a new one as reference. Maybe you didn't understand the video.

[@seannarae]

This functionality does NOT work in my Gmail, using either Chrome or FF (Win10). I am trying to attach a Gmail message to another Gmail message. When i click the POP OUT REPLY icon, the UI below it becomes greyed out, disabled. With the pop out modal open, I am not able to interact in any way with the Gmail inbox below it. Therefore, there is no way to drag & drop that other Gmail message. Any advice?

[@seannarae]

When i click the UI for the Inbox below the POP PUT REPLY modal, the pop out minimizes into the lower right of the Gmail interface. Dragging & dropping that other Gmail message onto this minimized version of the pop out reply does not attach it.

[@yeminoo9341]

@@seannarae It works for me , but you can only drag and drop a whole email thread, not one by one if there is already a thread going on.

[@Arouete]

This is not one step! Hello can you count 1234 this is not one step geez where do they find people?

[@715SF]

Doesn’t work on gmail app mobile.

[@tuttubabukarna]

Ok

[@drafman1]

why is the intro half the video

[@ryanmckim9501]

Awesome

[@rajneeshprasad5886]

Provide for Android app

[@Seedthedrummer]

Ok thanks but can this be done with the mobile app?? If so how please?

[@715SF]

It can’t. - trillion dollar company

[@Teshelle18]

@@715SF 😢 WOW I TO, have BEEN TRYIN! FOR DAYS!!

[@ScaroMK]

Gmail is very limited

[@The1PureEvil]

good god why is this such a drag .. outlook is simple man i never wanna do business on gmails ..

[@adityavibhute6225]

Superlike

[@edinsedin2005]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@santoshpunyasi8157]

🙋👍

[@lenne02]

My email looks different. I assume that this was only a made up show with no real prove.

[@fredphoesh]

This is completely useless because Gmail cannot open .eml files!!! Unbelievably lame. Also you cannot pin/attach a gmail message to a Google Spaces project!!! Really rubbish!

[@johnkyle3859]

google suck

[@keghinian]

how do i attach an email when replying to an email?

[@CmdrTigerKing]

Everyone make sure to leave your questions in the comments below so no one at google will answer them.

[@CmdrTigerKing]

I feel like she thinks im an idiot.

[@cubebackup4338]

This tip is helpful!