Gmail opens downloaded files

Download and open Windows MBox Viewer. Click on the “File” menu and choose “Select folder” to select the “Mail” folder you got in the Takeout archive. This will add the folder in MBox Viewer and you will see all the emails in the above panel. You can click on each email to preview it in the window below and also interact with it.  · Download the file that is opening automatically. Upon downloading the file, in the downloads tray on the bottom the file will show up to display its progress. click on the up arrow " ^ ". a pop-up menu will appear, Click on the checked option for always open files of this type and this will uncheck that option.  · Google provides its users with the option to download all data associated with their Google accounts, including Gmail emails, as a single archive. To download all emails from Gmail as archive: Log in to your Gmail account. Click your Profile icon in .

The second option you have to open an email address from Gmail is the plain text view. If you have tried opening the email using the PDF option, you probably have seen an option were you can open the file using plain HTML. It is located in the menu where you open the PDF format files. Open Gmail in your browser and open the message with the blocked attachment. Click the more options button next to the reply button and from the menu, select Show Original. This will open the email in a new tab/window. Click the Download Original button, and make sure you change the file extension that the message is saved in from TXT to EML. Clear Auto-Open Download Preferences. Download the file that is opening automatically. Upon downloading the file, in the downloads tray on the bottom the file will show up to display its progress. click on the up arrow " ^ "a pop-up menu will appear, Click on the checked option for always open files of this type and this will uncheck that.

You must download the file first, then open it either in the Downloads folder or the notification at the bottom of your browser. ^^This exactly. When you click to open a file in gmail it opens a preview, not the actual editable file. If you want to save the a photo, open the individual attachment by tapping on it after the download is complete, then tap Save and it will get saved to your Saved Photos folder. If it is a document, it's a little funnier. You have to open the "Office" app and then select "email: opened attachments" I haven't been able to find where PDFs go yet. Open your device's Settings app. Tap Privacy Photos. Switch on Gmail. Save to Google Drive. Make sure you've downloaded the Gmail app. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app. Open the email.