Gmail is the free messaging service that Google offers its customers. This platform allows users to perform the different functions of send and receive information, news and files. In this article we will explain the steps you must follow to send attachments and you will also know the important details so that the procedure is optimal when sending attachments in Gmail.
What is the maximum size of files that can be shared by Gmail?
Currently, the platform has a limit set for share 25 MB files from a Gmail account. However, Google offers its users the ability to attach larger files using the Google Drive app.
Google Drive works as a storage cloud where people can maintain and share, through links, documents and multimedia files.
How to attach a file to be sent by email from Gmail?
To attach a file in the email you want to send you must select the tool that has a paperclip icon. Next, we will indicate the steps you must follow to upload a file from the Gmail application and how to do it from its website.
From the mobile app
The first thing you need to do to attach a file to an email from the mobile app is to download and install it on your device. This app is available at ‘App Store’ and in ‘Google Play’.
Once you get the app, log in with your email affiliated with the platform and then click on the button ‘Write’. Pressing ‘Compose’ will open a window where you can write an email and attach the files by pressing the clip icon. This procedure varies depending on the operating system of the device.
Android operating system
If you are performing the procedure from a device with an Android operating system and you are in the ‘Compose’ window, you can press the clip icon. Later, Two options will appear: ‘Attach file’ and ‘Insert from Drive’.
The ‘Attach file’ option will show you the files that are stored on your device and you can select the ones you need to send. On the other hand, with the ‘Insert from Drive’ tool You will have access to the application menu where all your documents that you uploaded at nine are located to later select some and send them.
iOS operating system
To attach and send files from an iOS device you will have to open the ‘Compose’ section and select the ‘Clip’ icon, which is located in the upper right part of the screen. Once you press the ‘Clip’, the photos or images to send will appear, attachments that are saved on your device and the ones you’ve uploaded on Drive.
When you choose the file or files that you want to attach to the email you are going to send, you must click on it and wait for it to upload to the Gmail app. Lastly, you can press the icon in the form of an arrow pointing to the right to send the mail.
With the web version
Gmail also allows its users to attach files from your computer from its web version. You can quick access to the website Gmail from Google by selecting the ‘Gmail’ option found at the top right of the screen.
Another way to enter the website of the messaging platform is by placing the search engine of your choice in the gmail official page.
The procedure to attach files from the web version is similar to the one from the mobile application. The first thing you should do is enter the ‘Write’ section and click on the ‘Attach files’ optionwhose icon is a clip, located at the bottom.
Next, you can view and choose the file you want to attach to share by clicking on ‘To open’. On the other hand, you can also attach the file by dragging the document to the compose window. In addition to attaching a file, in Gmail you can write a letter or share information and send it later to the email address you want.
How to remove an attachment in Gmail?
Just as you can attach a file, you can also delete it if you wish by pressing the ‘X’ located next to the document or file name.
