Extract all attachments from an MBOX file

How to extract attachments

1. Open the file on the homepage. Gmail Takeout, Thunderbird and Apple Mail exports all work.
2. Narrow it down (optional). Tick Has attachment to see only messages with files. Add a sender or date range to get, say, every invoice from one supplier last year.
3. Click Attachments… → Save attachments as ZIP. Pick everything, or limit it to images, PDFs, or documents and spreadsheets.
4. Unzip. Every attachment from the selected messages is in one archive.

Download all your Gmail attachments at once

Gmail has no button to download every attachment. The way around it:

1. Export your mail with Google Takeout and unzip it. See the Takeout guide.
2. Open All mail Including Spam and Trash.mbox at readmbox.com.
3. Save attachments as ZIP. Every file you've ever been sent or sent yourself, in one archive.

Good to know

• Attachments are saved exactly as they were sent, in their original format.
• The Has attachment filter reads each message's headers, so very occasionally an unusually built message can be missed by the filter.
• A big mailbox can contain many gigabytes of attachments, so make sure you have free disk space for the ZIP.

What's free

You can see the attachments listed on every message for free. Saving attachments, one at a time or in bulk, is part of the one-time $29 unlock, with no subscription. Open your file first and check what's there before you pay.

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