View email attachments

Attachments appear at the end of an email.

Attachments download automatically over Wi-Fi for immediate viewing. They do not save automatically to your phone.

View attachments

To view or play the attachment, touch it.

If you see a message that you can't open the attachment type, most file types have a free viewer that you can use. In Play Store, search for the file type, then select and download an app.

Save attachments

To save an attachment, in the email touch > Save.

To view saved attachments later, open the Downloads app.

Delete saved attachments

  1. Touch > Downloads.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To select one item, touch & hold it.
    • To select multiple items, touch & hold the first one, then touch the others.
  3. Touch .

Prevent previews

Attached photos or videos appear as thumbnails, showing a preview.

To see a generic thumbnail instead of a preview thumbnail until you open the file:

  1. Touch > Settings, then touch the account name.
  2. Uncheck Download attachments.