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 to download and save it on your phone, or touch to save it in Drive.

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. Touch Images > Ask before showing.