Add attachments, such as files or photos, to your emails. To send large files over the size limit, such as videos, use Google Drive.
Learn how attachments work in the Gmail app
There are limits to the size of attachments for Gmail:
- For personal Gmail accounts, the limit is 25 MB.
- For work and school accounts, your Google Workspace administrator sets the attachment sending limits and attachment receiving limits.
If your total attachment size is greater than the limit, Gmail automatically removes the attachment and adds it as a Google Drive link in the email. Learn how to send Google Drive attachments in Gmail.
Tip: You can send an email even if the attachment is still uploading. The upload finishes before the email is sent in the background.
Send an attachment
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app
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- At the bottom right, tap Compose.
- At the top right, tap Attach
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- In the menu, select the type of attachment that you want to send:
- Photos
- Camera
- Files
- Drive
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.Tip: To remove an attachment:
- Tap the attachment.
- Tap Remove.
Send photos as attachments or in the message
- When you attach multiple photos to your message, you can select up to five at a time.
- When you select a single photo, Gmail will insert the photo into your message text. To send the photo as an attachment:
- Tap the photo.
- In the menu, tap Send as attachment.
- If you select multiple photos, Gmail will add the photos as attachments. To insert a photo into the message:
- Tap an attachment.
- In the menu, tap Send inline.
Fix issues with attachments in Gmail
Attachments might be unavailable
Your network administrator or Internet provider probably blocked 'mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com', the domain that Google uses to host attachments.
For more help, contact your internet service provider.
Blocked for security reasons
To prevent viruses, Gmail doesn't let you attach executable files, such as files ending in .exe.
Learn about storage limits
Attachments count towards your Google storage. Storage is shared across Drive, Photos and Gmail. If you have reached your storage limit, you won't be able to send or receive attachments.
To clean up your storage:
- Go through your inbox and delete large attachments that you no longer need.
- Regularly empty your bin and spam.
Learn how to manage your storage in Drive, Gmail and Photos.
Learn how to resolve the 'Gmail's adding files' error message
- If you're uploading files from another device, wait until the upload is complete. Then send the attachments in your current message.
- To send the message straight away, remove the attachments that are uploading from the other device.
Learn how to resolve the 'Couldn't send message' error message
- One or more files weren't uploaded to Drive. This might be because you don't have enough space, your Internet is slow or something else.
- To send the message, remove or re-add the attachment.