Send large files via Gmail? That’s how you do it
If you want to send some photos to yourself via Gmail, you often run into the message that it was far too many and that only a selection of your photos will be sent (a selection that Gmail makes itself for convenience). Very annoying, but did you know that you can also easily send large files via Gmail? Even up to 10 GB! This is how you do that.
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Send large files
The Gmail file size limit is 25 MB. You are allowed to send either 1 file that large, or multiple files that together exceed 25 MB in size. 25 MB used to be a lot: nowadays 1 200MP photo from your Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is already something like that. The world has changed, but Gmail hasn’t changed with it. Whether that will happen, we don’t know, but you may not even have to if you use the lifehack below to send large files via Gmail.
Through the browser
- Open Gmail at www.gmail.com
- Click on Compose to compose a new mail
- Don’t go to the paper clip, but click on the triangular Google Drive logo
- Click on My Drive (although you don’t have to if it opens right away)
- Go to the folder on your Drive where that large file is located and click on it (or search for the file on your computer via Upload)
- Then choose to insert as Drive Link
- Click Insert
- Finish your email and press Send when you’re done.
- The recipient will receive your email with a link to download the file via Google Drive.
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Through the Gmail app
- Open the Gmail app
- At the bottom right, click Compose
- Now tap on paper clip
- You will then be given the choice between attaching a file and inserting it from Drive. Choose the latter
- Drive opens again and you can select a file to add as an attachment
- Select what you want to send, tap Select
- You will then see the file as a link in your email.
- The recipient will receive your email with a link to download the file via Google Drive.
Handy huh? It may seem like a lot of hassle at first, but Google has made it so that it’s actually so squeaky clean. Good luck sending!
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