- you can send a zip file in gmail if you want to send a large file or folder to someone without using google drive.
- gmail has a hard limit of 25mb for sending email attachments email , and if you try to send more data than that, google will automatically upload it to your drive and share the files as drive files instead.
- You have to compress your files or folders beforehand on your computer and then attach them to your email.
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gmail, google’s email platform, simplifies many aspects of email, including attachments.
Like most email services, gmail has a hard limit on the size of a file you can email; the files you submit cannot exceed a combined file size of 25mb. with most email services, if you try to send something larger than its maximum size, it just won’t let you send it.
with gmail, however, google just grabs them and uploads them to google drive, then sends them as shared drive links.
As convenient as it is, there can be problems with it. sometimes the sharing permissions on your drive are not set in such a way as to allow people to see them. sometimes the person you send the files to doesn’t know how to use google drive.
If you find that, for whatever reason, you’d rather not share your larger files via google drive, you can always do it the old-fashioned way, by sending them as a zip file.
Here’s how to create and send a zip file in gmail.
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how to send a zip file in gmail
1. open the application that stores files on your mac or pc.
2. find the files or folder you want to compress to send and select them.
3. You can do this on a computer by right-clicking on the file or folder and selecting “send to” and then “zipped folder” from the drop-down menu. rename the file if you want.
4. on a mac, right-click the folder or file and select “compress…” from the drop-down menu.
5. open gmail and log in to your account.
6. type the email you want to attach your zip file to. at the bottom of the email, click the paperclip button to attach a file.
7. locate the zip file you just created and select it, then click “open” to attach the file.
8. click “send” to send the email.
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