5 Top Ways to Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox

• Why Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox?
• How to Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox Automatically [4 Ways]
  1. MultCloud [Message + Attachment] 
  2. Dropbox for Gmail add-on [Attachment Only]
  3. Dropbox Unique Email Address [Attachment Only]
  4. Power Automate [Attachment Only]
• How to Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox Commonly [Download & Upload]
• Conclusion
• FAQs

Why Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox?

Since many people want to make Dropbox for Gmail integration, it must bring some benefits to us. This section will show you 3 main advantages.

How to Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox Automatically [4 Ways]

To automatically send Gmail email attachments to Dropbox, you can use MultCloud Email Migration, Dropbox for Gmail add-on, Dropbox Unique Email Address, or Power Automate. All the methods will be given detailed steps below.

Way 1: Copy Gmail Attachments to Dropbox via MultCloud

MultCloud is a cloud management service and it offers a robust function, Email Migration, which is specially designed for saving email messages to the cloud with or without attachments. There are 5 specialties of Email Migration.

★ What can Email Migration do?

Automatically convert emails into PDF files.

Transfer up to 200 emails to the cloud per session.

Support multiple migration sources in one task.

Schedule the migration task at your preferred time and frequency.

Filter the emails you want to migrate with email senders, recipients, dates, with attachment or not, and is read or not.

So how to use Email Migration to save Gmail attachments to Dropbox? Steps are shown below.

Step 1: Enter MultCloud and sign up for a free account.

Step 2: Connect your Gmail account to MultCloud by clicking "Add Email" and the Gmail icon. Then log in to the account and allow MultCloud's access in the pop-up window.

Step 3: Connect your Dropbox account to MultCloud by clicking "Add Cloud" and the Dropbox icon. Also, follow the instructions in the pop-up window to finish this step.

Step 4: Select "Email Migration" in the left sidebar and choose Gmail and Dropbox in the FROM and TO boxes.

Step 5: The default setting of Email Migration includes transferring email messages with attachments, click "Migrate Now" to start the Gmail to Dropbox migration.

Way 2: Move Gmail Attachment to Dropbox via Dropbox for Gmail add-on

Dropbox gives the Dropbox for Gmail extension for saving Gmail attachments to Dropbox directly. However, Dropbox ended the support for this extension in August of 2021.

Step 1: Install and launch the Dropbox for Gmail add-on.

Step 2: Open the email with the attachments you want to save to Dropbox. Then click the Dropbox icon in the right sidebar.

Step 3: Choose a Dropbox folder where you want to save the attachments and click "Save" to save Gmail attachments to Dropbox.

Way 3: Save New Attachments in Gmail to Dropbox via Dropbox Unique Email Address

Except for the add-on, Dropbox gives another solution to save email to Dropbox. You can create a unique email address and when others send emails to this address, the attachments will be automatically saved in the "Email Attachments" folder on Dropbox.

Step 1: Go to Dropbox's settings and find "Email to Dropbox" under "Features".

Step 2: Click "Set up" next to "Email to Dropbox" and tap "Create unique email address" in the pop-up window.

Step 3: Copy the email address, click "Done", and share it with others. Then, when they send you emails, the attachments will be saved in Dropbox directly.

Way 4: Send Gmail Email Attachment to Dropbox via Power Automate

Power Automate is Microsoft's workflow automation tool. It can streamline tasks across apps and enhance productivity with ease. There is a template on Power Automate named “Save Gmail attachments to a Dropbox folder” which is useful in this situation.

Step 1: Open Power Automate and sign in to your account.

Step 2: Click "Template" in the left bar, search the "Save Gmail attachments to a Dropbox folder" template, and open it.

Step 3: Connect your Dropbox and Gmail accounts to Power Automate and click "Continue".

Step 4: Choose the Gmail label and fill the "Raw input" blank in the "When a new email arrives" box.

Step 5: Choose which Dropbox folder you’d like to save Gmail attachments and click the "Save" button at the bottom of this page. Then the task will run automatically.

How to Save Gmail Attachments to Dropbox Commonly [Download & Upload]

If you only have a few email attachments to save to Dropbox, you can try this common way.

Step 1: Enter Gmail, log in to your account, and open the email that you want to save its attachment.

Step 2: Click the download icon to save the attachment to a local position.

Step 3: Open Dropbox and log in to your account.

Step 4: Click "Upload" and choose "Files". Then select the attachment you downloaded before and click "Open". After that, the Gmail attachment is saved to Dropbox.

Conclusion

Whether you choose MultCloud Email Migration, Dropbox for Gmail add-on, Dropbox Unique Email Address, or Power Automate to save Gmail attachments to Dropbox, the transfer process can be automatic. However, MultCloud outreaches for faster speed, multiple migration options, and more cloud destination options. Moreover, please notice that Dropbox for Gmail add-on was not supported in August of 2021.

What's more, MultCloud can also do you a favor in some cloud-to-cloud file transfer tasks. For example, after saving attachments to Dropbox, if you also want to transfer Google Drive files to Dropbox, you can use MultCloud Cloud Transfer to enjoy an automatic transfer process.

FAQs

How do I move an email attachment to Dropbox?

Whether you want to move an Outlook attachment or a Gmail attachment to Dropbox, you can use MultCloud Email Migration. First, enter MultCloud and sign up. Then, add Outlook/Gmail and Dropbox to MultCloud. Next, refer to the steps above to create an Email Migration task. Finally, start this task.

Can emails be saved to Dropbox?

Definitely, you can save emails to Dropbox by MultCloud Email Migration. If supports both Outlook and Gmail emails to be easily transferred to Dropbox. Also, you can schedule the task and filter which emails you want to move.

How do I save all attachments in Gmail to Drive?

You can use MultCloud Email Migration. The steps are quite easy. You just need to sign up for a MultCloud account, add Gmail and Google Drive to this MultCloud account, create an Email Migration task, and then start it. Soon, you can see the Gmail emails and attachments are displayed in your Dropbox as PDF files.