How to Save All Attachments From Multiple Emails Fast in OS X Mail

Get all the files from your emails at once

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Updated on July 1, 2022

Save: Select desired emails > select File > Save Attachments > choose location > Save.
Delete: Select desired emails > select Message > Remove Attachments.

This article explains how to quickly save all attachments from multiple emails in OS X 10.13 (High Sierra) and later using OS X Mail.

To save to disk a copy of all files attached to more than one message in OS X Mail:

In Mail, select all of the emails containing attachments you want to download.

To select a range of consecutive messages, hold Shift and click the first and last items in the range. To highlight nonconsecutive ones, hold Command while clicking the ones you want.
Under the File menu, select Save Attachments.
Select the location you want to save the attachments to.
Click Save.

To save room in your inbox, you can also delete attachments from multiple messages with a single click. Here's how to do it.

Select the emails from which you want to delete attachments.
Under the Message menu, select Remove Attachments.
OS X Mail will delete the files from the emails.
When you've removed the attachments from an email, Mail will add a note to the body saying, "The attachment [name] has been manually removed."

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