How to Save Multiple Emails to One File in Mac OS X Mail

Tidy up that Mac Mail inbox

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Updated on May 28, 2021

Select the emails you want to save, then select File > Save As from the menu.
Choose a name, format, and location.

This article describes how to save Apple Mail emails to a single text file in macOS 10.13 and later.

Save Multiple Emails to One File

To save more than one message from Mail to a consolidated text file that contains them all:

Open the folder containing the messages you want to save.
Highlight the emails you want to save to a single file.
- Hold down Shift to select a contiguous region.
- Hold down Command to select disparate emails.
- You can combine these two methods, too.
Select File > Save As from the menu.
If you want a file name different than the subject line of the first selected messages, type it under Save As.
Choose a folder for saving under Where.
Select either Rich Text Format (fully formatted email text) or Plain Text (plain text versions of the email messages) under Format.
Select Save.