Download all archived emails gmail

For my MB archive file, it took approximately 15min to receive the download link via email. Once you download the archive, you will have to extract the. Mbox file format is made for email clients to read, so your operating system will not be able to open it.

Below we have explained what you can do with the Mbox file. I really liked free Windows MBox Viewer for this purpose that is free and very easy to use, but it is only for Windows. Download and open Windows MBox Viewer. This will add the folder in MBox Viewer and you will see all the emails in the above panel. Another way to retrieve archived emails in Gmail us by using third-party software called Aryson Gmail Backup Tool. This software will download all the archived emails as required.

Follow the steps below to retrieve emails:. Few other important features of Aryson Gmail Backup Tool are as follows:. Archived emails are not easy to locate. To get them back to the inbox, you need to move each and every message to the inbox. Using Google Takeout With the use of Google Takeout, download all your Gmail emails in a compressed and convenient format.

Follow the steps below to use this method: In the web browser type myaccount. In the next window scroll down and click on Download your data option. As you click on the above option, a next window will open then click on Deselect all , then scroll down select Mail and click on All Mail data included. After clicking on All Mail data included, a pop-up window will open then first deselect Include all messages in the mail then you will be able to select which type of messages you want to include, click OK.

As you click on Next Step you will reach on the top then click on Send download link via email and choose a file format to the download and preferred delivery method from the drop-down menu. Now go to the bottom and click on Create Archive. After clicking on Create Archive , a message will show to apprise you that an archive is being created, please wait.

When it is finally created, you will find a single file containing all the messages in an MBOX format. You can only save your emails as PDF one by one, see the steps below to perform this method: First, login your Gmail account, and open that email which you want to save as PDF.