How to Download Pictures in Gmail
Gmail supports pictures in email in two different ways; either as an attachment to the email or displayed directly in the body of the email. Downloading a picture enables you to permanently save a copy of it on your computer's hard drive. Not only can you save a picture in Gmail directly to your hard drive, but you can also save it directly to your Google Drive account. Depending on whether you received the picture as part of the message or as an attachment, the method to download it to your computer will differ.
Save Image Sent as an Attachment
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Open the email that contains the attached image you want to save.
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Hover your mouse over the attached picture to reveal the picture's name, its format and the download options.
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Click "Download" to save the picture to your browser's default folder for downloads.
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Click "Save to Drive" to download the picture to your Google Drive account.
Save Image Displayed in Body of Email
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Open the email containing the image you want to save.
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Right-click the image and select "Save Image As" from the menu.
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Select the destination location on your hard drive where you would like to save the image.
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Click "Save" to download the image from Gmail to your computer's hard drive. Open the image by navigating to its location in the Windows 8 File Explorer and double-clicking it.
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- Images downloaded to your hard drive from the body of an email are in the JPEG format and by default will open in the Windows 8 Paint program.
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