Select the file you'd like to share from your Dropbox in the pop-up window.

Click the Dropbox icon at the bottom of the Compose window.

From your Gmail account, click Compose.

To share a Dropbox file using the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on: Share files using the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on The Add-on will appear in your Gmail account on the righthand sidebar, above the white plus sign (+) icon when you open an email with attachments or with Dropbox or Google Drive links. You may need to log in to your Dropbox account if you aren’t already logged in.

Note: If you don’t see the right side panel, click the left-facing arrow at the bottom right to open it.

When you hover over the plus sign, you’ll see “Get Add-ons.”

Click the white plus sign (+) icon on the right side panel.

Install and enable the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on

Add the file to your Dropbox account on or the Dropbox desktop app on your computer.

Find the file in the “Downloads” folder on your computer.

Follow the instructions in Gmail Help to download a Gmail attachment to your computer.

If you downloaded the Dropbox desktop app, you can find the file in the Dropbox folder on your computer, in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac).

If you downloaded it from, you can find the file in the “Downloads” folder on your computer, in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac).

Follow the instructions in Gmail Help to attach a file to a Gmail message.

Sign in to and download the file you’d like to attach to your computer or download the Dropbox desktop app.To attach a Dropbox file to a Gmail message: Attach Dropbox files to your Gmail messages Not using Dropbox yet? See how Dropbox makes it easy to send large files. Save attachments from Gmail directly to your Dropbox accountĪdmins can enable the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on for their entire team from within the Google Admin console.Share your Dropbox files directly through your Gmail account.With the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on, you can: The Dropbox for Gmail add-on is available on any browser or platform, including mobile apps.

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