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How to email many files as one attachment

Zipping alone barely shrinks PDFs, photos and videos, because they’re already compressed. Compress each kind of file first, then put them all in one ZIP so they arrive as a single attachment.

  1. 1Compress PDFif needed
  2. 2Compress imageif needed
  3. 3Compress videoif needed
  4. 4Create ZIP
Start step 1: Compress PDF

Each step passes your file to the next, so you only add it once. Nothing is uploaded.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Compress the PDFsIf needed

    Skip this if you have no PDFs. Download the results to use in step 4.

    Open Compress PDF
  2. 2

    Compress the photosIf needed

    Skip this if you have no photos. Download the results.

    Open Compress image
  3. 3

    Compress the videosIf needed

    Skip this if you have no videos. Videos are usually the biggest part, so this matters most.

    Open Compress video
  4. 4

    Put everything in one ZIP

    Add all the compressed files and any others, and create one ZIP to attach.

    Open Create ZIP

Questions

The ZIP is still over 25 MB. What now?

Split it across two emails, or compress the videos harder with “Under a size”. Files over about 25 MB are better sent as a link from a cloud drive.

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