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If you use Google Chrome, now you can drag and drop attachments from Gmail messages to your desktop !

Dragging and dropping files is an easy way to save time in Gmail. We’ve previously blogged aboutdragging files to upload as attachments and dragging images into new messages. Now, if you're using Google Chrome, you can also drag attachments out of messages you receive to save them to your computer.



Let’s say you have an email open containing an attachment. Hover your mouse over the attachment’s “Download” link or its file icon and a tooltip appears that says: “Click to view OR drag to your desktop to save."

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