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    How to send a document from WhatsApp to email on Android

    How to send a document from WhatsApp to email

    You are interested in understanding how to send a document from WhatsApp to email using a device Android? So, to begin with, take your device, unlock it, access the home screen or drawer and start WhatsApp, considering the relative icon (Quella with the green speech bubble and the white handset).

    Now that you see the main application screen, select the tab Chat which is at the top, tap the conversazione of your interest and identify, within the latter, the document you want to send by email.



    If you can't find the file of your interest by scrolling through the conversation, you can help by searching by title or by type. In the first case, press the button with i three dots collocato in alto a destra, selects the voice Search from the menu that appears and type the title of the document in the appropriate field.

    In the second case, instead, press on name of the user or group which is located at the top, then on the item Media, link and documenti in the new screen that appears, then select the tab Doc.

    Then, hold down for a few moments onpreview of the document, in order to select the file, then touch thesharing icon (Quella with him three lines and the three dots) that you find in the upper right part of the application screen and select, through the menu that appears, theemail app (eg Gmail) you want to use to send the file as an email attachment.


    After completing the above steps, the composing a new email via the selected app. So, in the new screen that appears, fill in the field A with the recipient's email address and enter the body of the message in the space provided.


    Field Subjectinstead, by default it is auto-filled with text "Document from [your nickname on WhatsApp]". Finally, send the email by pressing on the item or on the button forsending and it's done. For more information, you can refer to my guide on how to send an email from your mobile.

    If you have to send multiple documents received on WhatsApp simultaneously, I'm sorry to tell you but this is not feasible by acting directly from the famous instant messaging app. However, you can remedy this by taking the files of your interest directly from the smartphone memory, as long as you have enabled the option for automatic saving of files on the device.

    You can find the aforementioned setting by tapping the button with i three dots located at the top right of the main WhatsApp screen, by selecting the item Settings from the menu that opens, then that Data usage and archiving and ticking the option Documents visible after tapping on the items How much do you use the mobile network, When connesso processes Wi-Fi e When I was roaming, based on what your needs are.

    If, therefore, you have activated the automatic download of documents in WhatsApp, to find them, open the File Manager that you usually use on your device (eg Google files), navigate to the location WhatsApp / Media / WhatsApp Documents and select the folder Private (if you want to recover the documents you received) or that sent (if you want to recover some documents you sent).


    Then locate the files of your interest, make a long press on first document to send and select all the others, by tapping on the relative ones names, then press onsharing icon and touches theemail app icon you use on your device from the menu that opens. At this point, the composing a new email having as attachments the selected documents and which you can fill in and send as I explained to you a little while ago.


    Also if you have enabled the saving of WhatsApp documents on the device, you can send them via email also by directly opening theemail app, starting the composing a new email, by tapping on the button to add attachments (usually it is the one with the clip) and selecting the files of your interest from the next screen.

    How to send a document from WhatsApp to email on iPhone

    How to send a document from WhatsApp to email

    Be, invent, possiedi a iPhone and you are trying to figure out how to send a document from WhatsApp to email in this case, first of all take your device, unlock it, access the home screen and start WhatsAppby selecting the relevant icon (Quella with the green speech bubble and the white handset).

    Once the main WhatsApp screen is displayed, select the item Chat which is at the bottom and tap on conversazione in relation to which you are interested in going to act from the proposed list, then identify the document present inside that you want to send by e-mail.


    If you can't find the file this way, you can help by searching by name or type. To do this, tap the name of the user or group present at the top and, in the first case, in the new screen displayed select the item Search chat and type il title of the document in the field provided. In the second case, instead, select the wording Media, link and documenti and tap on the tab Doc.

    Then, tap onpreview of the document of your interest, press onshare icon (Quella with the square and the arrow) and select l 'email app icon that you usually use from your iPhone (eg Mail) from the menu that appears.


    If you are acting from the section Media, links and documents> Doc of the app, you can also act on multiple documents simultaneously, by touching the wording Select located at the top right, then selecting the various files of your interest and proceeding in the same way as I have just indicated.

    After viewing the email manager app screen, the chosen documents will be added as an attachment to the message to be sent. Then fill in the field A with the recipient's email address and enter the body of the message in the space provided.

    Field Subjectinstead, it will automatically populate with the title of the document (or the last one selected, in case you want to send more files). To conclude, proceed with thesending, by pressing on the item or on the appropriate button. For more details, you can read my tutorial on how to send an email from your mobile.

    How to send a document from WhatsApp to email from a computer

    How to send a document from WhatsApp to email

    If you are interested in understanding how to send a document from WhatsApp to email by acting from computer, know that you can proceed both using the WhatsApp client for Windows and macOS and WhatsApp Web (the Web version of the famous messaging service working from any browser and operating system).

    For starters, if you want to use the WhatsApp client, open the application in question by selecting the relevant one collegamento that you find in Windows Start menu or in MacOS Launchpad. If, on the other hand, you want to use Web WhatsApp, open the browser you usually use to surf the Net (eg Chrome) and go to the main page of the service.

    Now, if you haven't already done so, scan the QR code which is shown to you on the screen, so that you can connect to your account. If you don't know how to do it, open theWhatsApp app on your smartphone and proceed as indicated below.

    • Stai using Android, fai tap sul pulsating with i three dots posto in alto a destra and selects the voice Web WhatsApp give the purpose menu.
    • Stai using an iPhone, if the dicitura Settings placed at the bottom right and then that Web WhatsApp.

    After completing the above steps, frame the QR code that you view in the WhatsApp window on the PC with the mobile phone camera. For more information, I suggest you read my guide on how to use WhatsApp on PC.

    Once the connection is established, select from the left side of the WhatsApp screen on your computer the conversazione of your interest and identify within the latter i papers you want to send by email.

    If proceeding as I have just indicated you cannot find the files of your interest, you can help by searching them by name or by type. In the first case, click on the icon of magnifying glass at the top right and type the title of the document in the appropriate field, while in the second press on name of the user or group that you always find at the top right, select the wording Media, link and documenti and open the tab Documents.

    Next, click on the button with the down arrow that you find onpreview of the various files, in order to download them to your computer. Alternatively, click on the tick down which appears by placing the mouse pointer on the preview and selecting the item Download from the menu that opens. By default, the files will be saved in the folder Download Of computer.

    If you want to download multiple documents simultaneously, I inform you that if you are acting from the section Media, links and documents> Doc application, you can affix the checkmark on the box visible next to the preview of each file and proceed with the download of all the elements of your interest, by clicking on the icon with the down arrow appearance at the top right.

    After completing the above steps, open the client for managing e-mail (eg Outlook) or the Webmail service (eg. Gmail) that you usually use on your computer and start the composing a new message, by clicking on the item or button provided for the purpose. In the compose message window that is shown to you, click on the to button add attachments (usually it is the one with the clip) and select the documents previously downloaded from WhatsApp.

    Finally, fill in the fields A e Subject with, respectively, the recipient's email address and the title you want to use to briefly describe the content of the email, then type the body of the message in the space provided e email the message by pressing the appropriate button. For more information, refer to my specific guide on how to send an email.

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