In Outlook, how to see/download attachments from past emails of a thread I was marked in for the first time?

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In Outlook, how to see/download attachments from past emails of a thread I was marked in for the first time?

Harangad 0

I was marked in an email thread for the first time. When I scroll down in the thread, I can see past emails (which I wasn't marked in). Is it possible to also see/download the associated attachments since I cannot see those? If yes, how can I do it?

I am using Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2304 Build 16.0.16327.20200) 64-bit

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Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Moderator

Hi @Harangad ,

Try setting the view to group with conversation view:

In the Outlook ribbon, go to the View tab, check the Show as Conversations checkbox from the Messages group. In the popping up Microsoft Outlook dialog box, click the button you need (here I click the This folder button).

The selected email chain is then arranged by conversation. You can see an attachment icon displayed on the right of the mailing list.

Click on the white triangle to expand the current conversation. You can then find the corresponding attachments in the original messages.

Harangad 0 Reputation points

2023-06-01T06:08:58.3033333+00:00

Hello Faery Fu-MSFT,

Thank you for your reply.

This works if I was marked in the past email(s) of the thread. Since I was not marked in the past email(s), I cannot see them in a mailing list even after turning on the conversation view. I can only see the contents of those in a single thread/chain without the attachments.

Your suggestion to see/download attachments works only for emails of a conversation I am marked in. Apologies for not mentioning that I have already tried this.
Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-06-02T08:35:43.0233333+00:00

Hi @Harangad ,

What do you mean that you're marked in?
Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-06-06T05:42:28.4833333+00:00

Hi @Harangad ,

Have you had a chance to check the replies provided? Any update would be appreciated.
Harangad 0 Reputation points

2023-06-06T05:47:43.5766667+00:00

Hi @Faery Fu-MSFT

Please excuse me for the delayed reply, by marked, I mean if the sender of the email has kept me in "To" or "CC".
Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-06-07T05:24:58.75+00:00

Hi @Harangad ,

I feel sorry to tell you that those attachments cannot be viewed or downloaded if you are not in the recipient list.
Harangad 0 Reputation points

2023-06-12T12:35:33.0966667+00:00

Right, but it's odd that Microsoft allows to see the content of the emails but not the attachments even though i was not in the recipient's list.
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Chobhe, Shravani 0

Thankyou so much for the answer! It helped!

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In Outlook, how to see/download attachments from past emails of a thread I was marked in for the first time?

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