How to Extract Attachments from MSG Files?

MSG files are used by Microsoft Outlook to store individual emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc. If you have a large number of MSG files and want to extract attachments from them at once, doing it manually will take a lot of time. To solve this problem, we have explained an automated method to extract attachments from MSG files without Outlook.

Overview

MSG files are created by Microsoft Outlook and store individual emails with email body, formatting,  meta-properties, Sender-recipient info, Date, time, subject, with attachments like images, PDF, docs, etc.

Users receive emails with attachments like invoices, reports, images and documents. When you save emails as MSG files, attachments are also stored with them. When these files are collected in hundreds, then extracting attachments using manual methods becomes a difficult task. Extracting attachments using an automated method in batch helps save time and effort.

Reasons to extract attachments from MSG files

• Extracting attachments from a MSG file reduces its size.

• Can save attachments of specific types in a single file, like PDF, Images, docs, etc.

• Share attachments with another person without email.

• Can use attachments according to your needs after extracting from emails.

Automated method to extract attachments from MSG files

With eSoftTools MSG Attachment Extractor Software, you can extract all types of attachments with email addresses from MSG files. With a few clicks and simple steps, you can extract attachments from multiple MSG files. This tool extracts attachments from MSG files without the installation of Outlook on your system.

Key features

• Easily extracts attachments and email addresses from Outlook and MDEamon MSG files.
• Provides a preview of emails, contacts, calendars, and attachments from the MSG file inside the software.
• Saves attachments from MSG files in a single folder or a separate folder by message Subject.
• Email filtering helps users to filter emails according to Date.
• Save and extract attachments of specific types such as .pdf, .rar, .zip, etc.
• Supports naming extracted attachments with the naming convention feature that saves attachments based on Subject, Date and From.
• Can extract attachments of all MSG files of the Outlook editions up to 2021.
• Have a simple and easy-to-use graphical interface that performs the extraction process with ease.
• Consistent with all Windows editions like Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 & below editions.

Steps to extract attachments from MSG files

Download and launch eSoftTools MSG Attachment Extractor software on your system.

Press the Select MSG folder button on the menu bar to add MSG files into the software.

Select the MSG folder path and load all MSG files/folders into the software.

Preview all MSG files/folders inside the software and choose the MSG files with attachments.

Select the Saving location on your computer for saving attachments of the MSG file.

Choose the Extract type as the Extract attachment option.

Choose one option from the extracting options- Extract all attachments from MSG files or Extract any Specific file extension attachment (.pdf, .zip, .rar).

Apply Mail filter and the Naming Convention feature according to the requirements.

Conclusion

When a user wants to extract attachment from MSG without Outlook, the above-explained automated method can do this easily. The complication and stress that a user has in the manual method while extracting attachments from MSG files in batch is removed by this tool. We hope we are able to solve your query about extracting attachments from multiple MSG files.