Gmail: How to Insert Images into an Email Message Body

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Gmail allows you to insert images into the body of an email message instead of just attaching the image. This makes for a better looking email and prevents the reader from having to open an attachment after opening the email.

1. Go to Gmail and login to your account.

2. Click the Labs icon at the upper right corner of the screen.

3. Scroll down the list to the Inserting Images Lab and select its Enable radio button.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save Changes button.

5. Click the Compose Mail link on the left side of the screen. Address the message and input an appropriate Subject.

6. Compose your email as usual. When you come to a place in the message where you wish to insert an image, go to the Rich Formatting toolbar and select the Insert Image icon .

7. Select the My Computer radio button if you wish to insert an image that resides on your computer. Browse to the desired image and then click the Open button to select it. Click the Add Image button to insert it into the message body.

Select the Web address (URL) radio button if you wish to insert an image that resides on the web. Input the Image URL. Click the Add Image button to insert it into the message body.

8. The image will appear in the message body. Use the included menu to select the desired size of the image (Small, Medium, Large, or Original Size). If you change your mind, select Remove from the menu.

Continue composing your email as usual.

 

33 Comments -


  1. laya said on April 22, 2009

    does the receiver who is not using Gmail can read such email as the sender?

  2. Anonymous said on April 22, 2009

    Thanks!

  3. Anonymous said on April 22, 2009

    Yes, receiver can read the mail with pics

  4. wolfeee said on April 22, 2009

    I would like the ability to add the image to my signature block with out having to manually do it every time…is that possible?

  5. dan said on April 23, 2009

    Is it possible to add a pgp signiture to my email….. as you can do in firefox and outlook. Wiould be nice if this could be done through the web interface also

  6. dan said on April 23, 2009

    growl, thunderbird and outlook. Sorry.

    And I’m talking a signiture such as this.
    —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—–
    Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32)
    Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla – http://enigmail.mozdev.org

    iEYEARECAAYFAknvJdQACgkQhmf3uh9MrMZdjACglJV7khehfRhTW25yNBXpRBMF
    J8cAnjKMPInZ5oiuAQgrnMbi1WM88N4S
    =eaHg
    —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–

  7. Raja Ravi Varma said on April 24, 2009

    Fantastic Post

  8. Circle Tech said on April 25, 2009

    Thanks for the trick.. Great tutorial.. :), I’ve been searchin’ for it…

  9. Carmen said on May 8, 2009

    That was working for me but suddenly insted of the picture it showed an image icon,when I sent my email out. Does anyboy know why or how to fix that?
    yourcasaponte@gmail.com

  10. Paresh said on May 10, 2009

    Thanks a lot for this recipe….. I needed it badly..

  11. Dildo Toys said on June 22, 2009

    Great tutorial to come up with a much more presentable image attachment. What’s even better is that non-Gmail users could read the image clearly. Thanks for another wonderful recipe!

  12. Alena said on September 8, 2009

    Thanks a lot. It’s really helpful.

  13. Alena said on September 8, 2009

    Thanks a lot. It’s really helpful.

  14. Alena said on September 8, 2009

    Thanks a lot. It’s really helpful.

  15. Anonymous said on September 10, 2009

    I can’t find the Labs icon. I use Internet Explorer not Chrome. Any ideas why or how to get it?

  16. Anonymous said on October 25, 2009

    Thanks a lot for given easy way to attach image through gmail

  17. Anonymous said on November 16, 2009

    Thanks a lot!! It really helped me.. :)

  18. Abdul said on January 9, 2010

    Awesome!! Works great! Hats Off!! to the Geek.

  19. Taimoor said on August 26, 2010

    Thanks for sharing..

  20. Jaga_1986 said on October 12, 2010

    thanks it’s amazing. it work on windows xp with explorer 7

  21. Md. Mosabbir Hossain said on November 29, 2010

    Thanks a million.. I was badly finding the way, finally got it.

    Wish you all the best :-)

  22. Mohit Mansinghka said on December 5, 2010

    It is awesome… though you forgot how to enable the labs button… you need to go to settings first and enable labs…. thanks guys…tell me how can i contribute..

  23. Anonymous said on December 5, 2010

    You would like to contribute to our site?

  24. nikunj said on December 9, 2010

    nice!!!
    i learn from hear…

  25. Silvermanr said on December 21, 2010

    How can you do this with an entire pdf or Word page that you want seen in the body of the email instead of as an attachment?
    I tried to PrintScreen top half & save as jpg, then PrintScreen bottom half & save as jpg, then Insert one in at a time.
    Not bad, but I used Paint to create the photo, so the edges are not perfectly aligned.
    More problematic is that there’s a shadow behind all the lettering and images on the page.

    Any suggestions?
    Thanks in advance!

  26. Ateeq_momin said on April 1, 2011

    very very useful article. but would any body tell me how to do the same thing in Yahoo. plz let me know at ateeq_momin@yahoo.co.in

  27. shail said on May 23, 2011

     does the receiver who is not using Gmail can read such email and see the image as the sender?

  28. Prakash said on June 16, 2011

    thank you very much

  29. Cheshcath said on July 11, 2011

    thanks for this

  30. anilkumar said on October 14, 2011

    thanq its working

  31. Max said on October 19, 2011

    its really helpful

  32. SATHEESH said on December 22, 2011

    THAKS A LOT

  33. LOGAN said on January 31, 2012

    ON TARGET THANKS SO MUCH! YOU’RE THE MAN!

 

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