Copy all attachments from multiple emails to a new email

Copy all attachments from an email to its replying email

This article will introduce a VBA to quickly copy all attachments from multiple emails to a new one in Outlook. Please do as follows:

1. Select multiple emails whose attachments you will copy, and press Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
Note: Holding Ctrl key, you can select multiple nonadjacent emails with clicking them one by one; holding Shift key, you can select multiple adjacent emails with clicking the first one and the last one.

2. Click Insert > Module, and then paste below VBA code into the new Module window.

VBA: Copy all attachments from multiple emails to a new one

Sub NewEmailInsertAttachmentsName()
Dim xSelection As Outlook.Selection
Dim xMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim xAttachment As Outlook.Attachment
Dim xFSO As Object
Dim xFldPath As String

Dim xFilePath As String
Dim xNewMail As Outlook.MailItem
On Error Resume Next
Set xSelection = Outlook.Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
Set xNewMail = Outlook.Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
Set xFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
xFldPath = xFSO.GetSpecialFolder(2).Path & "\MyAttachments"
If xFSO.FolderExists(xFldPath) = False Then
xFSO.CreateFolder (xFldPath)
End If

For Each xMailItem In xSelection
For Each xAttachment In xMailItem.Attachments
xFilePath = xFldPath & "\" & xAttachment.FileName
xAttachment.SaveAsFile (xFilePath)
xNewMail.Attachments.Add (xFilePath)
xFSO.DeleteFile (xFilePath)
Next
Next
xFSO.GetFolder(xFldPath).Delete
xNewMail.Display
End Sub

3. Press F5 key or the Run button to run this VBA.

Now you will see all attachments are copied from the selected emails, and pasted into a new email.

If you have Kutools for Outlook installed, you can apply its Reply with Attachment feature to easily copy all attachments from an email to its replying email in Outlook. Please do as follows:

Select the email you will reply, and click Kutools > Reply with Attachment > Reply with Attachment. See screenshot:

Now you will see all attachments are copied to the replying email automatically.

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