Why cant i download files from gmail?

 · Why I can’t download attachments from Gmail? There are many reasons why your Gmail attachments not downloading. As it may be possible that you don’t receive the sender’s attachment. This part of the article comprises some of the common reasons why Gmail attachments are not received or downloaded. Confidential Mode on Gmail.  · I can't download any attachment on my gmail (both on chrome and safari). Nothing happens when I click the download icon. Another strange behaviour is that the contacts faces/icons on the left (gtalk panel) had disappeared too (a broken link icon appears). I can't download any files from my Gmail1. I suddenly can't open any attached files sent to my Gmail account. I am getting a message saying "virus scanners are temporarily unavailable" and when I click the download arrow or try to download in Google Drive nothing happens. Please help! Details. Reading and Receiving Messages, Chrome, Mac. Pinned.

Before sending the file, open it by reading it as hexadecimal, then save it with UTF-8 encoding; you can now send it to Gmail, and it won't complain as it won't be able to recognize what the file truly represents (just make sure to omit the typical file extensions Gmail doesn't like, or it will still make troubles just based on that). I can't download or read Gmail attachments too, I have tried clearing cache, clearing app data, and even reinstalling from play store.. but I still can't get the Gmail app to behave.. the only way I have now is to use Gmail from chrome browser -- which is a slow archaic way!! Send download link via email: get a link to download the file in your current Gmail mailbox. Go to the link to download all your file. Or you can store the download file the connected OneDrive account. In last, click on the Create Archive option and begin the Gmail data backup process of all your selected file.

You have to make sure that, not only gmail, but also the Google App has permissions to access your storage. (Under settings/apps/permissions for each one of them). I don't know how those got turned. I can't download any files from my Gmail1. I suddenly can't open any attached files sent to my Gmail account. I am getting a message saying "virus scanners are temporarily unavailable" and when I click the download arrow or try to download in Google Drive nothing happens. Please help! Details. Reading and Receiving Messages, Chrome, Mac. Pinned. Some Gmail users have fixed Gmail email attachments that aren’t downloading by deselecting the Do not save encrypted pages to disk set.