As you might expect, these take a bit more effort, and time, than the automated method we’ll show at the end. We’ll cover them here, starting with methods you can use without any additional tools. There are lots of reasons, then, why you may want to delete attachments. Either way, attachments take up room on either your Mac or the email server - a problem if your account has limited storage. If you use a POP 3 server, they will be downloaded with the message. If you configure it using an IMAP server, attachments are stored on the server until you open them. If you use Outlook for email on your Mac, it deals with attachments in one of two ways.
But to help you do it all by yourself, we’ve gathered our best ideas and solutions below.įeatures described in this article refer to the MacPaw site version of CleanMyMac X. So here's a tip for you: Download CleanMyMac to quickly solve some of the issues mentioned in this article.