How is this different from Gmail's Save to Drive button?

Gmail's built-in button saves an attachment to Drive. It does nothing with the email itself, so the invoice ends up in Drive while the message explaining it stays in your inbox. Quicktion saves both: the email becomes a PDF and the attachments sit next to it in the same folder.

Can I file old emails I've already received?

No. Quicktion saves emails from the moment you set the destination up, and Gmail filters only forward new mail, so there's no way to sweep the archive in bulk. For a backlog, open the messages you care about and save them from the add-on sidebar, or forward them by hand.

What exactly ends up in Google Drive?

One folder per email inside the folder you picked. It contains email.pdf (the rendered message, with a header block for sender, recipients, date and subject), email.html (the original HTML, in case you want the message exactly as it was built), and every attachment under its original filename.

Can I control how the folders are named?

Yes. Each destination has a name pattern you can edit in the dashboard. It supports {date}, {subject}, {sender} and {domain}, and defaults to {date}_{subject} so folders sort chronologically. A common alternative is {domain}_{date} when you want everything from one vendor grouped together.

Does Quicktion get access to my whole Drive?

No. The Drive permission Quicktion asks for is drive.file, which only covers folders you pick and files Quicktion creates. It cannot list, read or touch anything else in your Drive. If you already connected Google for a Sheets destination, the same connection covers Drive, so there's no second consent screen.

How close is the PDF to the original email?

For receipts, invoices, confirmations and normal business email, close enough that you'd struggle to tell. Heavy marketing HTML with elaborate layouts sometimes renders differently, which is exactly why the original email.html is saved next to the PDF in every folder. Open that one in a browser and you have the message as the sender built it.

Does the Gmail add-on work on mobile?

Yes. Google Workspace add-ons run inside the Gmail iOS and Android apps, not just the web version. You open any email, tap the Quicktion icon at the bottom, pick a destination, and save — exactly the same flow as on desktop.

Does it work with Google Workspace accounts?

Yes. Quicktion works with both personal Gmail accounts and Google Workspace accounts. Your workspace admin may need to approve the add-on for domain-wide use — we're listed on the official Google Workspace Marketplace so this is a standard review.

Can I auto-forward emails using Gmail filters?

Yes. Create a Gmail filter (Settings → Filters and Blocked Addresses → Create a new filter) with whatever criteria you want, then tick "Forward it to" and enter your Quicktion destination address. Works alongside the add-on — use the filter for bulk categories like newsletters, use the add-on for one-off saves.

Does the add-on access my entire Gmail inbox?

No. Gmail add-ons only have access to the currently open message — not your inbox, not past messages, not drafts. Quicktion reads the email you're viewing, sends it to the destination you pick, and that's the entire scope.

What happens to Gmail labels when I save?

Gmail labels aren't passed through by default because most destinations don't have an equivalent, but you can set defaults on each destination so every email saved through it lands with a specific status or category.

How much does Quicktion cost?

Free for up to 25 emails per month with full attachment support and standard property mapping. Paid plans unlock higher volumes, the AI extraction layer for pulling structured data out of email bodies, and multiple destinations. No credit card required for the free plan.

Are my emails stored on your servers?

Only temporarily, while we process them into the destination. Raw emails are deleted after 30 days on the free plan (90 days on paid) and credentials for your destination are encrypted at rest with AES.

Can I connect multiple accounts?

Yes. You can connect multiple destination accounts (for example, two separate Notion workspaces or a Notion + an Airtable account) and route different forwarding addresses to different destinations.

Official Google Workspace add-on

Save Gmail emails to Google Drive

A native Gmail add-on that lives in your message sidebar. Click to save from desktop, iOS or Android. No Chrome extension, no Zapier flow, no copy-paste.

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From:sarah@acme.com

Subj:Re: Project kickoff — timeline attached

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Why Gmail users pick Quicktion for Google Drive

Gmail users have the easiest path to a structured email archive, but most tools make you jump through hoops — install a Chrome extension, set up a Zapier flow, learn Zapier's syntax, and pray attachments come through.

The Quicktion Gmail add-on skips all of that. It's an official Google Workspace add-on, installed from the Marketplace, that lives inside the Gmail sidebar. You open an email, click the icon, pick where to save it, and the email lands as a PDF in a folder of its own.

If you'd rather not click per email, you can also set up a Gmail filter to auto-forward matching emails to a dedicated Quicktion address. Both methods use the same destinations, so you can mix and match for different inboxes.

Works the same way inside the Gmail iOS and Android apps — useful when you want to save an email from your phone without opening a laptop.

For Google Drive specifically, the add-on replaces the print-to-PDF dance. Instead of opening the print dialog, picking "Save as PDF", naming the file and dragging it into Drive (and still not having the attachments), you click the Quicktion icon and the whole thing lands in Drive: the PDF, the original HTML, and every attachment under its real filename. If you already connected Google for Sheets, Drive uses the same connection, so there's no second consent screen.

From Gmail to Google Drive in three steps

Setup takes about two minutes. Nothing to install beyond the steps below.

Install the Gmail add-on

Add Quicktion from the Google Workspace Marketplace in one click. Works on Gmail web, iOS app and Android app — no separate extension needed.

Open any email and pick a destination

The Quicktion icon appears in the right sidebar of every message. Tap it, pick which destination you want to save to, and that's it.

Save with one click (or auto-forward)

Each email saves with the body, sender, subject, date and attachments where they belong. Prefer hands-off? Set a Gmail filter to auto-forward matching emails instead.

What people save to Google Drive

Each destination points at one Drive folder and files every email into its own subfolder there. Use separate destinations for receipts, contracts and client work.

Receipts and invoices

A PDF per purchase, filed by date

Forward receipts and invoices and each one becomes a dated folder with the PDF and any attached invoice inside. At tax time you hand over a Drive folder instead of scrolling back through a year of email.

Contracts and signed paperwork

The document and the email that sent it

Signed agreements usually arrive as an attachment with the terms discussed in the message above it. Both land in the same folder, so a year later you still have the context, not just the file.

Attachment filing

Every attachment in Drive, automatically

Set a filter for the senders who mail you files and stop downloading them by hand. Attachments keep their original names, and the email they came with is right there as a PDF.

Client and project records

A shareable paper trail per project

Point a destination at a project folder and forward the correspondence that matters. Drive handles sharing, so a colleague or client can be given the folder without being given your inbox.

What lands in Google Drive

Every email from Gmail becomes a PDF in its own Drive folder, with the attachments beside it.

Save from the Gmail sidebar in one click and the email is filed in Drive as a PDF, with its attachments beside it, from desktop or the Gmail mobile apps. No print dialog, no downloads folder, no renaming files afterwards.

The email is rendered to a PDF you can open, forward or hand to an accountant, with a header block carrying the sender, recipients, date and subject.

One folder per email holds the PDF, the original HTML and every attachment under its real filename.

Folder names follow a pattern you choose. The default is {date}_{subject}, and {sender} and {domain} are available too, so folders sort the way you file things.

Attachments always come along. Signature and logo images stay inside the PDF instead of littering the folder with tracking pixels.

Nothing to map. A Drive destination is a folder and a name pattern, and that's the whole configuration.

Quicktion vs the alternatives for Gmail users

How we stack up against other ways to get Gmail emails into Google Drive.

Feature	Quicktion	Zapier General automation	Notion Mail Shutting down Sept 22, 2026
Works inside Gmail iOS/Android apps			Replaces Gmail
One-click save from message sidebar
Auto-forwarding via Gmail filters		Paid
Attachments uploaded as real files		Manual
Keeps you in Gmail (no client switch)
Free tier	25/mo	Limited	Requires switch

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