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Forward any email or attachment straight to Google Drive in seconds, without leaving your inbox. It works with every email provider, and there is nothing to install or set up.
Meridian Supplies
Invoice 2214
invoice-2214.pdf
Your instructions
File this under Accounts/2026-08.
Google Drive
File invoice-2214.pdf
Accounts / 2026-08
You receive a confirmation email once complete, with an undo button that works for 24 hours.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "file this under Accounts/2026-08".
The email or attachment is filed in the folder from your instructions, and ForwardThis creates it if it is not there yet.
You receive a confirmation email containing your Google Drive link, plus an undo button if something doesn't look right.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
Try it with a real email.
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FAQs
- How do I save an email to Google Drive?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "file this under Accounts/2026-08". ForwardThis saves it to the right folder and replies with a link. All you need is a free ForwardThis account with Google Drive connected. It takes about 30 seconds.
- Can it save the email itself, not just the attachment?
- Yes. ForwardThis can save the attachment, the email itself as a Google Doc, or both. Just say which in your instructions.
- Can Gmail save attachments to Google Drive automatically?
- No. Gmail lets you save attachments to Drive manually, but it cannot do it automatically or file anything in the right folder. ForwardThis can: forward the email, and everything is filed where you asked.
- Does it work with Outlook and other email apps?
- Yes. ForwardThis works with any email provider: Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and everything else. If it can forward an email, it works.
- What if the email has several attachments?
- Your instructions decide. Ask for all of them and every attachment is saved, or name just the ones you want. The confirmation lists each file with its link.
- What if I name a folder that does not exist?
- No problem. ForwardThis can create folders in your Google Drive for you, and the confirmation tells you when it has.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly in case you press undo, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.