In Microsoft Outlook when you “Reply” or “Replay all” to an email with attachments, by default these attachments are not included automatically in the reply like they are during email forwarding.
To include the attachments in the reply you can click on “Forward” and then type in all recipients back, but this is not the most efficient way.
In this note i will show the best way of how to “Reply” or “Replay all” with attachments in Microsoft Outlook.
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Reply With Attachments in Outlook
Include One Attachment
To reply with an attachment in Outlook:
- Open the original email.
- Right-click on the attachment and click on “Copy”:
- Click on “Reply” or “Reply all” and paste the attachment to the reply with the right-click → “Paste” or Ctrl + V.
Include multiple Attachments
To reply with all attachments in Outlook:
- Open the original email.
- Right-click on one of the attachments and click on “Select All”.
- Right-click on one of the attachments one more time and click on “Copy”:
- Click on “Reply” or “Reply all” and paste all the attachments to the reply with the right-click → “Paste” or Ctrl + V.
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