Deleting Gmail Attachments

Use the Thunderbird app to retrieve Gmail messages.

SMTP Configuration

Thunderbird > Settings > Account Settings > Outgoing Server (SMTP) > Edit SMTP Server

With that configured, Thunderbird will be synced with the Gmail mail server.

Deleting attachments

• Thunderbird > Inbox
  • Quick Filter (button at the top right of the message list) > click the Attachments button
  • Sort option (to the right of the Quick Filter button) > Sort By > Size, Descending
• Click on a message in the list
  • Click on the attachment at the bottom of the message preview pane
  • right click > Detach... to save the message before removing it
  • Or right click > Delete to remove the attachment without saving it