How to Download Emails from Gmail

Preliminaries required for Gmail IMAP Connection

New Way:

1. Turn on 2-Step-Verification: https://www.google.com/landing/2step/
2. Instead of using your Google password for POP/IMAP access, create your Google App Password: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833

Old Way:

• Turn on Less Secure Apps: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps

Starting May 30th 2022, ​​Google no longer supports using Less Secure Apps!

Download your Gmail mailbox to your computer

After you complete the steps above, download and install Download Mailbox Emails software for Windows.

Use the following information on the application:

Email Server: imap.gmail.com

Server Port: 993

TLS: Implicit TLS

SSL: SSLv23

Click "Connect" button.

Then, choose INBOX (or any other folder).

Finally, click "Start Download" button. The contents of your INBOX will be downloaded (as EML files) into the specified directory.