Export Gmail Emails: Securely Download Your Mailbox to Your PC
Your Gmail account contains years of important contracts, invoices, and private memories. Relying solely on Google's cloud leaves you vulnerable to account suspensions or accidental deletions. With the mailriva desktop app, you can export your entire Gmail mailbox — including all custom folders and file attachments — directly to your local hard drive.
Why Google Takeout is the wrong tool for email exports
When you export Gmail emails, Google provides an official tool called Takeout. The major flaw? It bundles your entire life into a single, massive MBOX file. Without specialized software, you cannot easily open, read, or search this file. mailriva lets you save locally by exporting your emails as standard, readable files, keeping your familiar folder structure (Labels) completely intact.
No Messy MBOX Files
Emails are saved in a clean, accessible format instead of giant archives.
Labels Become Folders
Your Google Labels are automatically converted into standard folders.
Attachments Included
Large PDFs, photos, and documents are downloaded reliably.
100% Local Privacy
Your emails never touch a third-party cloud server.
How to export Gmail to your computer in 4 steps
Install the mailriva App
Download the software for Windows or macOS. It runs 100% locally on your machine.
Connect Gmail
Select Google Mail as your source. You will log in through Google's secure authentication window (OAuth). We never see or store your password.
Choose an Export Location
Select a folder on your internal hard drive or an external USB drive where you want to save the emails.
Start the Export
Click Start. mailriva will now download all emails. Your online Gmail account remains untouched.
Frequently Asked Questions
Export your Gmail account today
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