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EML to PDF converter

Turn saved e-mails into PDF files you can file, print or send on: each message with its subject, sender, recipients and date at the top and its attachments listed at the end. Several e-mails can go into one PDF.

EMLtoPDF

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or drop one or more saved e-mails here

Up to 20 files at a time. Your files stay on this device.

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Your files stay on this device: the conversion runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Learn how your files are handled

How to convert .eml to PDF

  1. Choose the .eml files (up to 20), or drop them on the page.
  2. Check the message in the reading pane. With several files, click a subject in the list to read it.
  3. Choose the paper size, then Download PDF for the message you are reading, or One PDF of the messages listed for all of them.

Saving as PDF

There are two ways, both on your device:

  • Download PDF makes the PDF straight away: the subject, sender, recipients and date at the top, then the message text and the list of attachments. Long messages run over as many pages as they need. This PDF uses standard fonts, which cover English and Western European languages; other letters (Polish, Czech or Greek ones, Chinese, Arabic) and emoji print as “?”, and you are told when that happens.
  • Print or save as PDF opens your browser’s print window with the message as it looks on screen, pictures included. Choose Save as PDF (or Microsoft Print to PDF on Windows) as the printer. This keeps the layout and every alphabet.

With several messages, One PDF of the messages listed puts them all in one file, each starting on a new page. Search first to include only some of them.

What goes into the PDF

  • The subject as the title, then From, To, Cc and the date in your time zone.
  • The message text, with its paragraphs. A message written in HTML is turned into text; links show as their words.
  • The names and sizes of the attachments. The attachments themselves are separate files; save them from the reading pane, one by one or all at once.

Keeping e-mails as PDF suits records: a PDF opens anywhere, can’t be changed by accident, and prints the same everywhere. Keep the .eml file too if you may need the original later; it is the only copy with every technical detail.

Private by design

Nothing is uploaded. The files are read by your browser on your device, and pictures from the web inside a message are not loaded, so the sender can’t tell the message was opened.

Outlook, Exchange and Microsoft 365 are trademarks of Microsoft; Gmail and Google Takeout of Google; Apple Mail of Apple; Thunderbird of the Mozilla Foundation. SheetConvert isn’t affiliated with any of them; the names are used only to say which files the tools open.

Frequently asked questions

Are the attachments included in the PDF?

Their names and sizes are listed at the end. The files themselves stay separate, because many can’t be part of a PDF (spreadsheets, archives). Save them from the reading pane.

Can I put many e-mails in one PDF?

Yes. Choose several .eml files and use One PDF of the messages listed. Each message starts on a new page.

Why do some characters show as “?” in the PDF?

The quick PDF uses the standard PDF fonts, which cover English and Western European languages. Letters of other languages (Polish, Czech, Turkish or Greek ones, Chinese, Arabic) and emoji print as “?”. For those messages, use Print or save as PDF and choose Save as PDF: that keeps every letter and the original layout.

Does it keep the e-mail’s formatting?

Download PDF keeps the words and paragraphs but not colours, fonts or pictures. Print or save as PDF keeps the message as it looks on screen.

Is the e-mail uploaded?

No. The PDF is made by your browser on your device, and nothing is sent anywhere.