# Save email attachments to OneDrive automatically

> Use a Power Automate template to save every Outlook attachment you receive into a OneDrive folder, without opening the email.
>
> Source: https://docs.officeniaga.com/m365-automate-save-attachments/

To save email attachments to OneDrive automatically, use the Power Automate template **Save Office 365 email attachments to OneDrive for Business**. Once it's saved, every attachment on a new email in your inbox is copied into a OneDrive folder you choose, usually within a minute or two.

We tested these steps on 27 September 2026 with a work account on Microsoft 365 Business Premium, sending a sample PDF from Siti Aminah to Ali Hassan.

## Before you start

You need two things:

- A Microsoft 365 work account with Outlook and OneDrive. Personal Outlook.com accounts use a different template.
- Power Automate open at [make.powerautomate.com](https://make.powerautomate.com). See [what Power Automate is](/m365-automate-what-is/).

## Pick the template

Power Automate has several attachment templates. The one for work accounts says **Office 365** in its name.

1. Select **Templates** on the left.
2. In the search box, type `Save Office 365 email attachments` and press Enter.
3. Select **Save Office 365 email attachments to OneDrive for Business**.

   *(Screenshot: Template search results with the Save Office 365 email attachments to OneDrive for Business template highlighted)*

4. Under **This flow will connect to**, Power Automate lists **OneDrive for Business** and **Office 365 Outlook** with your work email. If either shows **Sign in**, that's fine: select **Continue** and Power Automate connects them for you.

   *(Screenshot: This flow will connect to OneDrive for Business and Office 365 Outlook, with the Continue button highlighted)*

## Check the settings

The template opens in the flow designer. Check two things before you save.

1. Select the first step, **On new email**. Set **Include Attachments** and **Only with Attachments** to **Yes**. Leave **Folder** as **Inbox**.

   *(Screenshot: On new email step with Include Attachments and Only with Attachments both set to Yes)*

2. Select the **Create file** step. In **Folder Path**, type the OneDrive folder for your attachments, starting with `/`, for example `/Contoh - Lampiran emel`. Do the same in the **Create file retry** step further down. OneDrive creates the folder the first time a file arrives.

   *(Screenshot: Create file step with Folder Path set to /Contoh - Lampiran emel highlighted)*

3. Optionally, select the name at the top (**Save Office 365 email attachments to OneDrive for Business**) and give the flow a shorter name, such as `Contoh - Simpan lampiran emel`.
4. Select **Save**. Power Automate shows **Your flow is ready to go**.

## Test it

Ask a colleague to send you an email with an attachment, or send one to yourself from another account. Within a minute or two, open OneDrive and go to the folder you typed. The attachment is there, with its original name.

*(Screenshot: OneDrive folder Contoh - Lampiran emel containing the saved file Contoh - Sebut harga.pdf)*

To see what the flow did, open **My flows** and select the flow. Each run is listed under **28-day run history**. See [manage your flows](/m365-automate-manage-flows/).

Microsoft describes templates in [create a cloud flow from a template](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/get-started-logic-template).

## Still stuck

WhatsApp our support team at [+60 16-916 3324](https://wa.me/60169163324).

## Common issues

### The flow runs but no file appears in OneDrive.

Open the flow's run history and select the latest run. If Create file failed, check the Folder Path in that step. If the run didn't happen at all, check that Only with Attachments and Include Attachments are both Yes, and that the email arrived in the folder the trigger watches (normally Inbox).

### Which template should I use, the Outlook.com one or the Office 365 one?

Use the one that says Office 365. Templates that say Outlook.com are for personal Microsoft accounts and don't work with a work email.

### Will it save attachments from emails I already have?

No. The flow only reacts to new emails that arrive after you save it.

### It saves pictures from email signatures too.

Logos in signatures count as attachments. Add a condition that skips small files, or clean the folder now and then. Remember OneDrive storage counts towards your quota.

### Two attachments with the same name arrived. What happens?

The template waits a moment and tries again with Create file retry. If the name still clashes, that run fails and the file isn't saved. Rename one of the files by hand and save it yourself.