Drag and drop emails from new Outlook desktop client to SharePoint

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Drag and drop emails from new Outlook desktop client to SharePoint

Nishanth Chakkere Ramesh 575

Hi,

For users using the new Outlook for Windows desktop client (not the Classic desktop client), they cannot drag and drop emails from Outlook to SharePoint to save them. Is this a known issue?

If so, is there a plan to resolve this issue?

Users using the Outlook Classic desktop client can save emails to SharePoint by dragging and dropping.

Thank you for your assistance,

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Anonymous

Hi Nishanth Chakkere Ramesh.

Thank you for reaching out to the Q&A Forum.

This is a known limitation in the New Outlook for Windows desktop client. Currently, users cannot drag and drop emails or attachments directly into SharePoint from the New Outlook, whereas this functionality does work in the Classic Outlook client.

You can try these workarounds to achieve your goal:

Switch to Classic Outlook when needing drag‑and‑drop functionality.
Alternative save workflow in New Outlook:
- Open the email, click the "ellipses (⋯)" > Save. This saves an .eml file to Downloads.
- Drag that saved file into your SharePoint folder via browser.
Desktop sync workaround:
- Drag the email or attachment to your local desktop or File Explorer
- From there, upload it to SharePoint or Teams.
Sync your SharePoint library to File Explorer using OneDrive sync. Then you can drag files directly from Outlook into synced SharePoint folders.

If you need any further assistance or have additional questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I'm here to help.

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Ryan S-B 10 Reputation points

2025-11-12T23:03:21+00:00

Thank you for the workaround solutions. However, all of these options are more time consuming and more labor intensive to perform. The original question in the thread was if there was a plan to resolve the issue. That was not answered in the response.

Is there a plan to resolve this issue and if so, what is the expected timing to resolve?
Shelby Bell 0 Reputation points

2026-08-12T22:35:09.33+00:00

Is there a planned update to resolve? A lot harder to encourage good information management practices when its so much more labour intensive.
Mark Twomey 5 Reputation points

2026-08-19T09:38:16.33+00:00

Potentially sensitive emails now have to be saved locally and then dragged across to SharePoint. Seems like a step backwards to me...

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Ryan S-B 10 Reputation points

2025-11-12T23:03:21+00:00

Thank you for the workaround solutions. However, all of these options are more time consuming and more labor intensive to perform. The original question in the thread was if there was a plan to resolve the issue. That was not answered in the response.

Is there a plan to resolve this issue and if so, what is the expected timing to resolve?
Shelby Bell 0 Reputation points

2026-08-12T22:35:09.33+00:00

Is there a planned update to resolve? A lot harder to encourage good information management practices when its so much more labour intensive.
Mark Twomey 5 Reputation points

2026-08-19T09:38:16.33+00:00

Potentially sensitive emails now have to be saved locally and then dragged across to SharePoint. Seems like a step backwards to me...

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PauloNogueira-0197 40

Not really helpful answer, we know it doesn't work, we know the workaround, we are asking if/when you're going to have this basic feature in the new outlook.

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Accounts 5

Is there an update on this issue? this problem, that worked fine on old outlook has added hours of work for me. All documents with attachments now have to be downloaded and uploaded into my accounting software - thanks microsoft for making my job harder

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