Unattach – free up your Google storage by removing Gmail attachments
Hello HackerNews! I have a full-time job, but love building productivity tools in my spare time. Some time ago, my dad told me that his Gmail account was full and asked whether I could help. I built a simple app for him, and later decided to make it into a product. With the recent news that Google is discontinuing free storage for photos, more and more people are facing a similar problem. Unattach (https://unattach.app) is a desktop app for downloading and/or removing Gmail attachments from many emails at once. You can use it to free up your Google storage, which is shared…
Unattach – free up your Google storage by removing Gmail attachments launched on May 23, 2021 with 31 votes, #1,196 of 3,505 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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Unattach is a desktop application that helps users free up Google storage by downloading and removing Gmail attachments in bulk. It addresses the problem of full Gmail accounts, particularly relevant as Google phases out unlimited photo storage. The tool allows users to manage attachments across multiple emails at once, offering a cost-effective alternative to purchasing additional Google storage. It serves anyone managing full Gmail accounts who wants to reclaim space shared across Gmail, Photos, and other Google services.
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Hello HackerNews! I have a full-time job, but love building productivity tools in my spare time. Some time ago, my dad told me that his Gmail account was full and asked whether I could help. I built a simple app for him, and later decided to make it into a product. With the recent news that Google is discontinuing…
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