How to Receive a Forgotten-Attachment Reminder

To get an alert from Gmail when you promise a file in your message but fail to attach any files, include the following phrases in the body of your message:

I have attachedI’ve attachedI have includedI’ve includedSee the attachedSee the attachmentAttached file

That’s it — no special settings or configurations. Gmail parses the messages and automatically flags when you’ve used a magic phrase without a file attachment.

We prepared a step-by-step walk-through about sending attachments with Gmail in case you’d welcome a refresher.