Convert EML to PDF

Turn a saved email into a document you can file, print or send on — without handing it to a conversion service.

Convert your email to PDF

Drop the .eml or .msg file in, check the message is the right one, then export. The conversion runs in your browser.

Open the converter

Or read how it works first.

Why a PDF and not the original file

A .eml file is excellent for a mail program and useless for everyone else. It cannot be attached to a case file, filed in a document system or sent to someone who has no mail client — and in a year, the program that opens it today may be gone.

A PDF has none of those problems. It opens on every device, prints predictably and keeps the headers, the body and the attachment list in one page that a person, a court or an auditor can read without software.

How to do it

Drop the .eml or .msg file into the converter.
Check the message on screen: sender, recipients, date, subject and attachments.
Choose Download PDF.

The PDF carries the header block first, then the message body, then the list of attachments with their names and sizes — the three things that make a saved email usable as evidence rather than as a curiosity.

The part most converters do not mention

Where your message goes

Most online EML-to-PDF converters work by uploading your file to their server, converting it there and giving you a link. That is a copy of a private message on someone else's machine, kept for as long as their retention policy says.

Here the conversion runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and you can verify it: open the Network panel of your browser's developer tools and watch while you convert. No request carries the message out.

For a holiday photo that distinction is academic. For a contract, a payroll message or anything containing somebody else's personal data, it is the whole question.

What happens to the attachments

Attachments are listed in the PDF by name, type and size, but they are not embedded: a 20 MB spreadsheet inside a PDF helps nobody. You can download each attachment separately and keep it beside the PDF.

That also keeps the PDF honest — it records what was attached to the message, which is usually the point when an email is being filed.

Frequently asked questions

Does the email get uploaded anywhere?

No. The file is read and converted by JavaScript in your browser. There is no upload step and no server copy.

Can I convert an Outlook .msg file too?

Yes. Outlook's own format is read directly, so you do not need to re-export the message as .eml first.

Is the conversion free?

Opening and reading the message is free and unlimited. Exporting the PDF and downloading attachments is the paid part, from $2.49 for a single message.

Will the formatting survive?

The PDF keeps the header block, the text of the message and the attachment list. Rich layout and inline images are not reproduced: the purpose is a readable, filable record, not a facsimile.

Can I convert several emails at once?

Not in the browser version. The iOS and Android apps handle messages one at a time as well.