How To Add An Animated Gif To A Gmail Email 13 Steps

If your GIF is already on your computer, skip ahead to the “Open Gmail” step.

For example, to find a GIF of a beluga whale playing a piano, you would type in beluga piano gif. You can sort by image for most search engines by clicking the Images tab on the results page. You may first have to click More on the results page to view this option.

Some GIF sources, such as Giphy, will require you to click Copy Link (or similar) near the GIF, at which point you’ll be able to copy the GIF’s actual link by selecting the “GIF link” (or similar) link and pressing Ctrl+C or ⌘ Command+C.

If you aren’t logged into Gmail, enter your email address and password when prompted to do so.

If the GIF is a file on your computer, instead go to the file’s location on your computer, then click and drag the file into your email’s window and release it there. You can then skip the next three steps.

If the GIF’s address doesn’t allow the GIF to be inserted, you’ll have to download the GIF as a file instead. You can usually do this by right-clicking the GIF and then clicking Save as. . . in the resulting drop-down menu.

Don’t panic if the GIF appears as a broken image icon—it will animate once you send the email.