Why does Gmail clip emails?

To save bandwidth and ensure a consistent experience across different devices.

What is the 102KB limit?

The maximum size of an email's HTML before Gmail hides the rest behind a "View entire message" link.

Minify your HTML/CSS, use fewer nested tables, and avoid embedding large images as data-URIs.

Hosted images (using tags) only add a few bytes for the URL. Embedded images add their full file size + 33% overhead.

The method used to turn binary files like images into text for email, which increases their size by about 33%.

Yes, but it is much smaller than HTML. A good multipart email includes both.

Extremely large emails are more likely to be flagged by spam filters as suspicious.

Aiming for 60KB-80KB is considered safe for almost all email clients.

The Email Size Calculator calculates the exact byte size of your email to prevent "clipping" in Gmail and ensure fast loading for your recipients.

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The Email Size Calculator calculates the exact byte size of your email to prevent "clipping" in Gmail and ensure fast loading for your recipients.

AI-written reply suggestions

Automated follow-up sequences

Campaign open & click tracking

Unlimited connected accounts