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title: How do I add an attachment to an email? | Paperform Help Center | Paperform
description: You can attach one file, and multiple custom PDFs to a custom email with Paperform.
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How do I add an attachment to an email?
### Emails
        ![(iframe)](https://www.loom.com/embed/0a3c1027fef44d08a0c989a2e1f7bcc7)

### Attaching Files

To attach a file to the custom email, simply click the "Add Attachment" button.

![Attach file to custom email](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/frame-1.png)
Attach file to custom email
After you click the button you will be presented with a normal file selection, and you can choose the file you would like to attach.

### Attaching PDFs

There are two kinds of PDFs you can attach to custom emails, the first is a Default Summary, and this document cannot be modified. The second kind is Paperform's [Custom PDFs](https://paperform.co/help/articles/custom-pdfs/), which can be created under After Submission → Custom PDFs and is available on selected plans.

> Please note that Custom PDFs are exclusively available with specific [pricing plans](https://paperform.co/pricing/).

To attach either kind of PDF to an email you can simply select them from the "Attach Custom PDFs" dropdown in the custom email setup.

![Attach custom PDFs](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/frame-1-2-.png)
Attach custom PDFs
**Gotchas**

 - A custom email can have no more than 20 MB of files, we recommend keeping this below 10 MB if possible.

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