# Can't export PGN as a Gmail attachment

**URL:** https://community.playchessup.com/t/cant-export-pgn-as-a-gmail-attachment/4211
**Category:** General
**Created:** [February 8, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/cant-export-pgn-as-a-gmail-attachment/4211 "2026-02-08T16:33:38Z")
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### Author: ![cmu3rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@cmu3rd](https://community.playchessup.com/u/cmu3rd)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/cant-export-pgn-as-a-gmail-attachment/4211/1 "2026-02-08T16:33:38Z")

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When I try to export a PGN via Gmail I get the message “File can’t be attached”. I get the same message on my iPhone and iPad. I can attach a PGN file to Gmail on my PC. Any ideas?

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### Author: ![Criptix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/criptix/32/115_2.png) [@Criptix](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Criptix)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/cant-export-pgn-as-a-gmail-attachment/4211/2 "2026-02-08T19:32:47Z")

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On Android this works just fine, just tested.

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### Author: ![Jeff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/jeff/32/3_2.png) [@Jeff](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Jeff)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/cant-export-pgn-as-a-gmail-attachment/4211/3 "2026-02-09T14:41:13Z")

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Please put this in as an iOS bug and we can have the developers look into it.

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There may also be other flows to get the pgn to copy/paste - can you share each step you do to cause the issue?