Organize Email Attachments from Gmail to Structured Google Drive Folders
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 7 nodes and runs on Gmail events. Along the way it connects Gmail and Google Drive.
How it runs
Trigger: On Gmail events.
- Filter: keeps only the items that match a condition
- Gmail: get
- Split Out: splits a list into separate items
- Create Folder (Google Drive): work with folder
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Google Drive: uses Google Drive
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
- Still check Gmail Trigger below v1.4 runs as v1.4 (drafts skipped, max emails per poll) (Gmail Trigger).
Nodes used (6)
- Gmail Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut
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