Organize Gmail attachments in Google Drive folders based on sender’s email
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 16 nodes and runs on Gmail events (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Gmail and Google Drive.
How it runs
Trigger: On Gmail events (plus 2 other triggers).
- Upload attachment (Google Drive): uses Google Drive
- Get emails (Gmail): get many
- Loop Over Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- Get email (Gmail): get
- Contain attachments? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Split Out: splits a list into separate items
- Search folders (Google Drive): work with file folder
- Get attachments (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Exist? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.
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 (12)
- Gmail Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - Split Out
n8n-nodes-base.splitOut - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Execute Workflow Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger - Execute Sub-workflow
n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflow - Gmail
n8n-nodes-base.gmail - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
From the author
📩🤖 This workflow automatically processes emails received in Gmail, extracts their attachments, and organizes them into specific folders in Google Drive based on the sender's email address. Note: The workflow avoids duplicates by checking folder existence…