No Outlook Needed
Someone sent you a .msg file and you don't have Outlook installed. Here's how to open it as a PDF instead — no desktop app, no license required.
Convert It NowYou received a .msg file but use Gmail, Apple Mail, or another client day to day.
No permission or no way to install Outlook on the device in front of you.
Your company uses Office 365 in the browser, and the desktop app was never installed.
Works on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, or mobile — nothing to install.
Select it from wherever it was saved or downloaded.
Open it with any PDF reader, no Outlook account or license needed.
If you're downloading a message from Outlook on the web (Office 365) rather than opening one someone sent you, it saves as an .eml file, not .msg — the two formats are close cousins, but not identical.
In that case, use the EML to PDF converter instead. This page is for converting a .msg file someone else sent you.
No. The converter reads the .msg file directly — you don't need Outlook installed or an account signed in.
Yes — it runs in the browser, so it works the same on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, and mobile.
.msg is Outlook's native format; .eml is a more universal format used by Outlook on the web, Gmail, Apple Mail, and others. If you have a .eml file, use the EML to PDF converter instead.
Yes, attachments, headers, and the email body all carry over into the PDF.
