How to disable inline attachment preview when viewing emails in the mail app

charlottee_ wrote:

I've seen several solutions about how to disable inline attachment preview when composing a new email (link) and discussion about whether it's possible to disable that for viewing emails (link). People say it's not under the control of the mail app, but why is it showing the preview inline even if I send the attachments as legit and real files to myself? Super weird design.

See if this ref works for you—

Here is how to disable inline attachment … - Apple Community

People say it's not under the control of the mail app,

What they mean, or should mean, is you have no control over what the recipient's email client does.

Mail always shows images and single-page PDFs inline. I like seeing what I'm sending, and I certainly don't want to have to open some other app to view what other people send me. Seems rational to me.

Right, but some people don't feel that way. Privacy - I don't want the photos and one-page pdfs to be shown directly when others are also viewing my screen

Close the preview pane.

elegancy - mixed tiny texts and giant pictures look ugly to me;

Then don't mix them. It's not required.

clarity - is it an inline photo or is it actually a file;

There is no difference.

... I could name these reasons in five minutes. Apple should let the user decide which viewing setup to use, especially when the inline preview is not a common practice in the field.

None of those matter to me, but are easily overcome.

They probably don't matter to many others, either as Apple has never changed it.

They normally don't offer many options.

Use another email client.