How to convert a .msg file to PDF

Turn an Outlook .msg file into a clean, shareable PDF from your browser — no Outlook, no upload, no watermark.

PDF is usually where a .msg file needs to end up: attached to a ticket, filed with a case, sent to someone who does not use Outlook, or archived somewhere that will still be readable in ten years. Doing it in the browser avoids uploading correspondence to a conversion service.

Steps

Open the viewer and drop your .msg file onto it.
Click Print / PDF in the message toolbar.
In the print dialog, set the destination to Save as PDF.
Save the file.

What the PDF contains

Printing opens a purpose-built copy of the message in a new window rather than printing the page you are looking at. That is what lets a long message flow across as many pages as it needs instead of being clipped at one. If nothing opens, allow pop-ups for this site and try again.

The output:

keeps the full header block — sender, recipients, date and subject — at the top;
expands the complete message body rather than clipping it to the on-screen scroll area;
lists attachment names and sizes, so the record shows what was attached even though PDF cannot embed them;
prints link destinations in full after the link text, so a URL in the message is still verifiable on paper;
omits the site interface — no navigation, buttons, banners or ads appear in the PDF;
prints on white with dark text whether or not you are using dark mode.

Getting a cleaner result

Load remote images first if you need them in the PDF. They are blocked by default, and blocked images print as empty placeholders.
Turn off headers and footers in the print dialog to remove the browser's page title and URL from each page.
Enable background graphics if the message relies on coloured table backgrounds — many marketing emails become unreadable without them.

Converting several messages

Drop all the files at once, then step through them with J and K, printing each. Printing them into a single PDF is not possible from the browser; if you need one combined document, save each and merge them afterwards.

If you need the attachments too

A PDF cannot carry the original attachments. Use Download all in the attachments section to get them as a ZIP, and keep it alongside the PDF. Alternatively, export the message as .eml, which keeps the body and every attachment in one standard file.