[esalman]

Is there a way to delete attachments (but not the associated emails) from Gmail?

[ggambetta]

There's this free, open-source app called Slimbox, that lets you do exactly that: https://rok.strnisa.com/slimbox/

[cr3ative]

I believe you can do this by configuring an IMAP client and doing it there; then it'll sync the result. Thunderbird, for example, is quite scriptable.

[djsumdog]

Their IMAP implementation is terribly broken. It will most likely just create brand new messages and not delete the old ones. It's one of the many reason I moved off gmail (to self hosting) in 2012. Another being domestic spying .. which everyone has forgotten about apparently.

[jannes]

Can you clarify what you mean with domestic spying? Are you concerned about other people in your household having access to your Gmail account?

[DoctorOW]

Domestic spying in this case is referring to the United States spying on its own citizens.

[lucb1e]

Which doesn't actually matter if you're in the 96% of people that are not from the USA.

This argument "but we don't spy on USA citizens so now we're all good and ethical" doesn't make much sense to me. If a Dutch company allegedly spies on foreign customers, it really wouldn't change my (Dutch) opinion about my privacy at that company.