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If you need to update Magento 2 Email Attachments Extension by Magefan, please follow the steps below.

Note: the updating instructions depend on the method the Email Attachments extension was installed with.

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  1. Update using composer
  2. Update using archive and FTP

Update using composer

If the Email Attachments module was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-email-attachment folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:

composer remove magefan/module-email-attachment
composer require magefan/module-email-attachment ^x.x.x
# replace x.x.x with the version you want to use
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these zero downtime deployment commands for Magento 2.

Update using archive and FTP

If the Email Attachments module was installed via FTP (check if app/code/Magefan/EmailAttachment folder exists), then follow these commands:

1. Download the latest version of the Email Attachments extension archive from magefan.com.

2. Extract archive.

3. Make the backup copy of the app/code/Magefan/EmailAttachment folder on your server and then remove it.

4. Using FTP, copy the app folder from the archive to your Magento 2 Directory. 

Install Magento 2 Extension Using FTP

4. Run update CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy