Gmail - Advanced Search

Search operators you can use with Gmail

You can use words or symbols called search operators to filter your Gmail search results. You can also combine operators to filter your results even more.

How to use a search operator

  1. Go to Gmail.
  2. In the search box, type the search operator.

Search operators you can use

Tip: Once you do a search using search operators, you can use the results to set up a filter for these messages.
What you can search bySearch operator & example
Specify the sender
from:
Example: from:amy
Specify a recipient
to:
Example: to:david
Specify a recipient who received a copy
cc:
bcc:
Example: cc:david
Words in the subject line
subject:
Example: subject:dinner
Messages that match multiple terms
OR or { }
Example: from:amy OR from:david
Example: {from:amy from:david}
Remove messages from your results
-
Example: dinner -movie
Find messages with words near each other. Use the number to say how many words apart the words can be
Add quotes to find messages in which the word you put first stays first.
AROUND
Example: holiday AROUND 10 vacation
Example: "secret AROUND 25 birthday"
Messages that have a certain label
label:
Example: label:friends
Messages that have an attachment
has:attachment
Example: has:attachment
Messages that have a Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides attachment or link
has:drive
has:document
has:spreadsheet
has:presentation
Example: has:drive
Messages that have a YouTube video
has:youtube
Example: has:youtube
Messages from a mailing list
list:
Example: list:info@example.com
Attachments with a certain name or file type
filename:
Example: filename:pdf
Example: filename:homework.txt
Search for an exact word or phrase
" "
Example: "dinner and movie tonight"
Group multiple search terms together
( )
Example: subject:(dinner movie)
Messages in any folder, including Spam and Trash
in:anywhere
Example: in:anywhere movie
Search for messages that are marked as important
is:important
label:important
Example: is:important
 
Starred, snoozed, unread, or read messages
is:starred
is:snoozed
is:unread
is:read
Example: is:read is:starred
Messages that include an icon of a certain color
has:yellow-star
has:blue-info
Example: has:purple-star
Recipients in the cc or bcc field
cc:
bcc:
Example: cc:david
Note: You can't find messages that you received on bcc.
Search for messages sent during a certain time period
after:
before:
older:
newer:
Example: after:2004/04/16
Example: after:04/16/2004
Example: before:2004/18/04
Example: before:04/18/2004
Search for messages older or newer than a time period using d (day), m (month), and y (year)
older_than:
newer_than:
Example: newer_than:2d
Chat messages
is:chat
Example: is:chat movie
Search by email for delivered messages
deliveredto:
Example: deliveredto:username@gmail.com
Messages in a certain category
category:primary
category:social
category:promotions
category:updates
category:forums
category:reservations
category:purchases
Example: category:updates
Messages larger than a certain size in bytes
size:
Example: size:1000000
Messages larger or smaller than a certain size in bytes
larger:
smaller:
Example: larger:10M
Results that match a word exactly
+
Example: +unicorn
Messages with a certain message-id header
Rfc822msgid:
Example: rfc822msgid:200503292@example.com
Messages that have or don't have a label
has:userlabels
has:nouserlabels
Example: has:nouserlabels
Note: Labels are only added to a message, and not an entire conversation.

Feedback

Abram thanks so much for your help!!!
Paul Sibert (3/19/2021 at 10:56 AM)