Gmail provide advanced search operators to help you narrow your search criteria.
The query syntax is operator
. For instance, you could sayfrom:paypal.com to find all emails where the sender in PayPal. Use the logical boolean search operators to specify multiple search operators (e.g., from OR subject).
Also see: Gmail Search Tips and Tricks
| Search Criteria | Gmail Search Query | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | | Emails that are either starred or unread | is
OR is | | Emails with specific recipients in the To or Cc fields | to OR cc | | Emails received during a specific time period | after:2017/01/01 before:2017/06/15 | | Search for messages older or newer than a time period | older_than:7d (for 7 days) newer_than:2m (for 2 months) older_than: 2y (for 2 years) | | Search Gmail by size | larger:10M (for emails larger than 10 MB) smaller:1M (for emails small than 1 | MB) size:1000 (specify the size in bytes) | | Email messages that are in a particular email folder (or label). | in label label in (message anywhere in Gmail) | | Find emails that have no labels applied | has has | | Find emails that have particular words in the subject line | subject subject:(invoice OR receipt) subject:“payment received” | | Find messages that contain particular words | dinner OR movie (either words) dinner AND movie (contain both words) (dinner movie) (contain both words) “dinner movie” (exact phrase) | | Find emails that have an attachments | has filename (search attachments by type) filename.csv (search by file name) | | Search for messages delivered to a particular email address | deliveredto@labnol.org | | Emails where my email is either in CC or BCC | cc OR bcc | | Emails that do not contain a specific word | -cats | | Find emails messages in trash or spam | label OR label | | Find emails anywhere but in spam or trash | in | | Find emails that contain links to Google Drive or Google Slides or YouTube | has OR has OR has |Gmail Search - Things to Know
- Search for an exact phrase by enclosing the phrase inside double quotes. Capitalization is ignored.
- You can use logical operators like AND, NOT or OR to refine your search and they must always be typed in uppercase letters.
- Search for email messages by date using the before: and after: search operators. The date format is yyyy/mm/dd (e.g., 2017/07/15)
- You cannot use the bcc: operator to find emails in which you were blind carbon copied.
- If the label name in Gmail includes a space (e.g., Office Expenses), use a dash in the query when searching for emails inside that label (e.g. label)
