You can use words or symbols known as search operators to filter your Gmail search results. You can also combine operators to filter your results even more.
Use a search operator
- On your computer, go to Gmail.
- At the top, click the search box.
- Enter a search operator.
Tips:
- After you've searched, you can use the results to set up a filter for these messages.
- When using numbers as part of your query, a space or a dash (-) will separate a number while a dot (.) will be a decimal. For example, 01.2047-100 is considered two numbers: 01.2047 and 100.
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Find emails sent from a specific person. |
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Find emails sent to a specific person. |
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Find emails that include specific people in the 'cc' or 'bcc' fields. |
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Find emails by a word or phrase in the subject line. |
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Search for emails received during a certain time period. |
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Search for emails older or newer than a time period. Use |
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Find emails that match one or more of your search criteria. |
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Find emails that match all of your search criteria. |
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Exclude emails from your search criteria. |
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Find emails 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 that you put first stays first. |
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Find emails under one of your labels. |
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If you use inbox categories, find emails under one of the categories. |
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Find emails that include:
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Find emails from a mailing list. |
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Find emails that have attachments with a certain name or file type. |
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Search for emails with an exact word or phrase. |
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Group multiple search terms together. |
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Find emails across Gmail. This includes emails in spam and the bin. |
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Find emails that you've snoozed. |
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Find emails that you've muted. |
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Search for emails by their status:
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If you've set up different star options, you can search for emails under a star option. Learn how to star emails in Gmail. |
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Find emails delivered to a specific email address. |
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Find emails by their size. |
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Find emails that match a word exactly. |
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Find emails with a specific message-ID header. |
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Find emails that have or don't have a label. Labels are only added to a message and not an entire conversation. |
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