Search on emails
Operator | Description | Category |
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+ |
Prefix - Force exact match on single phrase | Basic,Mail |
() |
Allows grouping of operators and helps dictate order | Basic,Mail |
- |
Excludes a word from results | Basic,Mail |
"" |
Allows searching for a specific phrase - exact match search. Individual word prevents synonyms | Basic,Mail |
OR /AND |
Boolean search function for OR searches as Google defaults to AND between words - must be all caps | Basic,Mail |
after: |
Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received anytime after a set date | Drive,Mail |
before: |
Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received before a certain date | Drive,Mail |
is:starred |
Searches only items that have been starred in drive | Drive,Mail |
from: |
Specify the sender in google mail | |
to: |
Specify the recipient in google mail | |
cc: |
Search by a recipient that was copied into an email | |
bcc: |
Search by a recipient that was blind copied into an email | |
older: |
Search for messages older than a certain date | |
newer: |
Search for messages newer than a certain date | |
Search |
for a message with a google sheet attached | |
Search |
for a message with a google presentation attached | |
AROUND |
Similar to the normal google search function, allows you to search for keywords near each other. | |
subject: |
Search by keywords featured in the subject line | |
{} |
Use for OR in mail instead of the OR function | |
label: |
Search for messages that have a certain label | |
has:attachment |
Search for messages that have an item attached | |
has:drive |
Search for messages with a google drive attached | |
has:document |
Search for messages with a google doc attached | |
has:youtube |
Search for a message containing a youtube video | |
list: |
Search for all messages from a particular mailing list | |
in:anywhere |
Includes all folders in your search, including spam and bin | |
is:important |
Search for messages that have been marked as important | |
label:important |
Same as is:important | |
is:snoozed |
Searches for messages that have been snoozed | |
is:unread |
Searches for unread messages | |
is:read |
searches for read messages only | |
has:yellow-star |
Searches for messages with coloured star icon | |
has:blue-info |
Searches for messages with colourd icon | |
is:chat |
Searches for messagse from chat | |
deliveredto: |
Search by email address for delivered messages | |
category: |
Searches by messages based on category. Follow the colon with the categoy name, i.e. category:primary | |
size: |
Messages larger than a certain size in bytes | |
larger: |
Messages larger than a certain size in bytes | |
smaller: |
Messages smaller than a certain size in bytes | |
has:userlabels |
Search for messages that have custom user labels | |
Search for messages that have no custom user labels |
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