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| Operation | Operator | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Specify the sender | From: |
from:amy |
| Specify a recipient | To: |
to:david |
| Words in the subject line | Subject: |
subject:dinner |
| Messages that match multiple terms | OR or { } |
from:amy OR from:david {from:amy from:david} |
| Remove messages from your results | - |
dinner -movie |
| Find messages with words near each other. Use the number to say how many words apart the words can be | AROUND # |
dinner AROUND 5 friday |
| Messages that have a certain label | Label: |
label:friends |
| Messages that have an attachment | Has:attachment |
has:attachment |
| Messages from a mailing list | List: |
list:info@example.com |
| Attachments with a certain name or file type | Filename: |
filename:pdf filename: homework.txt |
| Search for an exact word or phrase | " " |
"dinner and movie tonight" |
| Group multiple search terms together | ( ) |
subject:(dinner movie) |
| Messages in any folder, including Spam and Trash | In:anywhere |
in:anywhere movie |
| Search for messages that are marked as important | is:important label: important |
is:important |
| Starred, unread, or read messages | is:starred is:unread is:read |
is:read is:starred |
| Messages that include an icon of a certain color | has:yellow-star has: blue-info |
has:purple-star |
| Recipients in the cc or bcc field | cc: bcc: |
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: |
after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 |
| Search for messages older or newer than a time period using d (day), m (month), and y (year) | older_than newer_than |
newer_than:2d |
| Chat messages | Is:chat |
is:chat movie |
| Messages delivered to a certain email address | Deliveredto: |
deliveredto:username@gmail.com |
| Messages in a certain category | Category: |
category:updates |
| Messages larger than a certain size in bytes | Size: |
size:1000000 |
| Messages larger or smaller than a certain size in bytes | larger: smaller: |
larger:10M |
| Results that match a word exactly | + |
+unicorn |
| Messages with a certain message-id header | Rfc822msgid: |
rfc822msgid:200503292@example.com |
| Messages that have or don’t have a label | has:userlabels has:nouserlabels |
has:nouserlabels Note: Labels are only added to a message, and not an entire conversation. |
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