Gmail Search Operators Cheat Sheet

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Search operators you can use with Gmail. Words or symbols called search operators to filter your Gmail search results. You can also combine operators to filter your results even more.

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Gmail Search operators

Specify the sender	`from`: Example: `from:ricky`
Specify a recipient	`to:` Example: `to:luke`
Specify a recipient who received a copy	`cc:` `bcc:` Example: `cc:kesha`
Words in the subject line	`subject:` Example: `subject:beach`
Messages that match multiple terms	`OR` or `{ }` Example: `from:amy OR from:david` Example: `{from:luke from:kesha}`
Remove messages from your results	`-` Example: `beach -rock`
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: `flight AROUND 10 airport` 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.org`
Attachments with a certain name or file type	`filename:` Example: `Gmail-cheatsheet:pdf` Example: `filename:wishlist.txt`
Search for an exact word or phrase	`" "` Example: `"wine and movie tonight"`
Group multiple search terms together	`( )` Example: `subject:(wine 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`

Gmail Search operators (Cont.)

Recipients in the cc or bcc field	`cc:` `bcc:` Example: `cc:kesha` 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:2004/08/28` Example: `after:08/28/2004` Example: `before:2004/28/08` Example: `before:08/28/2004`
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 wine`
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.

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 2 numbers: 01.2047 and 100.

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