Search operators you can use with Gmail

You can use words or symbols called search operators to filter your Gmail search results. You can also combine operators to filter your results even more.

How to use a search operator

  1. Open Gmail.
  2. In the search box, type the search operator.

Search operators you can use

Tip: Once you do a search using search operators, you can use the results to set up a filter for these messages.
What you can search bySearch operator & example
Specify the sender
from:
Example: from:amy
Specify a recipient
to:
Example: to:david
Words in the subject line
subject:
Example: subject:dinner
Messages that match multiple terms
OR or { }
Example: from:amy OR from:david
Example: {from:amy from:david}
Remove messages from your results
-
Example: dinner -movie
Find messages with words near each other. Use the number to say how many words apart the words can be
AROUND
Example: dinner AROUND 5 friday
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 has:document
Messages that have a YouTube video
has:youtube
Example: has:youtube
Messages from a mailing list
list:
Example: list:info@example.com
Attachments with a certain name or file type
filename:
Example: filename:pdf
Example: filename:homework.txt
Search for an exact word or phrase
" "
Example: "dinner and movie tonight"
Group multiple search terms together
( )
Example: subject:(dinner 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, unread, or read messages
is:starred
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
Recipients in the cc or bcc field
cc:
bcc:
Example: 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:
Example: after:2004/04/16
Example: 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:
Example: newer_than:2d
Chat messages
is:chat
Example: is:chat movie
Messages delivered to a certain email address
deliveredto:
Example: deliveredto:username@gmail.com
Messages in a certain category
category:
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.
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