Gmail Search Cheat Sheet
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Gmail Search Cheat Sheet
Operator
Use with
Description
from:
name or email address
Messages from Santa. from:Santa or
to:
name or email address
Messages sent to Santa by you or anyone. to:Santa or
subject:
any word(s)
Messages with the word itinerary subject: itinerary
label:
any label
Messages labeled as Receipts label: Receipts
has:
attachment
Messages with one or more attachments has:attachment
list:
any mailing list
Messages sent to or from
in:
anywhere
Messages in AllMail, Spam and Trash that contain the word 'aunt' in:anywhere aunt
in:
inbox, spam, trash
Messages in inbox that contains the word 'monkey' in:inbox monkey
is:
important
Messages from Amy that were marked as important by priority inbox from:Amy is:important
is:
starred, unread, read, chat
Messages that are starred, unread, read or chat messages is:chat from:Amy is:starred
before:, after:
yyyy/mm/dd format
Messages that are sent between Jan 1 2011 and Dec 31 2011 after:2011/01/01 before:2011/12/31
Messages that has a pdf file as an attachment and the filename includes 'Voucher' filename:pdf
filename:
jpg, pdf, doc, ppt, xls
filename:voucher
Binary
Use with
Description
OR
finding any of the words
Messages that contain the word 'chicken' or 'fish' or both (OR must be capitalized) chicken OR fish
" " (double
exact phrase
Messages in inbox that contain the exact phrase 'movie night' in:inbox "movie night"
quotes)
Messages from Sarah that contain either dinner, movie or Saturday. from:Sarah (dinner OR movie OR
( )
grouping search opeartors
Saturday)
-
word to exclude
Messages that contain the word jacket but not the word 'sale' jacket -sale
Last updated Dec 2011
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