Advanced Searching - Gmail

Operator: from:

Example: from:amy

Meaning: all messages from Amy

Operator: to:

Example: to:david

Meaning: messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else)

Operator: subject:

Example: subject:dinner

Meaning: messages that have the word "dinner" in the subject

Operator: OR

OR must be in ALL CAPS

Example: from:amy OR from:david

Meaning: messages from Amy or from David

Operator: - (hyphen)

Example: dinner -movie

Meaning: Messages that contain the word "dinner" but do not contain the word "movie"

Operator: label:

Example: from:amy label:friends

Meaning: Messages from Amy that have the label "friends"

Example: from:david label:my-family

Meaning: Messages from David that have the label "My Family"

(There is not a search operator for unlabeled messages)

Operator: has:attachment

Example: from:david has:attachment

Meaning: Messages from David that have an attachment

Operator: list:

Example: list:info@example.com

Meaning: Messages with the words info@example.com in the headers, sent to or from this list

Operator: filename:

Example: filename:physicshomework.txt

Meaning: Messages with an attachment named "physicshomework.txt"

Example: label:work filename:pdf

Meaning: Messages labeled "work" that also have a PDF file as an attachment

Operator: " " (quotes)

Example: "i'm feeling lucky"

Meaning: Messages containing the phrase "i'm feeling lucky" or "I'm feeling lucky"

Example: subject:"dinner and a movie"

Meaning: Messages containing the phrase "dinner and a movie" in the subject

(Capitalization isn't taken into consideration

Operator: ( )

Example: from:amy (dinner OR movie)

Meaning: Messages from Amy that contain the word "dinner" or the word "movie"

Example: subject: (dinner movie)

Meaning: Messages in which the subject contains both the word "dinner" and the word "movie"

Operator: in:anywhere

Example: in:anywhere movie

Meaning: Messages in All Mail, Spam, and Trash that contain the word "movie"

(Messages in Spam and Trash are excluded from searches by default - you must add this operator to search there)

Operator: in:inbox  in:trash  in:spam

Example: in:trash from:amy

Meaning: Messages from Amy that are in Trash

Operator: is:important label:important

Example is:important from:janet

Meaning: Messages from Janet that were marked as important by Priority Inbox

Operator: is:starred  is:unread  is:read

Example: is:read is:starred from:David

Meaning: Messages from David that have been read and are marked with a star

Operator: has:yellow-star has:red-star has:orange-star, etc

Example: has:purple-star from:david

Meaning: Messages from David that are marked with a purple star

Operator: cc: bcc:

Example: cc:david

Meaning: Messages that were cc-ed to David

(Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you were blind carbon copied)

Operator: after: before:

Example: after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18

Meaning: Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18. 2004

Operator: is:chat

Example: is:chat monkey

Meaning: any chat message including the work "monkey"

Operator: deliveredto:

Example: deliveredto:username@gmail.com

Meaning: Any message with username@gmail.com in the Delivered-To: field of the message header (which can help you find messages forwarded from another account or ones sent to an alias)

Operator: circle:

Example: circle:friends

Meaning: Any message that was sent by a person in your "Friends" circle

Example: circle:"soccer friends (team blue)" or circle:"my\"fab four\""

Notes: For circle names that include a space, parentheses, curly brackets, or vertical bar, add quotes around the name. For names that includes quotes, add a back slash immediately before the quotes.

Operator: has:circle

Example: has:circle

Meaning: Any messages that was sent by a person in any of your circles