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:[email protected]
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, snoozed, unread, or read messages

Note: Snoozed is not available in classic Gmail.


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
Recipients in the cc or bcc field

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:[email protected]
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 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.