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General filter across all fields using all search terms or exact phrase
<search-string>
"<exact-phrase>"Exact word match + and removal/negation -
+<search-string>
-<search-string>Group multiple search terms with a single filter (eg. subject:(foo bar))
<filter>:(<search-string> <search-string>)Match multiple criteria (Alternate syntax wrap with {})
<condition> OR <condition>
{<condition> <condition>}Match messages where two strings are within a set distance in words (quotes to enforce order)
<search-string> AROUND <distance> <search-string>
"<search-string> AROUND <distance> <search-string>"Example to match messages that contain 'foo' within 10 words of 'bar'
foo AROUND 10 barSender/Recipient Filters
Emails from sender or to recipient
Extra recipient fields
Content and Status Filters
Subject and label fields
Has or doesn't have any user labels
Messages based on status
Location Filters
Show messages from specified location
Date Filters
Show emails that match date criteria (format: yyyy/mm/dd and other standard variations)
Combine to narrow results to specific time range
Show messages older or newer than a time period (d day, m month, y year)
Examples of time period
Attachment Filters
Show emails with an attachment or matching filename
Google drive, docs and YouTube attachments
Size Filters
Show messages larger than specified size
Show messages are larger or smaller than the specified sizes (combine for ranges)
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