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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 bar

Emails from sender or to recipient

from:<search-string>
to:<search-string>

Extra recipient fields

cc:<search-string>
bcc:<search-string>

Subject and label fields

subject:<search-string>
label:<label-name>

Has or doesn't have any user labels

has:userlabels
has:nouserlabels

Messages based on status

is:read
is:unread
is:starred
is:snoozed
is:important

Show messages from specified location

in:sent
in:draft
in:trash
in:spam
in:<label-name>

Show emails that match date criteria (format: yyyy/mm/dd and other standard variations)

after:<date>
before:<date>

Combine to narrow results to specific time range

after:<date> before:<date>

Show messages older or newer than a time period (d day, m month, y year)

older_than:<time-period>
newer_than:<time-period>

Examples of time period

newer_than:2d
older_than:3w
newer_than:1y

Show emails with an attachment or matching filename

has:attachment
filename:<file-name>

Google drive, docs and YouTube attachments

has:drive
has:document
has:spreadsheet
has:presentation
has:youtube

Show messages larger than specified size

size:<size-bytes>

Show messages are larger or smaller than the specified sizes (combine for ranges)

larger:<size-bytes>
smaller:<size-bytes>

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