Gmail Search Operators

These operators will give you more precise search results.

1. from: - mails from the name of the sender
2. to: - mails sent/to be sent to to the recipient
3. subject: - search mails containing the specified words in the subject
4. OR - traditional OR operator
5. - (dash or hyphen) - exclude messages containing the specified words
6. label: - search messages by label
7. has:attachment - search mails with attachments
8. filename: - search mails by filename of the attachments
9. " " (double quotes) - traditional operator for filtering exact specified words
10. () - used for grouping search expressions
11. in:anywhere - search for mails anywhere in your account
12. in:inbox - search for mails in your inbox
13. in:trash - search for mails in your trash folder
14. in:spam - search for mails in your spam folder
15. is:starred - search for starred mails
16. is:unread - search for unread mails
17. is:read - search for read mails
18. cc: - search mails that were carbon copied to a specified recipient
19. bcc: - search mails that were blind carbon copied to a specified recipient
20. after: - search mails after a specified date in yyyy/MM/dd format
21. before: - search mails before a specified date in yyyy/MM/dd format