type is:unread in the search box.
There are much more tricks which will minimize your search time..
| Operator | Definition | Example(s) |
| from: | Used to specify the sender | Example - from:amy Meaning - Messages from Amy |
| to: | Used to specify a recipient | Example - to:david Meaning - All messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else) |
| subject: | Search for words in the subject line | Example - subject:dinner Meaning - Messages that have the word "dinner" in the subject |
| OR | Search for messages matching term A or term B* *OR must all be in capitals | Example - from:amy OR from:david Meaning - Messages from Amy or from David |
| - (hyphen) | Used to exclude messages from your search | Example - dinner -film Meaning - Messages that contain the word "dinner" but do not contain the word "film" |
| label: | Search for messages by label* *There is not a search operator for unlabelled messages | 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" |
| has:attachment | Search for messages with an attachment | Example - from:david has:attachment Meaning - Messages from David that have an attachment |
| filename: | Search for an attachment by name or type | Example - filename:physicshomework.txt Meaning - Messages with an attachment named "physicshomework.txt" Example - label:work filename:pdf Meaning - Messages labelled "work" that also have a PDF file as an attachment |
| " " (quotes) | Used to search for an exact phrase* *Capitalisation isn't taken into consideration | Example - "I'm feeling lucky" Meaning - Messages containing the phrase "I'm feeling lucky" or "I'm feeling lucky" Example - subject:"dinner and a film" Meaning - Messages containing the phrase "dinner and a film" in the subject |
| ( ) | Used to group words Used to specify terms that shouldn't be excluded | Example - from:amy(dinner OR film) Meaning - Messages from Amy that contain either the word "dinner" or the word "film" Example - subject:(dinner film) Meaning - Messages in which the subject contains both the word "dinner" and the word "film" |
| in:anywhere | Search for messages anywhere in your account* *Messages in Spam and Trash are excluded from searches by default | Example - in:anywhere subject:film Meaning - Messages in All Mail, Spam, and Trash that contain the word "movie" |
| in:inbox in:trash in:spam | Search for messages in Inbox, Trash, or Spam | Example - in:trash from:amy Meaning - Messages from Amy that are in Trash |
| is:starred is:unread is:read | Search for messages that are starred, unread or read | Example - is:read is:starred from:David Meaning - Messages from David that have been read and are marked with a star |
| cc: bcc: | Used to specify recipients in the cc: or bcc: fields* *Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you were blind carbon copied<> | Example - cc:david Meaning - Messages that were cc'd to David |
| after: before: | Search for messages sent during a certain period of time* *Dates must be in mm/dd/yyyy format. | Example - after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 Meaning - Messages sent after April 16 2004, but before April 18 2004.* *More precisely: Messages sent on 17th April 2004. |
