If you want to search through your Gmail messages by date, there are a few ways to do it. The easiest way is to use the “Date” filter in Gmail’s search bar. To use the “Date” filter, type “date” into the search bar at the top of your Gmail screen and press Enter. This will display all of your messages that were sent or received on or after that particular date. You can also use the “Date Range” filter. To do this, first select the date range you want to search from the drop-down menu next to “From:” in your Gmail message header. Then, type “date range” into the search bar and press Enter. This will display all of your messages that were sent or received within that particular time period. ..
One of the many good things about Gmail is the ability to search your emails by date. You can find emails received after or before a specific date, find emails newer or older than certain days, and so on. We’ll show you how.
You can search Gmail by date on both your desktop and mobile devices. On desktop, you will use the Gmail site. On mobile, you will use the official Gmail app. Additionally, you can use these date search filters in conjunction with your other filters. This makes finding emails even easier.
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Find Gmail Emails Older Than Specified Days, Months, or Years
To find emails that are older than specified days, months, or years, enter the following query in Gmail’s search box and press Enter.
This query finds emails that are older than five days. Feel free to replace 5 with any number you want. Also, replace d with m for months and y for years, if you want.
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Find Gmail Emails Newer Than Specified Days, Months, or Years
To see emails that are newer than specified days, months, or years, use the following query in Gmail’s search box.
This query retrieves emails that are newer than seven days. Replace 7 with any number you want, and replace d with m for months or y for years.
Find Gmail Emails Received After a Specific Date
If you’d like to see the emails you have received after a specific date, make use of the following query:
This query retrieves all emails sent to you after November 12, 2021. To include the sent emails in the search results, remove to:me from the query.
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Find Gmail Emails Received Before a Specific Date
Gmail also makes it easy to find the emails received before a specific date. Use the following query to do that:
This query finds all the emails you have received before October 5, 2021. To add the sent emails in the search results, remove to:me from the query.
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Find Gmail Emails Received Between Specific Dates
By combining both “before” and “after” search operators, you can find the emails received between two specific dates.
Here’s what a combined query looks like:
As you can see, the query finds all the emails sent to you between September 1, 2021 and September 26, 2021. Remove the to:me part to find all your emails and not just the ones you have received.
And that’s all there is to finding emails by date in your Gmail account. We hope it helps you find the exact emails you have been looking for!
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