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Find email faster with words like from: and has:attachment.
Type words in the search box to find email. You can also add search words that start with a name and a colon, like from:dawit. Put as many as you want in one search. Every one must match.
Use the Filters button
Choose Filters next to the search box. Fill in the fields you need and choose Search. uMail writes the search for you in the box, so you can learn the words and type them yourself next time.
Search words
| Type this | To find | Example |
|---|---|---|
| from: | Email from a person or address | from:dawit |
| to: | Email sent to a person (To or Cc) | to:selamawit@example.com |
| subject: | Words in the subject | subject:invoice |
| has:attachment | Email with a file attached | has:attachment |
| is:unread | Email you have not read | is:unread |
| is:read | Email you have read | is:read |
| is:starred | Email you starred | is:starred |
| is:vip | Email from people on your VIP list | is:vip |
| in: | Email in one folder. Use inbox, sent, archive, trash, spam, drafts or the name of your own folder | in:archive or in:"Tax papers" |
| label: | Email with one of your labels. Use the label name | label:Clients or label:"Big clients" |
| after: | Email on or after a day. Use 2026-10-01, today, yesterday, 7d or 30d | after:7d |
| before: | Email before a day | before:2026-10-21 |
| larger: | Email bigger than a size. Use K for kilobytes and M for megabytes | larger:5M |
| smaller: | Email smaller than a size | smaller:100K |
Leave something out
Put a minus sign before a word to leave out email that has it. -newsletter leaves out email that has the word newsletter. -from:dawit leaves out email from Dawit.
Search for a phrase
Put words in double quotes to find them together in that order, like "board meeting".
Examples
- from:selamawit has:attachment finds files that Selamawit sent you.
- is:unread after:7d finds email you have not read from the last 7 days.
- subject:invoice larger:1M before:2026-10-01 finds big invoices from before October.
- in:sent to:dawit "price list" finds the price list you sent to Dawit.
- budget -draft finds email about the budget that does not have the word draft.
Good to know
- Days follow Addis Ababa time. after:2026-10-21 starts at midnight that day.
- Without in:, a search with these words looks in all your mail except Trash and Spam.
- Words are not case sensitive. You can search in Amharic too.
- If uMail does not know a word like color:red, it searches for it as plain text.
- If a date or size is wrong, uMail tells you under the search box. For example, use a date like 2026-10-21.
To remove one part of a search, choose the small x on its label under the search box.