How to Search by Date in Gmail

If you want to search for emails or chats by specific date in Gmail, perform a simple search below. If you feel that is not enough, you can refer to some other advanced search terms.

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Go to Gmail search. On a computer browser, the search bar is at the top of any Gmail page. On mobile devices, you’ll probably need to tap the magnifying glass icon to open the search bar.

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Search for emails after a certain date. To search for emails after a specific date, type after:YYYY/MM/DD in the search bar, replacing YYYY with year, MM with month, and DD with day. Example: Type after:2015/03/29 to search for emails written since March 29, 2015.

You can use newer instead of “after”.

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Search for emails before a certain date. You probably already guessed that typing “before:YYYY/MM/DD” will search all emails before that date. You are welcome to use pder instead of “before” if you wish.

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Combine both ways to narrow down your search. You can use both of the above search methods in the same search. Example: If you type after:2015/03/29 before:2015/04/05 , the device will list all emails sent from early morning of March 29, 2015 to before April 5, 2015.

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Try other related search terms. For more recent emails, you don’t need to date them specifically. You can type pder_than or newer_than instead. Here are some search terms:

pder_than:3d = email from 3 days ago to before.
newer_than:2m = email in the last 2 months.
pder_than:12d newer_than:1y = email from 12 days ago to an earlier time in the last 1 year.

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Add more search terms. You can add regular terms and advanced search terms to the same search. Here are a few specific examples:

after:2015/01/01 before:2015/31/12 rock climbing will list emails containing the words “rock” and “climbing” in 2015.
newer_than:5d has:attachment will list all emails with attachments sent in the last 5 days.
before:2008/04/30 from:Jenna dance will list all emails before April 30, 2008 from sender Jenna, including the word “dance”.

Warning

Do not use the wrong date format. For example: If you type the date and year at the end instead of at the beginning, the results will not be displayed.

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