Search Shortcuts
All search shortcuts work with the minus (”-”) modifier, allowing you to use search shortcuts to remove specific messages from your search results. Shortcuts can also be combined, allowing you to further narrow your searches.
Header Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| to | The “to:” shortcut can be used to search the recipient list for a specific person. You can use either an email address or a full name (assuming the mail was sent with the full name in the recipient list). | to:person@domain.com to:”Joe User” |
| from | The “from:” shortcut can be used to search for a specific sender. You can use either an email address or a full name (assuming the mail was sent with the full name in the from field). | from:person@domain.com from:”Joe User” |
| subject | The “subject:” shortcut can be used to search for messages containing certain words in the subject. Multiple word searches should be placed inside of quotes. | subject:yahoo subject:”yahoo mail beta” |
Attachment Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| attachment | The “attachment:” shortcut can be used to search for some text inside of any attachments contained with the messages. This only applies to textual attachments (it won’t search through an image, for instance). | attachment:reservation |
| attachmentname | The “attachmentname:” shortcut can be used to search for messages containing attachments with a certain word in the filename. | attachmentname:reservation.pdf attachmentname:resume |
| attachmentcount | The “attachmentcount:” shortcut can be used to search for messages with a certain number of attachments. You can use either an exact number or you can use greater-than/less-than to indicate you want messages with more than/less than a certain number of attachments. | attachmentcount:1 attachmentcount:>0 attachmentcount:<5 |
| attachmenttype | The “attachmenttype:” shortcut can be used to search for messages containing a certain type of attachment (PDFs, for example). | attachmenttype:pdf attachmenttype:msword attachmenttype:excel attachmenttype:text attachmenttype:image attachmenttype:jpeg |