Everyday receiving thousands of emails from various sources in Gmail may be a good thing for you but when the time comes to find a specific email attachment from these thousand emails then it may be a panic situation for you.
Most of the people spend their lots of time on finding specific email attachments on Gmail because they are still unknown from the tips and tricks that can be used to find emails in seconds.
Are you still finding email attachments manually by scrolling and reading the subject in Gmail?
If your answer is - Yes, then i will say you are wasting your time because you can search emails by size in Gmail. Searching emails by size will not only save your time but it will also provide you the comfortability to find all the emails smaller than the entered size or larger than the entered size.
In this tutorial i am going to explain two methods for searching emails by attachments size in Gmail that will help you to search emails accommodatingly. Let’s know how to search emails by attachments size in Gmail:
Method 1: Use Search Operators to Find Emails by Size
Using gmail size search operator you can easily find emails by size. You have three types of search operators to use in gmail and they are Size: , Larger: , Smaller: .
You will have to only type these operators in the Gmail search bar followed by the Size and you will be able to see desired emails. For instance: here's how you can use these search operators to find emails instituted on their size in Gmail. The search syntax is:
Search operators:[Size according to your wish]
- Size:5MB : This search operator would help you to find all the emails with size over 5MB in your gmail account. You can freely search emails by size according to your requirement.
- Larger:5MB : This search operator would help you to find all the emails larger than 5MB in your gmail account. Thus you can easily get the list of emails that are larger than 5MB.
- Smaller:5MB : This search operator would help you to find all the emails smaller than 5MB in your gmail account.
And thus you can imagine about the easiness of finding emails by attachment size in Gmail through Search Operators. By any reason if you don’t wish to use the search operators, then you can use the second method to search emails by their attachment size in Gmail.
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Method 2: Use the Advanced Search filter to Find Emails by Size
The advanced search filter is also one of the most useful features of gmail and people like to use it. Follow the below mentioned instructions to search Emails by size using the Advanced Search filter.
At first, click on the small arrow icon beside the search bar to use the advanced search feature as shown in below screenshot.
Now in the search options, select the option between the Greater than or Less than and enter the size. Then finally click on the search button to search for the emails within the entered size value.
If you want to search emails by their attachment’s size (exact size), then you will have to check the option of Has attachment.
I hope you liked these two methods of searching emails by attachments size in Gmail. Feel free to share your view with us through comment if you found this post useful for you.
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