Find the large messages filling up your mailbox

When storage runs short, filtering by size lets you find the heaviest messages without digging through the whole mailbox.

The query

Breakdown

• larger:10MKeeps the messages larger than the given threshold. size: larger: smaller:

Variants

• larger:10M older_than:1yOpen in Gmail ↗

  The large messages that are more than a year old.

• has:attachment larger:5MOpen in Gmail ↗

  Messages with an attachment above a lower threshold.

Pitfalls

• Google's help page doesn't define the unit of size: nor any suffix other than M: you tune the threshold by trial.Not documented by Google · Gmail Help: search operators

See also

• Find emails with an attachment older than 6 monthshas:attachment older_than:6m
• Isolate promotions and newsletterscategory:promotions older_than:1y