Find a person's unread emails

Handy to catch up on one correspondent (a client, a colleague) without scrolling through the whole inbox.

The query

Breakdown

• from:amy@example.comKeeps the messages sent by this address. from:
• is:unreadKeeps those you haven't read yet. is:

Variants

• from:amy@example.com is:unread newer_than:7dOpen in Gmail ↗

  Only those from the last seven days.

• from:amy@example.com is:starredOpen in Gmail ↗

  Those you starred.

Pitfalls

• Google's help page doesn't say how from: handles a bare domain name or an address fragment: this example uses a full address, like Google's own.Not documented by Google · Gmail Help: search operators

See also

• Find what I sent to someonefrom:me to:john@example.com
• Find a message you thought was lost (Spam, Trash)in:anywhere from:amy@example.com