Search by message status

How it works

is: accepts important, starred, unread, read, and is:muted for muted conversations.

Examples

• is:unreadOpen in Gmail ↗

  Unread messages.

• is:starredOpen in Gmail ↗

  Starred messages.

• is:muted subject:team celebrationOpen in Gmail ↗

  Muted conversations about a team celebration.

What it does well

• Combined with a person or a date, finds "what I haven't read yet from this person" in one line.

What it does badly

Google documents no limits for this operator.

See also

• has:yellow-starhas:red-banghas:green-checkFinds messages carrying a star or icon of a specific color.
• label:Finds messages filed under a label.
• in:anywherein:archivein:snoozedWidens or narrows the search to Spam and Trash, to the archive or to snoozed messages.

Search examples that use it

• Find a person's unread emailsfrom:amy@example.com is:unread