Sending emails is still one of the formal tools that we use when we want to send certain types of information. In this task, Gmail stands out as one of the most used platforms along with Outlook. Normally we will receive many emails from different origins since it is a good communication method for many companies, especially as a newsletter.
Gmail is Google’s messaging platform which gives us a set of special functions to manage mail , contacts, calendars and more, it is something moral that over time we receive too many emails of all kinds and at some point it will be necessary create a filter to view emails in a given time range, this is possible in a simple way and Solvetic will explain various ways to achieve it in Gmail.
How to search emails in Gmail by date
Step 1.
We open Gmail to see our emails:
Step 2
To search for emails with a date earlier than the desired one, we enter the syntax:
older_than: # (d, m, y)
Step 3
The values are:
- d = days
- m = months
- y = years
We observe the results when pressing Enter.
Step 4
To search for emails with a later date we enter the syntax:
newer_than: # (d, m, y)
Step 5
Again the variables are:
- d = days
- m = months
- y = years
Step 6
We can see the results by pressing Enter:
Step 7
We can modify the parameter for better results:
Step 8
To search for emails after a date and with a specific recipient we enter the syntax:
after: YYYY / MM / DD to: me
Step 9
“To me” refers to the Gmail user:
Step 10
To search for emails before a date and with a specific recipient we enter the syntax:
before: YYYY / MM / DD to: me
We see how the filter is applied.
Step 11.
It is possible to search for emails in a range of dates using the syntax:
after: YYYY / MM / DD before: YYYY / MM / DD to: me
Thus we have various options to search emails by date in Gmail and be more precise with the information to use.
