Organize and find email

Learn more at the Gmail Help Center

1. Open Gmail.
2. In the search box at the top, click Show search options  .
3. Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search. 
4. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter.
5. Choose what you’d like the filter to do.
6. Click Create filter.

Note: When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. ​Additionally, when someone replies to a message you've filtered, the reply will only be filtered if it meets the same search criteria. 

At the top of your inbox, search for one or more keywords that appear anywhere in the email—in the subject, body, or sender name. 

If you’re looking for something specific, click Show search options to use advanced search.

Gemini can summarize an email thread with more than 2 replies.

• If the side panel is open, Gemini summarizes the email thread when you click What’s this email about?
• If the side panel is closed, at the top of an email thread, click Summarize this email.

In the side panel, you can also prompt to ask for a summary.

• Examples:
  • “Summarize this email.”
  • “Create a list of action items for me based on this email.”
  • “Explain this email to me like I’m 5 years old.”

Gemini can draft a new email or a reply.

• To get suggested replies:
  1. On your computer, open an email thread.
  2. Click Ask Gemini .
  3. At the bottom of the side panel, click Suggest a reply.
• To draft a new email, ask Gemini to create the draft.
  • Examples:
    • “Write an announcement email for the launch of Project Clover.”
    • “Create a thank you note to a colleague for their work on Project Clover.”

Gemini can get information on reservations, flights, packages, and other emails sent to your inbox. For example:

• “When is my package arriving?”
• “What time is my next flight?”

Gemini can search for your emails that are unread, from a specific date range and from specific people. Gemini will load the results in a Gmail search. For example:

• “Show my unread emails.”
• “Emails from [person] sent last week.”
• “Show unread emails from this week.”

Gemini can reference files and documents from Google Drive. For example:

• “What are the main points of the weekly team meeting notes from my documents?”
• “Summarize my document for Project Clover.”

Tip: To check files that Gemini used in its response, click Sources.

• “Where can I edit my email filters?”
• “How can I create a label?”

Important: To get answers from the web, make sure to include phrases like “Use Google Search” or “Using web search” in your prompt.

• “Write a paragraph describing the weather today in Mountain View, California using web search.”
• “Help me write a paragraph explaining if lightning can strike the same place twice using only information from the web.”

Important: Gemini in Gmail can only give you information about events on your primary calendar.

• “What’s my first meeting tomorrow?”
• “When’s the next time I’ll meet with Lori?”

Important: Gemini in Gmail can only create events on your primary calendar.

• “Schedule a lunch block for tomorrow at noon.”
• “Create a weekly run on Fridays at 8 AM.”

You can ask Gemini to generate images in Gmail.

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
3. On the side panel, create your own prompt.
   • Example: “Create an image of a dog with glasses.”
4. You can also:
   • Change your prompt: Click Edit prompt .
   • Send feedback about the generated images: At the bottom, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .

1. Below the generated output, select Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
2. If you select Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you found and enter additional feedback.
   • To review data that will be attached with your feedback, at the bottom, select What data will be attached?
   • If you don’t want to include the data with your feedback, uncheck Attach collected data to your feedback to help us improve the product experience.
3. Select Next.
4. Review additional context that you can share with your feedback.
   • If you don’t want to include the additional context with your feedback, uncheck Additional context (content referenced to create outputs).
5. Select Submit.