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Searching your email archive

Every message, subject, sender, recipient, and attachment name in your archive is indexed for full-text search the moment upload processing finishes.

The basics

Free-text search

Open Emails in the sidebar and type into the search bar at the top. Evermail searches across subjects, message bodies, sender names and addresses, recipients, and attachment file names at once — there's no special syntax to learn. Press Enter or click Search to run the query.

Narrow it down

Filters

Click the filter icons next to the search bar to add one or more filter chips. Filters combine with your text search and with each other.

FilterWhat it does
DateRestrict results to a date range
FromMatch a sender name or address
ToMatch a recipient name or address
Subject containsMatch text in the subject line
ArchiveLimit to one uploaded mailbox, if you have more than one
Has attachmentOnly show emails with an attachment
Reuse a search

Saved searches

Once you've built a query and filter combination you'll want again, save it from the search bar and it appears as a quick-access chip above your results. The Free plan includes 3 saved searches, Starter includes 10, and Pro, Team, and Enterprise include unlimited saved searches.

Move faster

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts are active whenever you're not typing in a text field.

/Focus the search bar
jMove to the next email in the list
kMove to the previous email in the list
EnterOpen the selected email
EscClose the email viewer
eDownload the open email as .eml
⌘/Ctrl + lCopy a permalink to the open email

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FAQ

Common questions

Why am I getting no results?
Check your filters aren't too narrow — a Date or Archive filter combined with an unusual spelling can hide results. Try clearing filters one at a time. See Troubleshooting for more.
Does search cover attachment contents, or just file names?
Search matches attachment file names, not the text inside attachments (for example, the contents of a PDF).
Can I search across more than one uploaded archive at once?
Yes — search covers every archive in your account by default. Use the Archive filter if you want to narrow to just one.