Use the filename: operator to search attachments by file name or type. Here, the filename: operator can save your day. There’s no time to scroll through the hundreds of messages in your inbox looking for it-you needed it five minutes ago.
Your meeting is about to start and you still haven’t found the Excel spreadsheet your colleague emailed you last week. This should uncover your missing email, provided it hasn’t been sitting in your trash or spam folder for more than 30 days, after which time Google will automatically delete it. If you have no idea where the message you need is hiding, cast the widest net possible with the in:anywhere operator followed by a keyword.
