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How to find large attachments in Gmail


It's easy to search for attachments in Gmail. This tip will help you search by the size of the attachment



To search for attachments in Gmail, use the search parameter has:attachment. This will show up all your emails with an attachment.


If you wish to find attachments over a certain size, you can do this using size:


So, to search for large attachments you could use the search size:10M


This will show all emails with attachments larger than 10MB Try it now


Combine this search with the older_than parameter to find mail older than a certain period.


For example older_than:1y will find mail more than 1 year old; older_than:30d finds mail over 30 days old. Try it now


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