{"id":1336,"date":"2021-12-13T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1336"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:58:37","password":"","slug":"searching-for-every-email-in-users-gmail-account","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/searching-for-every-email-in-users-gmail-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Every Email in Users Gmail Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Email Content Search<\/strong> is a<strong> live<\/strong> search for your entire domain. Allowing Google Workspace Admins to search for any piece of text in <strong>any<\/strong> email in <strong>any<\/strong> mailbox across the domain.<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>As long as the email is<strong> not permanently removed<\/strong> from the bin folder, <strong>Email content search <\/strong>can find it. <!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->This process may take a long time if you are searching through many accounts at the same time.<\/blockquote>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<h2>Start Live Search<\/h2>\r\n<p>To start a live search to find emails from one user&#8217;s account, select the following operators:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote><strong>from:<\/strong> OR <strong>to:<\/strong> or &#8220;<em>some sentence<\/em>&#8221; etc.<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>For example:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote><strong>from:david@generalaudittool.com &#8220;private and confidential&#8221; newer_than:30d is:read<\/strong><\/blockquote>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Any string in quotes <strong>&#8221; &#8220;<\/strong> is used to search both the <strong>subject and the body<\/strong> of the email.<\/li>\r\n<li>&#8216;<strong>newer_than:<\/strong>&#8216; is counted in (d)ays. &#8216;<strong>is:<\/strong>&#8216; can be <strong>read or unread<\/strong> or both states if omitted.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>You should narrow down the search as much as possible to speed up the search. <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44061\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/screenshot-gs.generalaudittool.com-2021.04.19-15_52_41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1322\" height=\"328\" \/> When the Query is applied.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Apply the search query<\/strong> and enter it on the field<\/li>\r\n<li>Search for the Users &#8211; <strong>enter <\/strong>the\u00a0<strong>User\/Group\/Org. Unit\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Click on <strong>Search emails\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<blockquote>Note: Ignore Google Meet\/Hangouts chat records by using ( <strong>-is:chat <\/strong>), the (<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>) symbol excludes chat messages.<\/blockquote>\r\n<blockquote>Note: Click on &#8220;<strong>\u2228 &#8221; <\/strong>icon- to see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/7190\">Google Search tips<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<h2>Result<\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>When the search results appear you <strong>can request<\/strong> access to <strong>view, delete(remove), or download<\/strong> the Emails. The results can be exported into Google Sheet (CSV) for further analysis. Select the emails and use the <strong>Unlock feature<\/strong> to request access via Security officer approval.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":27406,\"align\":\"center\"} -->\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><\/figure>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44064\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/screenshot-gs.generalaudittool.com-2021.04.19-18_55_06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1340\" height=\"779\" \/><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<h2>Take action &#8211; using Unlock<\/h2>\r\n<p>More information regards the actions possible via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/products\/gat-unlock\/\">Unlock can be found here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email Content Search is a live search for your entire domain. Allowing Google Workspace Admins to search for any piece of text in any email in any mailbox across the domain. 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