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In a time where we are constantly on our phones receiving messages and emails, staying on top of everything can be a useful skill. When you need to find an email from a month ago, going through all your emails can be time-consuming and frustrating. Luckily, Gmail has a few tricks up its sleeve that you can use to find the email you’re looking for much faster. These are some of the fastest ways to classify your emails.
How to Order by Sender in Gmail on an iPhone
If you don’t have time to go home and sit in front of your PC and sort your emails, you can always do it on your trusty iPhone. Every smartphone has a Gmail app that behaves similarly to Gmail in your browser. To sort emails on iPhone based on who sent them, you need to follow these steps:
- Open your Gmail app and sign in to your account if you haven’t already.
- Tap the search button.
- Enter the email address you are looking for.
- Press the blue search button in the bottom right corner.
- You will get a list of all emails to or from that address.
It is important to note that the Gmail app for iOS does not allow you to filter emails further. To do this, you will need to use an Internet browser, where you can use advanced sorting and filtering criteria.
How to Order by Sender in Gmail on an Android Device
The Gmail app on Android devices is not much different from that on iPhone smartphones, especially when it comes to certain features and tricks. It can be quite hectic to receive a lot of emails and have a full inbox. Here is the step by step solution:
- Open Gmail on your phone.
- Select the search bar at the top and type the sender’s name or email address.
- Tap the search icon at the bottom right or below the search bar.
- Gmail will show all emails containing the address.
Fast notes:
If you are not quite sure about the sender’s name or email address, you can always type the subject of the email you are looking for in the search box. Gmail will sort emails that contain the search term anywhere, including the subject.
You can also type any word in the search bar. For example, if you are looking for an email from your professor and you don’t remember their email address, you can simply type words like “exam” or anything mentioned in that email.
Be sure to periodically delete emails you don’t use or need. This helps Gmail work better and you can avoid not receiving your emails due to a full inbox.
How to Order by Sender in Gmail on PC
If you receive dozens of emails, you know the difficulty of finding that email in the pile. Reading just promotional emails can be quite difficult. A smartphone may not provide perfect filtering and sorting, and some results may be time-consuming.
Here are some browser-specific tricks you can do with your Gmail messages.
Method 1: Email from a specific person
Type the email address of the person you are looking for, press “Enter”, and then select the email you need.
Method 2: Search for specific information in Gmail
What if you’re looking for a specific email from someone? Let’s say your teacher, who has told you the time of your next exam through Gmail. Assume you know your professor’s email address and approximately when the email was sent.
- Type the email address into the search bar at the top of the page, next to the Gmail icon.
- Click on the filter icon next to the search bar and a pop-up window should appear. The advanced search window contains several criteria.
- In the “You have the words” field, you can type the name of the exam you are looking for.
- In the “Date Within” field, you can type the date you received your email if you know it. Additionally, you can choose whether to search all mail or just the “Home” section.
- After selecting your criteria for your search, click the “Search” button and it will search your emails and present you with those that match these requirements.
Method 3
Let’s say you want to clean up your emails because they contain large attachments from former colleagues or professors. Gmail offers a lot of storage space, but not an infinite amount, and you may want to delete some of it to save email storage. If that is what you need, then you will have to do the following:
- Sign in to your Gmail account and click on the search bar.
- Type the email address and press “Enter” to display all emails from that email address.
- If you are searching for more than one email address but they all have the same domain name, you can use the wildcard feature. Use an asterisk
and then the domain name, for example *@techna.com.
After that, you can select the emails you want to delete and delete them by selecting the trash button.
More mail, more problems
Sorting your emails is not an exact science and it can take a little time to get used to various filters and tricks. However, it will make finding the exact thing you need much faster and almost effortless once you pick it up. Gmail provides significant automated help, which partly explains why it is one of the most popular email platforms.
What’s your preferred way to sort your emails by senders?
