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    • Spark Onboarding
      • Is Spark Available for Windows?
      • Sync Spark Across Multiple Devices
      • Change Your Email For Sync
      • Connect to Your Email Account in Spark
      • Add More Email Accounts to Spark
      • Email Storage and Backups
      • Connect Other Productivity Apps to Spark
      • Enable Notification Badges
      • Customize Notifications
      • Threads
      • Can I Change My Password In Spark?
      • How Can I Remove an Email Account From Spark?
      • Can I Change Advanced Settings For a Custom Account?
      • Set Spark as a default email client
    • Using Spark
      • Customize the sidebar
      • Turn on the Dark Mode in Spark
      • Customize your Smart Inbox
      • Manage emails with swipes
      • Set default browser and customize the email viewer
      • Compose an email
      • Use email templates
      • Schedule an email to send later
      • Manage email signatures
      • Attach a file to an email
      • Set follow-up reminders
      • Set up an email alias
      • Select the font of your emails
      • Use rich text formatting in emails
      • Email a group of contacts
      • Automatically Cc or Bcc emails
      • Display the Inbox of each account separately
      • Create a Smart Folder
      • Use Smart Search
      • Snooze an Email
      • Perform Actions on Multiple Emails
      • Create a Folder
      • Avatars in Spark
      • How spam is handled in Spark
      • Answer Emails Using Quick Replies
      • Use Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Undo the Last Action
      • How can I print an email?
      • Change the Font for reading emails in Spark
      • How Can I Change the Language in Spark?
      • Use Gmail Labels
    • Spark for Teams & Billing
      • How to Create and Manage a Team
      • Add and Remove Team Members
      • Shared Drafts: Write Emails Together With Your Team
      • Shared Threads: Discuss Emails With Your Team
      • Shared Links: Move Your Emails Outside the Inbox
      • Team Roles
      • How to Delegate an Email
      • How to Upgrade Spark to Premium
      • Shared Inboxes
    • Troubleshooting
      • Email Is Displayed Incorrectly
      • Wrong Contact Suggestions
      • "Can't reach the server" Message
      • The Badge Displays the Wrong Number
      • Issues with Smart Search
      • Can’t Receive Push Notifications
      • Can't Send Emails
      • The App Quits Unexpectedly
      • Remove Irrelevant Contact Suggestions
      • Issues with installing or updating Spark
      • Cannot Set Up a Custom Email Address
      • Cannot Add an Exchange or Office 365 Account
      • Cannot Connect to a Gmail Account
      • Cannot Connect to an iCloud Account
      • Can't Connect to My Account
      • Can’t Connect to a QQ Account
      • Can’t Connect to an AOL Account
      • Can’t Connect to a 126.com or 163.com Account
      • How to Clean Install Spark for Mac
      • Enable the IMAP Protocol for Gmail and G Suite Accounts
    • Calendars & Integrations
      • Enable and view calendars in Spark
      • Add an iCloud calendar to Spark
      • Create an event
      • Edit or delete an event
      • Change calendar notifications and appearance
      • What calendars can I use in Spark?
      • Trello & Spark
      • MeisterTask & Spark
      • Todoist & Spark
      • Asana & Spark
      • Apple’s Reminders & Spark
      • 2Do & Spark integration
      • OmniFocus
      • Things
      • Evernote
      • OneNote
      • Bear
      • Zoom
      • GoToMeeting
      • Google Meet & Spark
      • TickTick
      • Agenda
    • Privacy & Data
      • Spark Email Privacy: Everything you Need to Know
      • Remove data from Spark & request data copy or deletion
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    Use Smart Search

    October 15th, 2024

    With Spark, you can quickly find any email using its smart search. Spark can filter emails by content, date, sender or recipient, attachments, etc.

    Note: For Gmail accounts, Spark searches through all folders except Trash and Spam. For non-Gmail accounts, Spark looks for emails in Inbox and Archive unless you specify the folder name in your search query.
    1. Click on the search field in Spark or press Cmd ⌘ + F (please note, this shortcut activates search through the body of the currently opened email, and through your Inbox if no email is currently opened).
    2. Type your query in the search field and press Enter.

    You can write a word or phrase or specify the needed sender, date (except for the exact dates such as 06.07.2020, September 5th, etc.), and so on. Spark understands natural language; you can type, “from Amazon last month” to see how it works.

    1. If you have multiple accounts, you can choose a particular one to search through. After entering your query, click on the arrow buttons and select the account you wish. By default, Spark searches through all your accounts.

    Search emails by sender or recipient

    Enter “from” or “to” in the search field and start typing a name or an email address. Then, choose the needed person from the list. To find emails from multiple people, separate the email addresses with commas.

    Search emails by date

    Include one of the following phrases in your search query: “Last week,” “today, " “yesterday,” “this week,” “this month,” “last two weeks,” “last 2 weeks,” “last month,” or “last two months.” For example, you can type, “report last month.”

    Search emails with attachments

    You can find emails with attached images, PDFs, and documents. Start typing, “pdf,” “image,” “jpeg,” “document,” or “attachment” and choose the keyword from the list.

    Spark shows the emails with highlighted attachments.

    Search emails by subject

    Type “subject” in the search field and write a word or phrase from a subject line.

    Search emails in specific folders

    Type “in” in the search field and enter the name of the folder you want to search through (e.g. Drafts, Sent, Archive, or a custom folder you created). Add a word or phrase you are looking for. To search through multiple folders, separate their names with commas.

    Separate the folder names with OR to find messages in one of the folders you specify or in all of them. You can use OR with up to seven folders.

    Search emails by the domain name

    Type "from " and the domain name in the search field. For example, when you enter "from @readdle.com, " Spark finds all messages from people with @readdle.com emails. You can also include multiple domain names in your search query (e.g. "from @readdle.com and @apple.com ").

    Other search operators

    You can type these words in the search field to find specific emails:

    • Small/short/large/oneline — to filter emails by size
    • Forwarded/replied, forward/reply
    • Starred/flagged
    • Not replied
    • Unread — to search through emails you haven't read yet
    • Shared via a link — to find all emails you created a link to

    You can combine different words and search operators to find any needed emails faster. For example, “report pdf from Ann last month.”

    Read next: Snooze an Email
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