How to find large attachments in Gmail

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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