How to search

Overview

Search results match your exact search terms. Searching for a word like Pete will only show results containing Pete — not Peter or Peters.

Front will also suggest search modifiers to help you narrow your results.

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Instructions

Step 1

Click the search box. A menu will appear with search shortcuts. The down arrow will show you advanced search shortcuts (explained below). 

Step 2

By default, Front will search in your selected inbox. To search across all folders (to include all messages), flip the toggle below the search bar to All Folders.

Notes 

If you're searching for an exact phrase use quotation marks around your search phrase to search an exact match, like "Weekly Team Update".

Front also supports searches by prefix. If you're looking for an email from Mathilde Collin, you can type math* or coll* without quotations.

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Search Modifiers

Using modifiers in your searches will help you narrow your search to specific team members, inboxes, recipients, and so on.

Inbox name, Inbox type

• inbox:inbox name - search conversations in a specific inbox
• type:inbox type - refines your search to conversations of a specific type (email, tweets, SMS)

Subject, Body

• subject: - refines your search to conversations with this content only in the subject
• body: - refines your search to conversations with this content only in the body

Conversations assigned or followed by a specific team member

• assignee:team member - refines your search to conversations assigned to a specific team member
• author:team member - searches for messages sent by one of your teammates
• follower:team member - refines your search to conversations followed by a specific team member

Conversations with a reminder, comment or attachment

• has:reminder - refines your search to conversations that have been snoozed or where a reminder has been set up
• in:comment - searches for conversations where comments have been made
• has:attachment - refines your search to conversations that have an attachment

Conversations with a specific recipient

• from:contact - refines your search to conversations sent by a specific contact
• to:contact - searches for conversations sent to a specific contact
• cc:contact - refines your search to conversations with a specific contact in the cc field
• bcc:contact - searches for conversations with a specific contact in the bcc field
• recipient:contact - refines your search to conversations with a specific contact either in the from, to, cc or bcc fields

Conversations archived, deleted, tagged, assigned, unassigned etc.

• is:archived - refines your search to conversations archived
• is:deleted - searches for deleted conversations
• is:open - refines your search to conversations either assigned or unassigned
• is:assigned - searches for assigned conversations
• is:unassigned - refines your search to unassigned conversations
• is:following - searches for conversations that you follow
• is:unreplied - searches for conversations that haven't been replied to yet
• tag:tag name - refines your search to conversations tagged with a specific tag

Dates, Times

• before:today, YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD
• during:date (ex: during:2016-08 or before:2016-08-31 after:2016-08-01) - searches conversations received or sent during a specific time range
• after:date - limits your search to conversations received or sent after a specific date

To enter specific dates, use the following formats: YYYY-MM-DD

Using multiple modifiers

You can combine modifiers to search for something in a few different places. Let's say you're looking for a conversation, from contact A, that has been archived. You could search "from:contact A is:archived".