# Search

Geary supports a per-account full text search. To start a search, select a folder associated with the account you'd like to search against. Then click the search box in the toolbar (or press Ctrl S) and start typing. Results will appear after a brief delay.

The full text search includes email text, email addresses (to, from, and cc), subject lines and attachment filenames.

Keywords that match your search are highlighted in the message view. Geary will match different forms of the same word, for example searching for "walk" will also match "walking" and "walked."

# Search operators

Geary supports the following operators to limit the scope of searches:

attachment:filename | Finds messages with attachments whose name matches filename.
bcc:recipient | Finds messages where recipient matches email BCC fields.
body:text | Finds messages whose body contains text.
cc:recipient | Finds messages where recipient matches email CC fields.
from:sender | Finds messages where sender matches email From fields.
is:read | Finds messages that have been marked as read.
is:starred | Finds messages that have been marked as starred.
is:unread | Finds messages that have been marked as not read.
subject:text | Finds messages whose subject contains text.
to:recipient | Finds messages where recipient matches email To, CC, or BCC fields.

As a special case, the bcc, cc, from, and to operators support me as their argument, which searches for the account's email address in the appropriate context.