Find Emails From Last Week in Gmail
Using search operators
The fastest way to show emails from last week in Gmail is to use a search operator. Click or tap the search bar at the top and type one of the following:
- newer_than:7d — shows all emails from the past 7 days
- after:2026/03/12 before:2026/03/19 — shows emails between specific dates (replace with last week's actual dates)
Press Enter or tap Search to see the results.
You can also combine these with other operators to narrow things down. For example, newer_than:7d from:john@example.com shows only emails from a specific sender within the last week, and newer_than:7d has:attachment limits results to messages with attachments.
Using the Date filter
You can locate messages you received last week in Gmail using the Search feature on the web and in the Android or iPhone app in a similar way.
On Desktop
- Select All Mail in the left-hand menu or a particular label if you prefer.
- Open the Any time drop-down box at the top and pick Custom range.
- Choose the Start date and End date for last week’s dates.
- Press Apply.
On Mobile
- Tap the hamburger (three horizontal lines) icon to open the left-hand menu and select All Mail.
- Open the Date drop-down box at the top and pick Custom range.
- Choose the From date and To date for last week’s dates.
- Press OK.
Find Emails From Last Week in Outlook
If you’re a Microsoft Outlook user, you can find emails from last week in the New Outlook on desktop, Outlook.com, or on Android or iPhone using Outlook’s search operator.
- Select a mailbox or specific folder in the left-hand menu.
- Enter the following search operator in the Search box at the top: received:“last week”
- Press Enter , Return , or Search.
📌 Tip: In Clean Email, emails are sorted by date by default. Simply open the All Mail or Inbox folder to see your emails grouped by sender and arranged in chronological order. This allows you to easily review emails from the past week without searching for them.
Find Emails From Last Week in Yahoo Mail
Yahoo Mail lets you find emails from last week using search operators or the built-in date filter.
Using search operators
- Click or tap the search bar at the top of Yahoo Mail and type something like: after:2026/03/12 before:2026/03/19 to show emails between specific dates (replace with last week's actual dates).
- Press Enter or tap Search.
📌 On the web, you can use either YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD format. On the mobile app, use YYYY-MM-DD only.
Using the Date filter on desktop
If you prefer not to type search operators:
- Click the Search bar at the top.
- Click Advanced Search (or the dropdown arrow).
- Open the Date drop-down and select Custom dates.
- Enter the start and end dates for last week.
- Click Search.
On mobile
The Yahoo Mail app doesn't have the advanced date filter, so use the search operator method above: type something like after:2026-03-12 before:2026-03-19 (with last week’s actual dates) in the search bar and tap Search.
Find Missing Emails From Last Week
While it’s easy enough to show emails from last week that you received, it may be recently misplaced messages you need to find. Most times, missing emails appear in the Archive, Trash, or Spam folder.
Let’s take a look at how to do this in Clean Email, Gmail, and Outlook.
Find Recent Missing Emails in Clean Email
In Clean Email, you can search for lost messages in the Archive, Trash, and Spam folders. Simply open any of these folders to view your messages sorted by date and conveniently grouped by sender. No extra steps are needed to find your lost emails from last week!
- Select Archive, Trash, or Spam in the menu.
- Look for the misplaced messages. For instance, you may have accidentally deleted an important message while cleaning your inbox, or your spam filter may have mistakenly marked the email as spam.
- When found, select the message(s) and choose the Restore option in the action bar below. Alternatively, select More → Move… and choose a destination folder.
- You can then sort your messages differently: select the Sort control (Newest on Top) and choose another option to find exactly what you're looking for.
Find Recent Missing Emails in Gmail
In Gmail, you can search the Trash and Spam folders (labels). However, there is only an Archive label, no location in the menu, making it harder to find archived messages in Gmail.
- Select Trash or Spam in the menu.
- Open the Any time or Date drop-down box at the top and pick Custom range.
- Choose the Start date and End date for last week’s dates.
- Press Apply or OK.
You should see messages received during your selected dates in Gmail. Continue this process for the other Gmail labels until you find the emails you need. Remember, Trash and Spam are automatically emptied after 30 days.
Find Recent Missing Emails in Outlook
In Outlook on desktop or the web, you can sort the Archive, Deleted Items, and Junk Email folders to find missing messages. You can then filter the emails so that the ones from last week appear first.
- Select Archive, Deleted Items, or Junk Email in the menu.
- Open the Filter on the top right and move to Sort.
- Below Sort by, choose Date.
- Below Sort order, choose Newest on top.
You should then see emails sorted by date. Continue this process for the remaining folders until you find those missing messages and recover any deleted emails as needed. Remember, Junk Email is automatically emptied after 30 days.
In Outlook on mobile, you’ll need a different process to find recently missing messages because you cannot sort like you can in the Outlook desktop and web apps.
- Select Archive, Deleted, or Junk in the menu.
- In the Search box at the top, use the “received” search operator for the timeframe. For example, to see missing messages from last week in the folder, enter: received:“last week”
- Press Search.
Find Your Emails Easily With Clean Email
As shown throughout this guide, Clean Email makes it easy to find last week's messages: your emails are already sorted by date and grouped by sender in every folder. Moreover, folders like Trash, Spam, and Archive are just a tap away.
Beyond finding emails, Clean Email also lets you act on them in bulk: restore, delete, move, or label entire groups of messages at once. All features work the same on desktop, web, and mobile.
💡 Tip: Need to go further back? See how to find old emails on Gmail.
