Find the largest emails in Gmail.

Why a few emails eat most of your storage.

A plain text email is tiny — around 75 KB. But one email with a few photos or a PDF can be 5–25 MB, and a video attachment can top 50 MB. That means a handful of large emails often outweighs tens of thousands of newsletters. A few things worth knowing:

• There’s no “sort by size” in Gmail. The larger: search operator is the real way to find big emails — e.g. larger:10M or larger:25M.
• Add has:attachment to zero in on the heaviest culprits, and older_than:1y to skip recent mail you might still need.
• Deletes don’t reclaim space until you empty Trash (and Spam). Both auto-purge after 30 days, or empty them manually from the sidebar.

Common questions.

How do I find large emails in Gmail?

Gmail can't sort by size from the inbox, but its search can filter by it. Search `larger:10M` to find every email 10 MB or bigger. Add `has:attachment` to focus on attachments, or `older_than:1y` to limit to older mail. The tool above builds this query for you and opens it in Gmail in one click.

What is the Gmail search for emails over a certain size?

Use the `larger:` operator with a size and unit — for example `larger:25M` for emails over 25 MB, or `larger:500K` for over 500 KB. You can also use `size:` with raw bytes, but `larger:` with an M or K suffix is easier to read.

How do I delete large emails in Gmail?

Run a size search like `larger:10M has:attachment`, click the select-all checkbox, then choose "Select all conversations that match this search" and press the trash icon. Deleted mail moves to Trash for 30 days and still counts against your quota — empty Trash from the left sidebar to reclaim the space immediately.

Can I sort Gmail by size?

Gmail has no "sort by size" button, so the practical equivalent is a size search. Start with `larger:25M`, then step down to `larger:10M` and `larger:5M` to work through the biggest emails first. The tool above lets you switch thresholds without retyping anything.

Will this delete anything important?

The tool defaults to excluding starred emails (`-is:starred`) so anything you've flagged stays out of the results. Always review matches before deleting. Mail Sweeper goes further — it never touches starred, important, or primary inbox mail, and holds eligible emails in a Dustpan label for 7 days before permanent deletion.