# Metadata That You Can Search in Google Workspace Files

You can search the metadata of files from Google Workspace apps user and user groups.

App | Option | Description
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Google Drive | Item name | Searches for files with the name specified.
Contains | Searches for files which contains the search string. You must enable content indexing to use the Contains search.
User | Searches for files that belong to specified user. Example: username@domain.com
Shared drive | Searches for files in the specified shared drive.
Modified | Searches for files by the time they were modified. Select one of the following options: Today: Files modified on the current day. Yesterday: Files modified on the previous day. This Week: Files modified between Sunday and Saturday of the current week. This Month: Files modified during the current month. This Year: Files modified during the current year. Last Week: Files modified between Sunday and Saturday of the previous week. Last Month: Files modified during the previous month. Last Year: Files modified during the previous year. Date Range: Files modified during the date range that you specify in From and To.
Size | Searches for files that are greater than or less than the size that you specify. You can specify the size in KB, MB, or GB.
Gmail | Contains | Searches for messages which contains the search string. You must enable content indexing to use the Contains search.
Type | Searches for messages of the selected type.
From | Searches for messages sent from a specified user. Example: username@domain.com
To | Searches for messages sent to a specified user. Example: username@domain.com
Subject | Searches for messages with a specified subject line.
Mailboxes | Searches for messages from the specified mailboxes. Specify multiple mailboxes using a semicolon.
Advanced options
Received time | Searches for mails and messages received at a specified time.
Mail size | Searches for messages of a specified size.
Has attachment | Searches for messages that contain any attachments.

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