Gmail Filters – Exclude Group of Words

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I want to filter emails by their subject. The subject should contain one phrase, but exclude words that I specified.

For example it should put all email messages with the subject USB 3.0 in a folder, but not with subjects like Notebook with USB 3.0 or USB 3.0 Hub.

So I tried to create a filter with the following in the subject box:

"USB 3.0" -(Notebook OR 2,5" OR Seagate OR RAID OR HDD OR TB OR Hub OR Bus OR WD OR "Western Digital")

My try isn't working. How can I do this?

Best Answer

I don't think Gmail filters will work with parentheses like that. I think you'll need to negate every term.

subject:"USB 3.0" -Notebook -"2,5" -Seagate -RAID -HDD -TB -Hub -Bus -WD -"Western Digital"

All that said, filters are generally just saved searches, so try searching for "USB 3.0" -Notebook and keep adding terms until you get back the results you want, then save it as a filter.

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