Gmail – Searching within Gmail’s nested labels

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Consider this setup in my Gmail inbox where I have 3 lists:

  • mailing-lists/first-list
  • mailing-lists/second-list
  • mailing-lists/third-list

If I want to search for all unread messages in any sub-label of mailing-lists, is there a better way to search than

is:unread label:mailing-list/first-list OR label:mailing-list/second-list OR label:mailing-list/third-list

What I'm looking for is something more like:

is:unread label:mailing-list/*

Best Answer

If you are using filters to apply the labels, then it should be possible is to create another filter to apply a second label to all the messages. You can then use this second label in your search criteria.

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