{"id":2973,"date":"2025-12-15T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:36:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:06:52","slug":"google-workspace-email-log-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/google-workspace-email-log-search\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Email Log Search in Google Workspace? [Steps]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How to use Email Log Search in Google Workspace? [Steps]<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Email Log Search:\u00a0 Google Workspace is the cloud-based business application suite formerly called G-suite. Mail is a vital part of any organization. Gmail is one of the email service providers. Google Workspace provides business email services to all types of businesses. Many organizations use <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gmail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gmail<\/a><\/strong> for their internal and external communication. The Email Log Search (ELS) is one of the services the workspace offers to find and review email messages in your organization. Email log search results are exported as Google Sheets or a CSV file. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"415\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SGaytd_VxzQ\" title=\"How to use Email Log Search in Google Workspace | Navo Hosting\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The steps to find the email log search are given below. <\/span>First, you can search\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/2618874?hl=en#:~:text=Use%20Email%20Log%20Search%20(ELS,%2C%20date%2C%20or%20message%20ID.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email log search<\/a> <\/strong>Gmail older than 30 days. Here you can export Gmail search results after searching. Google Workspace email log search helps find old messages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to find messages with Email Log Search?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Log in to the Google Workspace using the username and password. Login to the admin console and follow the steps to find the email log search.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Log in to the Admin Console.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/01-46.jpg\" alt=\"Email Log Search Gmail\" width=\"1400\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/01-46.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/01-46-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/01-46-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/01-46-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2. Go to the Menus in the admin console.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">3. Find the &#8216;Reporting Menu&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/02-45.jpg\" alt=\"reporting\" width=\"1400\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/02-45.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/02-45-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/02-45-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/02-45-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">4. Go to Email Log Search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2978 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/03-39.jpg\" alt=\"email log search \" width=\"1400\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/03-39.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/03-39-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/03-39-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/03-39-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">5. Select a date range from the menu or a specific range using Google Calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2979 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/04-33.jpg\" alt=\"search box\" width=\"1400\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/04-33.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/04-33-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/04-33-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/04-33-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6. Enter the details in the email log search.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2980 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/05-29.jpg\" alt=\"enter sender\" width=\"1400\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/05-29.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/05-29-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/05-29-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/05-29-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7. Hit the search button to get the ELS results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06-27.jpg\" alt=\"search results\" width=\"1400\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06-27.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06-27-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06-27-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06-27-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What do you search for the following using ELS?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The message sends to the people in the organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Messages received from the specific people in your organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The message is sent within a specific date range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The message is sent within a specific custom date range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can search for messages by email address, IP address, or domain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The messages sent to Google groups, and other mailing lists, include users.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ELS Results format<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ESL Results are available in a table that will look like the following.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Subject or Message ID.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Date.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sender.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Points noted while searching results\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The search results return within one or two minutes (Sometimes the search will take an hour). Specify the date and time range separately to get different dates and time ranges. The search results are limited to a thousand messages. To get multi-page results, use the arrows at the top\/bottom of the messages list to change pages. Click on a subject or message ID to get message details including the delivery path and status.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to ELS help people?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can find the missing email messages. Using ELS to troubleshoot why the messages are not delivered. Verification of the organization\u2019s email policies and rules that affect the email flow and delivery. Check the message delivery, labels, mail message location, and whether the message is marked as spam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Limits of Email Log Search Results<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ELS can get 1000 messages and 15,000 Log entries in a single search. The log entries show the status for each step of message delivery. Each message has 5-7 log entries per recipient. A large group will have more than 15,000 log entries. For messages older than 30 days, you can\u2019t search using a Google group email address. You must include the recipient\u2019s email address and Message ID in your search. ELS gives only the message post-delivery status. The message delivery status is not available for messages older than 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How do export the ELS Results?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To download the ELS results follow the steps below.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Go to the top of the ELS results table.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click the arrow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Find the download log search results box.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Choose an export format.\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/08-12.jpg\" alt=\"Export Email Log Search results\" width=\"460\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/08-12.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/08-12-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click Download as CSV Files.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Export to Google Sheets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Points to be noted while downloading the ELS result<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The download feature is available only when the results include exportable data. Mail data in the .csv file or spreadsheet is limited to 1000 messages. Post-delivery message details are not included in the sheets. The files show every delivery step for each message in your search results. The exported file has more entries than the number of messages returned in search results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Navohosting is one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/google-workspace\/\">best google workspace service provider<\/a><\/strong>. 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