Find emails, attachments, photos, and calendar invites by using the search feature in AOL Mail. Use a few search terms or an advanced search to locate harder to find items. By default the search feature is set to your Mail, if you click the Web icon it will search for a response on the web.

Quick searches

Basic search - Enter keywords in the top search bar, then click the Search icon Image of the search icon..
Search by sender - When viewing a list of emails, mouse over 1 and click the Search icon Image of the 'Search by sender' icon..

Advanced searches

You'll be able to find messages in AOL Mail from a specific sender by searching the name of the sender, subject, content and refine the results to folders, date range, subject field, and more

1. Click the top search box, click Advanced .
2. Enter your search criteria.
3. Optionally, limit by keyword, date, attachment, photos, calendar invite.

Search in - Click the drop-down arrow to select the folder you want to search.
From - Enter an email address or username you received an email.
To - Enter an email address or username you sent an email.
Subject - Type a subject of an email.
Keyword - It will bring up all the emails containing your keyword.
Date - Click the drop-down arrow to select a default date range or enter a custom date.
Contains - Click one or more options to see emails containing attachments, photos or calendar invites.

4. Click Search.