I have not had that experience. However i will state thaT what really augmented my searching within gmail (both from desktop and mobile) is using the search op

I have not had that experience. However i will state thaT what really augmented my searching within gmail (both from desktop and mobile) is using the search operators. Admittedly i only use 2 or 3 of them, but even just those few provide so much power in really filtering down to the relevant emails. Check out the following reference: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en I had read an older version of this, but i'm sure this version will suffice to help you. Good luck!