This userscript restores — and improves — Gmail’s missing “Emails” search feature.
In the past, Gmail let you hover over a contact’s name, wait for the hover card, and click “Emails” to see every message you’d exchanged. That option is gone — but this script brings it back, faster and better.
With this script installed, a search icon appears next to every contact’s name or email address. Click the icon to instantly search for all emails to or from that contact — no waiting, no copy/paste, no menus.
The icons appear:
- Next to all clickable email addresses in message threads
- Inside Gmail hovercards when you hover over a contact’s name
First, install a userscript manager extension for your browser:
- Chrome/Edge/Brave: Install Tampermonkey
- Firefox: Install Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey
- Safari: Install Userscripts
Click this link to install:
Click link to install Fix Gmail Email Search userscript
Your userscript manager will prompt you to install it. Click "Install" to confirm.
Visit Gmail and you'll see search icons next to email addresses. Click any icon to instantly search for all emails with that contact.
The script will automatically update when new versions are released.
- Fixed Google Workspace account support (e.g.,
/mail/u/1/URLs) - Contact hovercards now work on all account types
- Removed jQuery dependency - now pure vanilla JavaScript
- No longer requires separate TrustedHTML bypass script
- Uses native DOM methods for better compatibility
- Smaller file size and faster loading
Please report any issues with the script here: https://github.com/gserafini/fix-gmail-email-search-userscript/issues
Thank You Link - Donate (any amount is appreciated, thank you for supporting Open Source!)
Thanks, and happy searching!
Gabriel