Find the receipts hiding in your email: test your skills
Order confirmations, renewals and e-receipts pile up in your inbox. Here is how to find them all in one sitting. Answer each question to see the explanation; your score appears at the end.
This test checks that you can
- Run targeted inbox searches
- Label receipts as you find them
- Use statements to find what is missing
- Practice
1. Which search often finds forgotten subscriptions?
- Practice
2. Best time to label receipts?
- Practice
3. What is the master list of what you actually paid?
- Key idea
4. Which statement best explains "Retrieval, not collection"?
- Key idea
5. Which statement best explains "Not every merchant says “receipt”"?
- Key idea
6. Which statement best explains "The statement is the master list"?
- Action plan
7. In the action plan, which step comes first?
- Mistake to avoid
8. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
- Mistake to avoid
9. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
Write a Gmail search for invoices sent as attachments from example.com after 1 Jan 2026.
Show the answer
from:example.com has:attachment invoice after:2026/01/01
Combine the sender, attachment and date operators in one search.
Run the renewal search in your inbox and list every subscription it finds.