Apply a Label to all emails

[Admin]

Hi Team,

I need to apply an existing label to all messages within a user's mailbox. I tried the GAM commands listed below, but they aren't working as expected and are returning zero matched messages. Could someone help me with the correct query to target "All Mail"?  

I tried the below two commands as well but it just applies the label for a handful of emails not all.

gam user X...@XXX.com modify messages query "before:tomorrow" addlabel "_ 🔏Archive - Do Not Alter" maxtomodify 10000000 doit 2> failures.txt

gam user  X...@XXX.com    modify messages query "anywhere" addlabel "_ 🔏Archive - Do Not Alter" maxtomodify 10000000 doit 2> failures.txt

Let me know if someone can help.

[Ross Scroggs]

Try: gam user  X...@XXX.com    modify messages query "in:anywhere" addlabel "_ 🔏Archive - Do Not Alter" maxtomodify 10000000 doit 2> failures.txt

Ross

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Ross Scroggs

Ross.S...@gmail.com

On Jul 10, 2026, at 7:27 AM, Admin <please...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Team,

I need to apply an existing label to all messages within a user's mailbox. I tried the GAM commands listed below, but they aren't working as expected and are returning zero matched messages. Could someone help me with the correct query to target "All Mail"?  

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I tried the below two commands as well but it just applies the label for a handful of emails not all.

gam user X...@XXX.com modify messages query "before:tomorrow" addlabel "_ 🔏Archive - Do Not Alter" maxtomodify 10000000 doit 2> failures.txt

gam user  X...@XXX.com    modify messages query "anywhere" addlabel "_ 🔏Archive - Do Not Alter" maxtomodify 10000000 doit 2> failures.txt

Let me know if someone can help.

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