This quick reference cheat sheet lists of Google advanced search operators.
"" β Allows searching for a specific phrase - exact match search. Individual word prevents synonyms β Basic,Mail
OR/AND β Boolean search function for OR searches as Google defaults to AND between words - must be all caps β Basic,Mail
\ β Implements OR β Basic
() β Allows grouping of operators and helps dictate order β Basic,Mail
- β Excludes a word from results β Basic,Mail
* β Acts as a wildcard and will match any word or phrase β Basic
#..# β # represents a number in this instance. Use to find numbers in a series. β Basic
$ β Allows for search of USD β Basic
β¬ β Allows for search of Euro β Basic
in β Allows searches for unit conversion (currency, unit or measure) β Basic
~ β Prefix - Include synonyms (potentially defunct) β Basic
+ β Prefix - Force exact match on single phrase β Basic,Mail
AROUND(X) β This is sandwiched between two words and the X declares how many words they must be mentioned between. I.e. if itβs (4) then the two keywords must be mentioned within 4 words of each other. β Advanced
_ β Acts as wildcard for autocomplete β Advanced
inurl: β Only returns results where the queried keyword(s) is present in the URL β Advanced
allinurl: β As above but only containing all of the specified words in the URL β Advanced
blogurl: β Find blog URLs under a specific domain. This was used in Google blog search, but Iβve found it does return some results in regular search. β Advanced
site: β Limit results to those from one site β Advanced
related: β Find similar domains to the queried domain β Advanced
daterange: β Return results in a specified range (requires julian dates) β Advanced
after: β Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received anytime after a set date β Drive,Mail
before: β Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received before a certain date β Drive,Mail
older: β Search for messages older than a certain date β Mail
newer: β Search for messages newer than a certain date β Mail
filename: β Search for messages with a particular type of file attached, or the exact name of a file β Mail
type: β Allows you to search drive by file type β Drive
owner: β Allows you to search drive by owner of file or folder β Drive
to: β Allows you to search drive for files shared with a specific person β Drive
title: β Searches drive for files with the keyword in their title alone β Drive
source:domain β Allows you to search for files or folders shared with everyone in your business β Drive
filetype: β Returns only files of a particular type associated with the keyword searched β Advanced
ext: β As above, based on extension β Advanced
after: β Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received anytime after a set date β Drive,Mail
before: β Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received before a certain date β Drive,Mail
is:trashed β Searches for the item in the Drive bin β Drive
link: β Find pages that link to the target domain β Advanced
inanchor: β Find pages linked to with the specified anchor text/ phrase. Data is heavily sampled. β Advanced
allinanchor: β Find pages with all individual terms after "inanchor:" in the inbound anchor text. β Advanced
intitle: β Returns pages based on the searched query appearing in their title β Advanced
allintitle: β Similar to intitle: but only returns titles where all the words in the title match β Advanced
inposttile: β Finds pages with keywords in their post titles (i.e. for researching blogs) β
intext: β Finds pages where the keyword(s) are mentioned within the page content. β Advanced
allintext: β Similar to βintext,β but only results containing all of the specified words somewhere on the page will be returned. β Advanced
Business β type E.g. cafe, restaurant, bar etc will return a selection of appropriate businesses in the are β Maps
Petrol/Charging β Station EV near me or perol station near me returns β Maps
Search β for a message with a google sheet attached β Mail
Search β for a message with a google presentation attached β Mail
+ β Prefix - Force exact match on single phrase β Basic,Mail
() β Allows grouping of operators and helps dictate order β Basic,Mail
- β Excludes a word from results β Basic,Mail
"" β Allows searching for a specific phrase - exact match search. Individual word prevents synonyms β Basic,Mail
OR/AND β Boolean search function for OR searches as Google defaults to AND between words - must be all caps β Basic,Mail
after: β Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received anytime after a set date β Drive,Mail
before: β Allows you to search drive or mail for files modified or mail sent/received before a certain date β Drive,Mail
is:starred β Searches only items that have been starred in drive β Drive,Mail
from: β Specify the sender in google mail β Mail
to: β Specify the recipient in google mail β Mail
cc: β Search by a recipient that was copied into an email β Mail
bcc: β Search by a recipient that was blind copied into an email β Mail
older: β Search for messages older than a certain date β Mail
newer: β Search for messages newer than a certain date β Mail
Search β for a message with a google sheet attached β Mail
Search β for a message with a google presentation attached β Mail
AROUND β Similar to the normal google search function, allows you to search for keywords near each other. β Mail
subject: β Search by keywords featured in the subject line β Mail
{} β Use for OR in mail instead of the OR function β Mail
label: β Search for messages that have a certain label β Mail
has:attachment β Search for messages that have an item attached β Mail
has:drive β Search for messages with a google drive attached β Mail
has:document β Search for messages with a google doc attached β Mail
has:youtube β Search for a message containing a youtube video β Mail
list: β Search for all messages from a particular mailing list β Mail
in:anywhere β Includes all folders in your search, including spam and bin β Mail
is:important β Search for messages that have been marked as important β Mail
label:important β Same as is:important β Mail
is:snoozed β Searches for messages that have been snoozed β Mail
is:unread β Searches for unread messages β Mail
is:read β searches for read messages only β Mail
has:yellow-star β Searches for messages with coloured star icon β Mail
has:blue-info β Searches for messages with colourd icon β Mail
is:chat β Searches for messagse from chat β Mail
deliveredto: β Search by email address for delivered messages β Mail
category: β Searches by messages based on category. Follow the colon with the categoy name, i.e. category:primary β Mail
size: β Messages larger than a certain size in bytes β Mail
larger: β Messages larger than a certain size in bytes β Mail
smaller: β Messages smaller than a certain size in bytes β Mail
has:userlabels β Search for messages that have custom user labels β Mail
β Search for messages that have no custom user labels β Mail
define: β Pulls a card response from Google displaying the dictionary definition of the word or phrase β Advanced
cache: β Returns the most up to date cache of an indexed web page β Advanced
weather: β Brings up the featured snipped for weather for that location β Advanced
stocks: β Returns stock information for the specified ticker β Advanced
map: β Force google map results for a particular query β Advanced
movie: β Find information for the specified movie (particularly useful when that movie has an ambiguous name). If the movie is still in theatres itβll also return screen times β Advanced
source: β Use in google news, returns results from the specified source β Advanced
loc: β Returns results for a specific location β Advanced
location: β As above but with Google news β Advanced
info: β Returns information related to a domain (pages with domain text, similar on-site pages, cache etc) β Advanced
near β Part of the google maps lazy searches e.g. book shops near work β Maps