Google Search Quick Dev Reference

This quick reference cheat sheet lists of Google advanced search operators.

Getting Started

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€” 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 it’s (4) then the two keywords must be mentioned within 4 words of each other. β€” Advanced

_ β€” Acts as wildcard for autocomplete β€” Advanced

Search with url

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 I’ve 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

Search with dates

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

Search files

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

Search with page content

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 β€œintext,” but only results containing all of the specified words somewhere on the page will be returned. β€” Advanced

Keywords

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

Search on emails

+ 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

Some other useful search operators

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 it’ll 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