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Google Search operators & tips

Operators narrow a search the way a shortcut speeds up an app. Combine them freely — site: with filetype:, a phrase in quotes minus a word.

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"..."

Official

Search for an exact word or phrase.

"tallest building"

-

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Exclude a word. Put the minus directly before the term.

jaguar speed -car

site:

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Search within one website or domain.

site:youtube.com cat videos

filetype:

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Find a specific file format such as PDF, DOC, or PPT.

photoelectric effect filetype:pdf

before:

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Find results from before a given date (YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY).

astronomy before:2025/11/01

after:

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Find results from after a given date.

astronomy after:2026/03/10

before: + after:

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Combine to restrict results to a date range.

endgame after:2019-03-01 before:2019-03-05

OR

Match either term (must be uppercase). Use | as an alternative.

marathon OR race

AND

Require both terms to appear in results.

cats AND dogs

*

Wildcard placeholder for one or more unknown words in a phrase.

"largest * in the world"

..

Search within a range of numbers, prices, or years.

camera $50..$100

$

Search for a specific price. Use £ or € for other currencies.

nikon camera $400

intitle:

Find pages with the term in the page title.

intitle:climate report

allintitle:

Find pages with all listed terms in the title.

allintitle:solar panel installation

inurl:

Find pages with the term in the URL.

inurl:signup free trial

allinurl:

Find pages with all listed terms in the URL.

allinurl:blog seo tips

intext:

Find pages containing the term in the body text.

intext:"renewable energy"

related:

Find sites similar to a given domain.

related:nytimes.com

define:

Show the definition of a word or phrase.

define:serendipity

weather:

Show the weather for a location.

weather:london

AROUND(n)

Find two terms within n words of each other. Uppercase AROUND.

climate AROUND(3) policy

map:

Show map results for a location.

map:silicon valley

source:

Find news results from a specific source in Google News.

tesla source:reuters

Operators marked Officialappear on Google’s “Refine web searches” help page. The rest are widely-supported Google operators documented across Google’s products; a few (like cache:) have been partly retired.