Here are some secret ‘cheat codes’ of Windows Explorer search! These cheat codes will turbocharge your file-finding experience.
Use these syntaxes in the search box accordingly:
- size:10mb – Find files with size 10mb
- size:>10mb – Find files greater than 10mb
- size:<10mb – Find files less than 10mb
- *.jpg – Find files with jpg extension only
- date:08-10-2023 – Find files created/modified on the date
- date:today – Find files created/modified today
- date:yesterday – Find files created/modified yesterday
- kind:files – Find only files
- kind:music – Find only music files
- kind:pics – Find only Images
- kind:text – Find only text files
- kind:folders – Find only Folders
- kind:presentations – Find only presentation files
- kind:spreadsheets – Find only spreadsheets
- slidecount:>10 – Find presentations with slides more than 10
- duration:3 – Find music files with duration 3
- width:100 – Find images with width100px
- keyword1 OR keyword2 – Finds items that contain keyword1 or keyword2
- keyword1 NOT keyword2 -Finds items that contain keyword1, but not keyword2
There are many more Search syntaxes in Windows Explorer, and you can refer them in the following link:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/-search-2x-wds-aqsreference