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Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)

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Here is a complete list of all working, non-working, and “hit and miss” Google advanced search operators as of 2018.

Force an exact-match search. Use this to refine results for ambiguous searches, or to exclude synonyms when searching for single words.

Search for X or Y. This will return results related to X or Y, or both. Note: The pipe (|) operator can also be used in place of “OR .”

Search for X and Y. This will return only results related to both X and Y. Note: It doesn’t really make much difference for regular searches, as Google defaults to “AND ” anyway. But it’s very useful when paired with other operators.

Restrict results to those of a certain filetype. E.g., PDF , DOCX , TXT , PPT , etc. Note: The “ext:” operator can also be used—the results are identical.