The Full List of 21 Google Search Operators (2024)

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OperatorMeaning
Pages containing keywords in:
allinurl: / inurl:– the URL
allintitle: / intitle:– the Title
allintext: / intext:– the text
allinanchor: / inanchor:– the anchor text
filetype:– file types
site:Narrow results to a site
related:Shows similar sites (being phased out)
cache:Shows a page copy in the Index
defineGives a definition (or use “what is”)
The quotes (“”)Search for a phrase
The minus (-)Exclusion
ORAlternatives
Numrange (..)Search for a range of numbers
Asterisk (*)Stands for a word or a few words
AROUND (n)Proximity search
before:, after:Date search

(As you know, Google no longer documents most of these.)

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