Search for your files
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Sign into drive.google.com.
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At the top, type a word or phrase into the search box.
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On your keyboard, press Enter.
Filter your Drive results
To find files more easily in Drive, you can narrow search results by filtering them.
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Go to drive.google.com.
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At the top, type a word or phrase into the search box.
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To narrow your search, click the Down arrow
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Fill out any of the following sections:
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Type: File types such as documents, images, or PDFs.
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Date modified: The date a file was last edited.
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Item name: Searches only for the title of the file.
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Has the words: Searches for words and phrases within documents.
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Owner: The person the file belongs to.
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Shared with: Who can view, comment, or edit the file.
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Located in: Whether the file is in "Trash," or "Starred," for example.
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Follow up: If the file has action items assigned to you, or suggestions in files you own.
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At the bottom, click Search.
More search options
Advanced search in Google Drive
You can refine a search in Drive with these advanced searches.
Note: Not all examples work on all devices.
Quotes
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Find documents that contain an exact word or phrase.
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Example: "match this phrase exactly"
OR
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Find files with at least one of the words.
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Example: tacos OR nachos
Minus sign
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Find documents that exclude a particular word. If you want "salsa," but not "dancing"...
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Example: salsa -dancing
owner:
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Find documents owned or shared by a specific person.
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Examples:
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owner:[email protected]
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from:[email protected]
to:
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Find documents you shared with someone.
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Example: to:[email protected]
is:starred
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Find items marked with a star.
is:trashed
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Find items that are trashed.
type:
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Search by the type of document: folder, document, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF, image, video, drawing, form, script, or table.
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Example: type:spreadsheet
Before & after
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Find items that were edited before or after a certain day. Format the date as YYYY-MM-DD.
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Examples:
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before:2014-05-01
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after:2014-05-01
title:
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Search by title
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Example: title:Conference 2014
App:
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Search for items that can only be opened by a specific app.
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Example: app:"Google Docs"
Source:domain (Google for work or school)
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Search for items that have been shared across your organization’s entire domain, instead of items created by you or your group.
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Example: To search for files related to domain, use source:domain