Using Everything for Advanced Search
Advanced Search with Everything
Enter your search keywords in the search box.
Type part of a filename, and files and folders matching that partial filename will appear in the results list.
For example, to search for files and folders with reports in their name:
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You can limit the search to a specific drive, for example, searching for files and folders on drive D::
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You can include a path to limit the search to that folder, for example, searching for files and folders in D:\Downloads:
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Use double quotes to escape spaces, searching for files and folders under C:\Program Files:
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Use \ to search for a partial path, for example, searching for files and folders in folders ending with documents:
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Use spaces to combine search criteria, for example, searching for files and folders containing order under folders starting with work:
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Syntax
Operators
space AND
| OR
! NOT
< > Grouping
“ “ Search for the exact phrase within quotes
Wildcards
* Matches 0 or more characters.? Matches 1 character.
Wildcards match the entire filename. Disable “match whole filename when using wildcards” to match any part of the filename.
Macros
quot: Double quote “
apos: Single quote ‘
amp: Ampersand &
lt: Less than <
gt: Greater than >
#
#x
audio: Search for audio files.
zip: Search for compressed files.
doc: Search for document files.
exe: Search for executable files.
pic: Search for image files.
video: Search for video files.
Modifiers
| ascii: utf8: noascii: |
Enable or disable fast ASCII case comparison. |
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| case: nocase: |
Match or ignore case. |
| diacritics: nodiacritics: |
Match or ignore diacritical marks. |
| file: files: nofileonly: |
Match files only. |
| folder: folders: nofolderonly: |
Match folders only. |
| path: nopath: |
Match full path and filename, or filename only. |
| regex: noregex: |
Enable or disable regular expressions. |
| wfn: wholefilename: nowfn: nowholefilename: |
Match the entire filename or any part of it. |
| wholeword: ww: nowholeword: noww: |
Match whole words or any part. |
| wildcards: nowildcards: |
Enable or disable wildcards. |
Functions
| album: |
Search for ID3 or FLAC album. |
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| artist: |
Search for ID3 or FLAC artist. |
| attrib: attributes: |
Search for files and folders with specified file attributes. |
| bitdepth: |
Search for images with a specified pixel depth. |
| child: |
Search for folders containing a file or folder matching the filename. |
| childcount: |
Search for folders containing a specified number of subfolders or files. |
| childfilecount: |
Search for folders containing a specified number of files. |
| childfoldercount: |
Search for folders containing a specified number of subfolders. |
| comment: |
Search for ID3 or FLAC comment. |
| content: ansicontent: utf8content: utf16content: utf16becontent: |
Search for text content. |
| count: |
Specify the maximum number of search results. |
| dateaccessed: da: |
Search for files and folders with a specified access date. |
| datecreated: dc: |
Search for files and folders with a specified creation date. |
| datemodified: dm: |
Search for files and folders with a specified modification date. |
| daterun: dr: |
Search for files and folders with a specified open date. |
| depth: parents: |
Search for files and folders at a specified folder depth. |
| dimension: |
Search for images with a specified width and height. |
| dupe: namepartdupe: attribdupe: dadupe: dcdupe: dmdupe: sizedupe: |
Search for duplicate files. |
| empty: | Search for empty folders. |
| endwith: |
Search for files ending with the specified text (including extension). |
| ext: |
Search for files matching extensions in the list (extensions separated by semicolons). |
| filelist: |
Search for files in a filename list. |
| filelistfilename: |
Search for files and folders in a filename list. |
| frn: |
Search for files and folders with a specified file reference number. |
| fsi: |
Search for files or folders in a specified drive index (index 0 for drive C:, and so on). |
| genre: |
Search for ID3 or FLAC genre. |
| height: |
Search for images with a specified pixel height. |
| len: |
Search for files and folders with a specified filename length. |
| orientation: |
Search for images with a specified orientation (horizontal or vertical). |
| parent: infolder: nosubfolders: |
Search for files and folders under a specified path (excluding subfolders). |
| recentchange: rc: |
Search for files and folders with a specified recent change date. |
| root: | Search for files and folders without a parent folder. |
| runcount: |
Search for files and folders with a specified open count. |
| shell: |
Search for known Shell folder names, including subdirectories and files. |
| size: |
Search for files with a specified size (in bytes). |
| startwith: |
Search for files starting with the specified text. |
| title: |
Search for ID3 or FLAC title. |
| type: |
Search for files and folders of a specified file type. |
| width: |
Search for images with a specified pixel width. |
Function Syntax:
function:value |
Equal to a specified value. |
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function:<=value |
Less than or equal to a value. |
function:<value |
Less than a value. |
function:=value |
Equal to a value. |
function:>value |
Greater than a value. |
function:>=value |
Greater than or equal to a value. |
function:start..end |
Within a range from start to end. |
function:start-end |
Within a range from start to end. |
Size Syntax:
size[kb|mb|gb]
Size Constants:
empty |
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tiny |
0 KB < size <= 10 KB |
small |
10 KB < size <= 100 KB |
medium |
100 KB < size <= 1 MB |
large |
1 MB < size <= 16 MB |
huge |
16 MB < size <= 128 MB |
gigantic |
size > 128 MB |
unknown |
Date Syntax
year
month/year or year/month depending on locale
day/month/year, month/day/year or year/month/day depending on locale
YYYY[-MM[-DD[Thh[:mm[:ss[.sss]]]]]]
YYYYMM[DD[Thh[mm[ss[.sss]]]]]
Date Constants
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Attribute Constants:
A Archive C Compressed D Directory E Encrypted H Hidden I Not indexed content L Reparse point N Normal O Offline P Sparse file R Read-only S System T Temporary