Windows Explorer Advanced File Search Filter Builder

Win Explorer Advanced File Search Filter Builder

Select filters; ext, content, author, title, image metadata, path, date, size, file types

Basic Rules

Operator	Example	Result
NOT	social NOT security	Finds items that contain social, but not security.
Space = AND	social security	Finds items that contain social and security. A space in the query is equivalent to an AND! For example, ext:jpg ext:png is an impossible combination! A file extension cannot be both ext:jpg AND ext:png.
OR	social OR security	Finds items that contain social or security.
Quotation marks	"social security"	Finds items that contain the exact phrase social security.

📎 File Extension & Content

🔍 File extension (ext:)

Manual: ext:jpg OR ext:png | Tags add cumulatively

png jpg pdf docx xlsx txt mp4 zip

Click tags to add OR combine

📄 Content search (content:"phrase")

Enable content search (auto-enabled when you type)

The proper way to search inside file contents for the exact phrase!

✍️ Author & Title Metadata

👤 Author (author:"name")

Enable author filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple authors, author:"Name 1" OR author:"Name 2", edit manually

📌 Title (title:"document name")

Enable title filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple titles, title:"Name 1" OR title:"Name 2", edit manually

🖼️ Image Metadata

📷 Camera Model (model:)

Enable model filter (auto-enabled when you type)

For multiple models, model:"Name 1" OR model:"Name 2", edit manually

📅 Date Taken (datetaken:)

Enable date taken (auto-enabled when selected)

Pick a date → checkbox auto-enables

📁 Path & Exclude Folder

📂 Limit to folder (path:)

Enable path filter (auto-enabled when you type)

🚫 Exclude folder (NOT path:)

Enable exclude folder (auto-enabled when you type)

💡 Type a path → checkbox enables automatically

📅 Date Modified & Size

📆 Date modified range

Enable date range (auto-enabled when date selected)

💡 Pick a start date → end date auto-fills

💾 Size range (KB / MB / GB)

KB MB GB

KB MB GB

Enable size range (auto-enabled when you type)

Type min or max value → size filter auto-enables | Supports KB, MB, GB

📋 🔍 Copy'n paste query into Windows Explorer

⚡ Un-click checkbox to remove filter. Builds Windows Explorer syntax with ext:, content:, author:, title:, model:, datetaken:, path:, NOT path:, datemodified:.., size:..