You can find exactly what you’re looking for with Google Cloud Search by using symbols and special words called search operators . Search operators deliver more relevant results by matching certain attributes in your query. For example, you can search based on the content owner or last modified date.
For non-Google Workspace data sources, your organization can set up custom search operators. To learn more, contact your administrator .
Use operators in your search
For example, to find content created by a particular team member, after a certain date, use the owner:and after:operators in your search query. For more details and other examples, see the lists of operators below.
- Sign in to Cloud Search at cloudsearch.google.com .
If you can't sign in, your account doesn't have Cloud Search. Learn more
- In the search box, enter your search terms, leaving a space at the end.
- Add the operator and its value after your search terms. Don't put any spaces between the operator and its value.
List of search operators
Use all capital letters for standard operators or they're treated as search terms instead of operators.
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
| “ “ (quotes) | Find content that includes the exact words in the same order as what's inside the quotes. Letter case is ignored. Example query: “market analysis" |
| - (minus) | Find content that does not
include the specific word or operator term. Note:Use this operator with a search term or another operator, it doesn’t work alone. Example queries: |
| AND | By default, only pages that include all of your search terms are returned. You don’t need to include AND between the terms. Example query: sales reports |
| OR | Find content that includes at least one of the words or operator terms. Example queries: sales OR
marketing |
- Use lowercase for operator names.
- When entering more than one value for the same operator, group them together in parentheses; for example, from: (username1 OR username2).
- For non-Google Workspace data sources, your organization can set up custom search operators. To learn more, contact your administrator.
Example query: training source: mail
Example query: training contenttype: doc
Example query: training site: drive.google.com
Example queries: reports owner:
me
reports owner:
marysmith
- From you
- From a particular person or group to you
- Created by you
- Created by a particular person and shared with you
Example queries: reports from:
me source:
drive
reports from:
(marysmith OR
johndoe)
- Sent to you (sent directly to you, to a group you belong to, or to someone else and you were copied)
- Sent to a particular person by you or by someone who copied you
Example queries: reports to:
me from:marysmith
reports to:
golf-club-members
Example query: orders before: 2018/09/30
Example queries: orders after:
2018/09/20
orders after:
2018/09/20 before:
2018/09/30
Example query: inurl: training
Example query: mimetype: audio/mpeg
Example query: size:10
Example queries:
larger:10
larger:10K
larger:10M
Example queries:
smaller:10
smaller:10K
smaller:10M
Tip:You can also refine your results by using the search filters at the top of the results page.
