Search Everything Cheatsheet

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Search Everything Cheatsheet 📒

Search Everything is a fast, powerful, and effective search tool for Windows.

This cheatsheet acts as a quick start reference to get more out of Search Everything.

It compliments the official documentation.

Searching 🔍

Start searching using the search bar at the top of the main window.

Search terms can be combined to further filter results.

Important Syntax ✏️

Operators

• space = AND
• | = OR
• ! = NOT
• < > = grouping

Wildcards 🃏

• \* Matches zero of more characters
• \? Matches one character

Useful Functions 🔢

• count:<max> Limits the results to X
• startwith:<text> Search for filenames starting with text
• endwith:<text> Filenames (including extension) ending with text

Regex

To use regular expresions prefix the search with: regex:

• How to Use Regular Expressions

Files 🗒️

Exact Match a Filename

To find an exact filename use the \ prefix for the string.

e.g. to find the exact filename example.png

\example.png

Same Sized and Named Duplicate Files

e.g. show duplicate files

file: dupe: dupesize:

Match File Extensions

e.g. show files with the extensions doc and pdf

file: ext:doc;pdf

Large Files

e.g. show large files over X size

file: size:>1GB

Empty Files

e.g. show empty folders

file: empty:

Long File Names

e.g. show filenames with a length over X

file: len:>65

Folders 📁

Long Folder Names

e.g. show folder names with a length over X

folder: len:>65

Empty Folders

e.g. show empty folders

folder: empty:

Exclusions ⛔

Exclude Windows Folders

e.g. exclude system files

!C:\Windows\

Exclude Recycle Bin Folders

e.g. exclude recycle bin folders

!"\$RECYCLE.BIN"

Exclude File History Folders

e.g. exclude file history

!FileHistory\