Do an Advanced Search on Google - Android (2024)

1. On your Android phone or tablet, go to Advanced Search: google.com/advanced_search.
2. Under “Find pages with,” choose the query field/s to:
   • Include exact words or a list of words in your results.
   • Remove words from your results.
3. Enter the words that you want to include or remove from your results.
   • Add words without search operators, like quotes or minus signs.
4. Under "Then narrow your results by," choose the filters you want to use.
   • You can add more than one filter.
5. Tap Advanced Search.

• Language: Find pages in a specific language.
• Region: Find pages published in a certain region.
• Last update: Find pages updated within the time you select.
• Site or domain: Search one site like wikipedia.org. Or, limit your results to a domain like .edu, .org, or .gov.
• Terms appearing: Find pages that have your search terms in a specific part of the page, like the title, text, or URL.
• SafeSearch: Remove explicit results. Learn more about SafeSearch.
• File type: Find files in a specific format, like .pdf, .ps, .dwf, .kml, .kmz, .xls, .ppt, .doc, .rtf, or .swf.
• Usage rights: Find pages that have license info attached to them.

Important: Images might be subject to copyright. Learn how to find images you can reuse.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, go to Advanced Image Search: google.com/advanced_image_search.
2. Under “Find images with,” choose the query field/s to:
   • Include exact words or a list of words in your results.
   • Remove words from your results.
3. Enter the words that you want to include or remove from your results.
   • Add words without search operators, like quotes or minus signs.
4. Under "Then narrow your results by," choose the filters you want to use.
   • You can add more than one filter.
5. Tap Advanced Search.

• Image size: Find images by size or dimensions.
• Aspect ratio: Find images that are a specific shape like tall, square, wide, or panoramic.
• Colors in image: Find full color, black and white, or transparent images. Or, search for images with a specific color.
• Type of image: Find a specific type of image like photos, clip art, or line drawings. Or, search for face or animated images.
• Region: Find images published in a certain region.
• Site or domain: Search one site like sfmoma.org. Or limit your results to a domain like .edu, .org, or .gov.
• SafeSearch: Remove explicit results. Learn more about SafeSearch.
• File type: Find images in a specific format, like JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, SVG, WEBP, ICO, or RAW.
• Usage rights: Find images that have license info attached to them. Learn more about usages rights for images.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, go to Advanced Video Search: google.com/advanced_video_search.
2. Under “Find videos with,”choose the query field/s to:
   • Include exact words or a list of words in your results.
   • Remove words from your results.
3. Enter the words that you want to include or remove from your results.
   • Add words without search operators, like quotes or minus signs.
4. Under "Then narrow your results by," choose the filters you want to use.
   • You can add more than one filter.
5. Tap Advanced Search.

• Language: Find videos in a specific language.
• Duration: Find videos that are 0–4 minutes, 4–20 minutes, or more than 20 minutes.
• Posting date: Find videos posted or updated within a specific time period, like within the past hour, day, week, month, or year.
• Quality: Limit results to HD videos.
• Site or domain: Search one site like youtube.com. Or, limit your results to a domain like .edu, .org, or .gov.
• Subtitles: Find videos with closed captions.
• SafeSearch: Remove explicit results. Learn more about SafeSearch.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, go to Advanced Book Search: google.com/advanced_book_search.
2. Under “Find results,” choose the query field/s to:
   • Include exact words or a list of words in your results.
   • Remove words from your results.
3. Enter the words that you want to include or remove from your results.
   • Add words without search operators, like quotes or minus signs.
4. In the next section, choose the filters you want to use.
5. At the top right, tap Google Search.

• Search: Choose what to include in your search, like:
  • Books with a limited preview or full view available.
  • Books with a full view available only.
• Google eBooks only.
• Content: Limit results to a specific type, like books, magazines, or newspapers.
• Language: Find books written in a specific language.
• Title: Enter the title of a book.
• Author: Find books written by a certain author.
• Publisher: Limit results to a certain publisher.
• Subject: Find books about a specific topic.
• Publication date: Limit results to books published between specific dates.
• ISBN: Find a book by its International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
• ISSN: Find a book by its International Standard Serial Number (ISSN).