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SEO Madmanby Adam Hafez
Free tool

Google search operator query builder

Build a Google search query from site:, filetype:, exact phrase, exclude and OR fields, with operators Google no longer documents clearly flagged.

Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored.

This only builds a query string in your browser. Nothing is searched or sent anywhere until you choose to open it in Google.

Query

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Key takeaways
  • Google's current search help page documents only four operators: quotes, site:, the minus sign and filetype:.
  • intitle:, inurl:, intext: and OR still work in practice even though Google removed them from its own documentation.
  • The tilde synonym operator was dropped by Google in 2013 and is excluded here because it no longer does anything.
  • AROUND(n) is a long-observed but never officially documented proximity operator, so this tool leaves it out rather than presenting it as supported.
  • Every query is assembled in your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere until you choose to open it in Google.
What it takes
  • Free-text words
  • Exact phrase
  • site:
  • filetype:
  • intitle: (unofficial)
  • inurl: (unofficial)
  • intext: (unofficial)
  • Exclude words
  • OR terms (unofficial)
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How to use it
  1. 1Start with plain wordsAnything typed in Words is added to the query unchanged, exactly as if you had typed it into Google directly.
  2. 2Add an exact phraseText in Exact phrase is wrapped in quotes, which tells Google to match that sequence of words rather than each word separately.
  3. 3Narrow to a site or file typesite: restricts results to one domain, and filetype: restricts to one document format such as pdf or docx.
  4. 4Use the unofficial operators if you need themintitle:, inurl:, intext: and OR are flagged because Google stopped documenting them, not because they stopped working; verify results still look right.
  5. 5Exclude termsEach word in Exclude words is prefixed with a minus sign, so results containing it are left out.
  6. 6Read the built queryThe output box updates on every keystroke and shows exactly what will be sent to Google.
  7. 7Open it in GoogleThe button opens the built query at google.com/search in a new tab. This tool never performs the search itself.
Google’s search box accepts far more than plain keywords, but its own documentation of that
syntax has shrunk. This tool builds a query from separate fields rather than asking you to
memorize colons and quote marks, and it draws a hard line between what Google still documents
and what merely still works.


Operators Google still documents


Google’s current search help page lists exactly four pieces of syntax: quotation marks for an
exact phrase, site: to restrict results to one domain, a leading minus sign to exclude a
term, and filetype: to restrict results to one document format. Each of those is built into
this tool without any warning label, because each is both current and functional.


Operators that work but aren’t documented


intitle:, inurl:, intext: and the capitalized OR do not appear on Google’s current
operators page, but they are long-standing syntax that independent testing continues to show
working as expected. This tool includes them, each marked unofficial, so you can use them
without mistaking them for supported features. Two operators are deliberately absent: the
tilde synonym operator, which Google switched off in 2013 and which now does nothing at all,
and AROUND(n), a proximity operator that has never been officially documented and produces
inconsistent results, so it is left out rather than offered as if it were reliable.


Treat the query this tool builds as a starting point. Google can still rewrite how any operator
behaves without notice, and the only way to know a query works as intended is to run it and
read the results it returns.
Sources
  1. 1.Refine web searches - Google Search HelpPrimary
  2. 2.Google Advanced Search Operators (2026 update) - Ahrefs
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