Windows Explorer Search Tricks

Windows Explorer may not be very good at helping you organise your files, but it does have some great hidden filtering tricks for searching files. For instance, let's say you have a document called ‘Club newsletter’ that you edited last week, but now you can't find it. Type newsletter into the search box at the top right, then type datemodified: (including the colon). A little calendar will pop up, letting you narrow the search to this week, this month, this year or to a specific date.

Use search filters like 'datemodified:' in Explorer to find files or folders faster

Alternatively, type size to filter your search results according to size, or kind to sort according to file type. You can combine more than one of these filters to help you find what you're looking for.